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Old 10-25-2012, 10:54 AM
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I broke down and ordered one online yesterday afternoon.
About $280 shipped. I had to pay tax, but that was the best deal I found.
A used one was on eBay, but up to $260 and not done.
Hope it helps my mileage and shifting a bit? And calibrate for my 285s?
Old 10-25-2012, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Sparkie04FX4
Just installed my edge EVO! And holy crap, what a difference! Night and day!
Maybe I'm just getting old but I honestly couldn't tell much difference after I put mine in? I tried all 3 stock tunes and just don't notice much except for the little bit harder shift points. I'm surprised at all the people saying it made a huge difference? Maybe if I was drag racing I might notice but as a daily driver it did nothing but make my gas mileage worse in both level 2 and 3? I guess maybe it's because most of the gains are up over 3K rpm which is not something I normally exceed driving around town?

It's a cool gadget and I like all the info I can display but as far as gaining power I just don't feel it?.
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Originally Posted by motodog
Hope it helps my mileage and shifting a bit? And calibrate for my 285s?

My experience was the mileage got worse but it did help the shifting. I am running level 1 now (shift only). Level 2 (according to many) should give you better mileage but that is not the case for me.

Calibrate will work for the tires but make sure you plug it into your computer and run the update software first. Mine had a older software version and the calibrate would not work until I updated it.


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Old 10-26-2012, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by graphite675

Maybe I'm just getting old but I honestly couldn't tell much difference after I put mine in? I tried all 3 stock tunes and just don't notice much except for the little bit harder shift points. I'm surprised at all the people saying it made a huge difference? Maybe if I was drag racing I might notice but as a daily driver it did nothing but make my gas mileage worse in both level 2 and 3? I guess maybe it's because most of the gains are up over 3K rpm which is not something I normally exceed driving around town?

It's a cool gadget and I like all the info I can display but as far as gaining power I just don't feel it?.
Strange. My mileage is much better since getting my 35 nittos. I was probably getting around 12ish city and now I'm getting just under 16 city. It has helped my mpg a lot! And I can feel the power gains in the low range too. The throttle feels a lot smoother and more beefy in the lower rpms. Oh and I'm running level 3 with 93 octane gas since I installed it.
Old 10-28-2012, 02:58 PM
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Well I got the Edge Evolution mounted and running. There were big problems trying to upgrade it on the PC. Seems the software needs .net to connect.
Would be a lot easier if you just dowloaded the latest file and upgraded it with a PC program that ran directly thru the USB, I hate .net My computer first went to Microsoft to get .net.
I went back to the CD and it hung up trying to load .net? Error message
said "it is taking longer than expected"! Could not re-boot, so I had to turn
off the Power to the PC!
After and hour of this, I got it to run and it said something like no upgrade available! After all that! An instruction note in the box saying I had to upgrade first! There was no picture in the manual how the rubber flap was
hinged on the USB connector, I just had to dig around it with a screwdriver
util I got to the connector. That sucks, could have ripped the whole thing off?
Well we will see what it does. I have in on 1 (transmission) set 1 click firm.
I re-programed for 285 tires.
That's it so far. I will next set the display for mileage (mpg).
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Just put 1 in mine, its great and soooo easy to install, the best part is the fit it really does look like great
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Which edge programmer are y'all talking about ive been looking at getting one but I can't decide cause there are multiple different ones. Is it this one or the edge evo CS?
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Most guys are getting that one ^^ including myself, I purchased one yesterday.
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Originally Posted by backinblack04
Which edge programmer are y'all talking about ive been looking at getting one but I can't decide cause there are multiple different ones. Is it this one or the edge evo CS?
Yeah thats the Edge Evolution...the Edge CS is an updated version and the CS stands for Color Screen. Then there is an Edge CTS which stands for Color Touch Screen. They all basically do the same thing but I believe the CTS has a couple more features and can hold more tunes than the basic Evolution.
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Originally Posted by motodog
Well I got the Edge Evolution mounted and running. There were big problems trying to upgrade it on the PC. Seems the software needs .net to connect.
Would be a lot easier if you just dowloaded the latest file and upgraded it with a PC program that ran directly thru the USB, I hate .net My computer first went to Microsoft to get .net.
I went back to the CD and it hung up trying to load .net? Error message
said "it is taking longer than expected"! Could not re-boot, so I had to turn
off the Power to the PC!
After and hour of this, I got it to run and it said something like no upgrade available! After all that! An instruction note in the box saying I had to upgrade first! There was no picture in the manual how the rubber flap was
hinged on the USB connector, I just had to dig around it with a screwdriver
util I got to the connector. That sucks, could have ripped the whole thing off?
Well we will see what it does. I have in on 1 (transmission) set 1 click firm.
I re-programed for 285 tires.
That's it so far. I will next set the display for mileage (mpg).
I don't think the box says you have to up date first...it may say you can check for up-dates

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