@Killer223
Why do you say EFI Live is a joke? I had 5 EFI Live tunes on one of my diesel trucks and it was great! I think that you are miss understanding what EFI Live is (I have no affiliation with the company). EFI Live is the tuning program to allow you to make changes to the vehicle ECM, TCM, etc, it is the same as HP Tuners just a different brand. If you had a bad EFI Live tune, that would be on the tuner (person who wrote the file) not the product.
You are correct on leaving stuff stock or close too if you want it to last longer, but there are some product out the that help longevity as you said, like filtration.
After the junk tunes form the best in the business tune writers, i delved into the tuning world, and i learned EFI, Warp and UDCPro, the tunability options in in the warp and UDC is far and above what efi gives you. i learned about wiring calc tables for timing and tables for all the fueling.
so when i say efi is a joke. i speak from experience as a tuner.
Very few actually offer custom tuning. it's sold as a custom tune, but they won't change their tune for your desired needs. the majority of them have a 1-3 size fits all.
i asked for easy changes too, like the AC head pressure where the fan clutch starts to lock up. i wanted it lowered to 300 not the stock 400. better AC cooling. i wanted the temp for grid heater changed, there is no real need to have them kick on until 32F and they don't need to stay on for 30 seconds, i wanted them to stay off till 15F and only on for 10 seconds. the VGT on my 08, i wanted the brake to be at 99% stock is only 70%, i wanted the temps changed when it would kick on and for how long.
i wanted the RPM changed for the manual high idle. down to 900 up to 2800.
my current tune only has 5% more fuelling at a certain rpm point above 2500 rpm, yet most would not beleive it's stock injectors, all from changing the timing of the events. and allowable boot levels.
I digress.
