In our arrogance, we prayed for snow. The snow gods delivered with gusto.
Flagstaff, Arizona, is a bit strange when it comes to snow. Some years, there's so little that the ski resort doesn't even open. Other years, there's so much snow that it's nigh impossible to get around outside of main roads. This time around, it was the latter, and it wasn't necessarily a disaster, since we came well-prepared with a host of recovery gear. The stars of the show were the MaxTrax Mark II Traction Aids which really helped save our bacon on more than one occasion as we tried (in vain) to make it back to some of our favorite trails in the woods surrounding the San Francisco Peaks.
While we love our tough Ford trucks here at Stage 3 Motorsports, that doesn't mean that each was born for every job under the sun. When it comes to towing all your toys or hauling heavy loads for work, there's a lot of room for improvement in order to keep you and your payload safe while making your journey on the road or during any times you need to leave the pavement to blaze a new trail off-road. Our great selection of air springs in our 2009-2014 F150 towing section, 2015 F150 selections or our 2011-2015 Super Duty towing upgrades can help even things out and put you back in the driver seat with comfort and control.
Just what the specific difference between the Rigid Industries E-Series and E2 families of off-road LED light bars is probably one of the most-asked questions that we here at Stage 3 Motorsports get when it comes to Rigid's LED light bar lineup. We got the question often enough that we decided to grab a 40" E-Series Combo LED Light Bar and a 40" E2 Series LED Light Bar and put them side-by-side and go over the subtle, yet very important differences in their designs to see which one would work best for you and and your off-road vehicle of choice.
Being able to find a given vehicle's PCM or ECU strategy code has become increasingly important in the last couple years. With software being an even more critical factor in engine operation, manufacturer Technical Service Bulletins and dealership reflashes wreak havoc with your vehicle's engine management computer. That's why knowing your vehicle's hard embedded strategy code is extremely important when it comes time to tune your vehicle and why our friends over at SCT made it easier than even to find your vehicle's strategy on their new X4 Handheld Tuner. Here's how:
When you want to sell your vehicle or if you're trying to diagnose something really specific, you may need to get your performance tune out of your ECU or PCM and return it to stock. SCT's new X4 Handheld Tuner makes the process so much easier and faster than the outgoing SCT X-Cal 3s and SF3 series, and comes with five total unlocks, giving you plenty of room to use your X4 with your current vehicle and any other vehicle you may own down the road. Returning to stock is pretty easy, and here's how:
So, you've ordered the SCT tuner of your choice from Stage 3 Motorsports that includes powerful custom tunes from 5-Star Tuning. Now you're asking "Now what?" Like anything, there's a bit of a process to how you'll actually receive the performance PCM tunes for your truck so that you receive everything you need and that we need to get your F150 running at its best.
