3 Best Tuners For Ford v10 (2020)

This item is for enthusiasts who are looking for a tuner that is a bit more tricked-out and offers more than your traditional handheld tuner.

This one is obviously larger, with a touch screen display, it will show much more information than a regular handheld tuner, which is for sure a great importance for guys who want to use it every day in their truck. This item will increase your HP up to 23 and 25 TQ.

Now this device, in addition to tuning, has a number of other interesting things. Since this is a larger 4-inch display with a touch screen and a full-color LCD, this thing will display live engines pretty crispy, and pretty clearly, right on the screen there. Now the functionality of sensors and data logs allows you to track vital engine performance indicators, such as acceleration.

We would like to admit that tracking system in this item is pretty much precise. It allows you to monitor the temperature of the coolant, the temperature of the inlet air, the voltage, etc.

In addition, you can use the DTC code reader, check whether the engine indicator lights up, you can read and clear it, get a description. You can also do performance tests that are unique to this device, tracks from 0 to 60, you can track braking and a quarter mile if you drive along the track with your car, definitely something to take advantage of. Don't forget about Wi-Fi updates, these are also included in this product.

Using Livewire is quite simple. Mount tuner on the windshield, and then connect the data cable to the device itself. Obviously, the end of the HDMI plugs into the HDMI port at the back, and the OBDII cable runs under the steering column.

They also add a suction cup mount along with a rear camera mount that should work with most aftermarket cameras without any problems.

Despite the fact that most modern Ford models come with factory rear camera support, you can always get a little creative with this feature from Livewire, for example, put the camera on the front of your car to help with parking.

Key features:

• Holds up to 10 Custom Tunes
• Wi-Fi
• Windows compatibility only
• Clear trouble codes

Product score:

• performance (10/10)
• quality (8/10)
• price (6/10)

MY RATAING: 8

You might be looking to pick up a pre-loaded tuner for your, otherwise known as a canned tuner in order to pick up some really easy gains on your V10 right off the rip for a lot of different driving scenarios, this is all about Diablosport inTune i3.

This product is one of the most affordable handheld tuner currently available.

Now this particular tuner here from Diablosport does come with a couple of different tunes fitting all types of octane levels, '87, '91 and '93, fitting your economy class or street tuned, which is gonna be your '87 all the way up to your race or Diablo tune for the '93 octane levels.

You can also adjust different parameters on the tuner device itself, including your axle ratio, your tire size, air/fuel ratio, wide open throttle timing, fuel timing, all types of different things. Pick the advanced tune section or of course you can do an easy tune and just do right off the bat with their pre-loaded selections there.

The touchscreen itself is extremely easy to use and extremely responsive. If you're trying to use this on the fly here in the truck, you could just plug it right into your OBD-2 port and use it on the fly extremely easy. There's no load times, there's no extreme waiting periods or lags, it's a pretty seamless process. Now, in addition to the 2.8 screen, you're gonna get a lot of other features in here other than just tuning the device. It also got Wi-Fi software updates, this has support for both windows on PC and iOS on Mac users as well, so that's gonna be a plus.

In addition, if you ever get any engine warning lights, you can easily read and clean them thanks to the integrated diagnostics using OBD-II cable. It will process some information and show you any codes that may cause this engine check indicator. You can do a little research and it will tell you what is the main mechanical or electrical problem.

Key features:

• Preloaded tunes
• Wi-Fi
• Windows, Linux & Mac OSX Compatibility
• Clear trouble codes

Product score:

• performance (9/10)
• quality (8/10)
• price (7/10)

MY RATAING: 8

You should be checking out this handheld tuner if you're looking to get a very simple out of the box preloaded or canned tuner with multiple options to tune your truck for a number of different scenarios. This product will increase horsepower (HP) and torque(TQ) of your V10 engine up to 13 and 31 respectively. With just a simple tune, this can really do some good work, don't you think?

In addition to just tuning and giving you a HP and TQ, it's also gonna modify a couple of other parameters. Now it's gonna adjust your shift points and transmission firmness, so the shift firmness is gonna be modified to give you a sportier feel especially in performance mode. You're also gonna be eliminating excessive downshifts upon climbing hills which can start bogging you down a little bit when you're starting to climb those hills, so that can be a benefit as well.

But you're also gonna feel a lot of benefits, especially in tow-haul mode. Now if you find yourself towing trailers, maybe your boat, maybe you got some large cargo in the back of the bed, adding a ton of weight, this will also adjust a lot of tow-haul mode parameters to make it easier on your truck and it's not gonna feel as sluggish and as held back.

Anytime you're looking for a daily driver tune, 87 octane is a good way to go. For those of you, who want race a bit, 93 performance tune is great. And of course, if you're towing, use a tow hook tune.

Also, some of the other features include a DTC reader, so you can read and clear diagnostic trouble codes. Anytime that check engine light comes on, you can read it, see what's going on and clear it.

You can track live engine vitals with the gauges and data log screen. Intake air temp, speedometer, rev limiter, intake temps, coolant temps - these and many others things you can track by using this tuner. You can track up to eight options at once with this plugged in at all times. This means you can get windshield mount and use this tuner on the way.

Easy use, easy update. If you plug it into your laptop, you can easily use the software that you can download from the Superchips website.

Key features:

• 2 year warranty
• OBD-II Data Logging
• Windows compatibility only
• Clear trouble codes

Product score:

• performance (7/10)
• quality (8/10)
• price (8/10)

MY RATAING: 7.7