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(1)Jake: Jake here for AmericanTrucks, and in this video we're taking a look at the SCT Performance BDX Tuner for 2011 to 2014 3.5-liter EcoBoost F-150s. If you want to maximize your EcoBoost power output for a really good price, SCT has got exactly what you need right here. With preloaded tunes plus the flexibility to wirelessly download custom tunes and updates and support for data logging and even more adjustments baked in, this little tuner should give you everything you need and then some for about the best price in the segment.Diving right on in on numbers, we tested out our 2011 3.5-liter EcoBoost F-150 on our in-house dyno. In stock form, the truck laid down 331 horsepower at 5,100 RPM and 353 pound-feet of torque at 3,600 RPM. Now, by comparison, after we got the tune loaded up here, our F-150 made 346 horsepower at 5,300 RPM and 385 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 RPM, giving us peak gains of 15 horsepower and 32 pound-feet of torque. Now, as you can see from the graph here, we saw most of the increases in the mid-range, as you might expect from a turbocharged engine. It shifts the engine's output a bit partially by turning up the boost in this tune in particular. So power delivery is a bit stronger in the mid-range and on the top end versus stock. But even just here on the dyno, that is a noticeable difference. This tune really made the truck come alive in the mid-range especially, and we saw curve gains really making themselves known around the 4,000 RPM mark. And about at that point, we saw around 50 pound-feet of torque and about 37 horsepower over stock. And it didn't run out of steam either as the truck continued to make power all the way up to the red line, as you can see on the graph. That's about what you might expect from a torque-heavy turbocharged engine that's been tuned.The BDX, again, comes with tunes preloaded. So outside of maybe updating the unit software, which is easily done using the provided cable or the Wi-Fi option on here, it's ready to go right out of the box. You don't need to purchase anything separately. Now, there is a tune loaded on this already, maybe even another one depending on what vehicle you have. Ours, again, is a 2011, so it's the first model year for this particular setup. And this tuner also has the big benefit of supporting custom tunes as well. So if you continue to make upgrades later on down the line, you have the ability to get more tunes written to accommodate those modifications. As I mentioned, the BDX also has built-in Wi-Fi, so you can receive those custom tunes and updates over the air. Makes it one of only a few in the market with this capability, which is something that's nice to see, especially at this price point. Now, in addition to the tunes, you have the ability to make some changes to your truck to compensate for, say, different size wheels and tires or a different gear ratio. So you can have your speedometer and odometer reading correctly if you've made those modifications. You can also change or disable the stock speed limiter and rev limiter. You can adjust your engine idle speed, change up your transmission shift points, and can even access a setting that will allow you to run an aftermarket intake or an aftermarket front mount intercooler without check engine lights. But even if you do happen to get a check engine light or something else, this has the ability to read and clear diagnostic trouble codes. So you can take care of all that without a trip to the auto parts store or worse yet to the dealer.But there's still more. This can also show you live vehicle data. Should you want to display it on your dashboard, you can purchase a mount that'll mount it right up there for you. And you can monitor a bunch of different things on here. You can swap out for different readouts depending on what you want to see, such as boost, intake air temperature sensor, and a lot more. It also supports data logging, so you can save data from your drives or dyno runs, which can be helpful for your tuner if you want to take advantage of the custom tune option later on down the road.Now it's always difficult to talk about construction with something like this, but it's definitely worth discussing here. Now this is a pretty compact unit. It features a full color screen, and you can display this in either portrait or landscape mode pretty easily. The five button interface makes navigation easy as well, and I'm a big fan of physical buttons, especially on something that's a little on the smaller side like this. It also comes with a USB cable so you can connect it to a computer for updates, etc. And of course you have the included OBD2 cable that's going to connect right to your truck. You only need that one cord to set it up and get it working in the truck. Nothing else is needed, so it makes for a pretty easy setup.Pricing comes in at about $475, which for all you get here, especially for the ability to data log, is a really good price. Truly, this is all you need in a tuner, and while you could spend more to get a larger monitor, I don't really find it all that necessary in this application. This one gives you plenty of flexibility, more power, and all the goodies you could want. It's really in everything you need and nothing you don't type of situation.Installation is going to get a one out of three on our difficulty meter and should take you about 30 minutes to get it plugged in and get the tune loaded onto your truck. Now we're building in a little bit of extra time here just because you're probably going to end up spending some time messing around with different settings and making some decisions as to what you want your truck to do. But otherwise, it's super simple. And again, you'll just spend more time playing around with it than you will actually getting it plugged in. So enough talking about it. Let's hop over to the truck. We'll show you what to do and demonstrate some of the features of this.Hey, everyone. Today, we're going to be installing this SCT BDX tuner on our 2011 F-150 EcoBoost behind me. We've only got a couple things to do. We got our cable here ready to go. The tuner's fired up and ready to go too. So let's get to it. All right. First thing we're going to do, we're going to take our tuner and our cable. This end looks like an HDMI cable. It's going to plug into the top right here like that. And we're going to take the other end, which goes into your OBD2 port. We're going to plug that in right here underneath of the dashboard. All right. Now we're going to take that OBD2 plug right here. And in this truck, the cable is going to face up toward the top of the dash. We're just going to plug that in until it's nice and seated.All right. Now that we've got our tuner plugged in, we're going to go ahead and start programming the truck. Now, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that this can be mounted up on your dashboard. There is a mount that you can purchase separately. We don't have it here, so we're just going to hold it and go through the features of this. So we're going to dive right in and start programming the truck. First thing I'm going to do is take the key and put the truck in the on position. So the power is on, but the engine is not running because I know it's going to ask us to do this. All right, so the first thing we've got to do once we've got this plugged in and the truck on is connect it to Wi-Fi. Now I've gone ahead and done that already. I did have to put in a password, which I'm not going to show that on camera, obviously. Now this is going to go through and verify the files for this particular truck. So just give it a moment, let it do that, and then we'll be able to go ahead and get these things loaded up.All right, so we're going to dive in now and we're going to start programming truck. We're going to select program vehicle. Again, this is gonna ask you to just double-check that everything is correct. I do note this is the VIN. I verified it from the tag here on the door. We'll just go ahead and hit Confirm. All right. This is gonna ask you to connect to Wi-Fi, if you haven't already. Ours is already connected. I went ahead and did that off camera here because Ken had to put in a password. Now, since this is connected to Wi-Fi, and I've also made sure that this is properly updated, which you should too before you plug it in, it should have all the files on here for this particular truck. So this is just going through and verifying that it has the correct files for it. Then we should be able to get right into programming.Now that we're into the menu, there's a bunch of different options in here that we have to go through. So we're going to start with the fuel octane. Pressing the center button brings us in here. Our truck is running 93 octane, so we're going to select that. It's going to take us back to the menu here. Going down, the next thing is the intake air box. So if you have an aftermarket intake on your truck, you can go in here and you can select a couple of them. They have three already. Our truck is running stock air box, so we're going to leave that there. Next one is the front mount intercooler. Again, you can go in and choose a couple of different ones. Ours is stock, so we're going to leave that there. The axle ratio, ours is a stock value, so we're gonna leave that one as is, but if you've changed up the axle ratio, this is a place where you can do it without having to go into a separate menu. Tires revs per mile. Again, this is going to be something if you've changed the size of your tires, if you've gone up to something bigger, you can scroll through and do that. Again, our truck is totally stock. We have not changed those. These are on the stock wheels. So we're going to stay with that. You can also change your speed limiter here. We're not going to change that either. And your rev limiters. The first one is your rev limiter in gear, which is 6,200 RPM. The next one is rev limiter in neutral. If you wanted to change that, you can. Again, we're going to leave that one just as it is. So we had 6,200 RPM, so we're going to leave that exactly where it is. Just going back down, again, same thing. You can change your idle speed in either drive or neutral. We're not going to mess with those, again, leaving them completely stock. And then you have your wide open throttle shift points. You have 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, all the way up through 5-6. So you can change when the vehicle is programmed to shift. So if you want to go up a few mile an hour or if you want to go back, we're not going to change anything. We're going to leave it right there for all of those values. Again, we're going to give a complete apples to apples comparison versus this truck in its stock form. So once you've gone through all that, you've decided everything is to your liking, you're going to go over and hit Approve. And this is going to go through, going to process things, it's going to save your stock calibration, and then it's going to apply the new tune.Let it go through because the dash is going to cycle off. This is basically building in a tune now and in a moment, it's going to start loading things up. Your dashboard is going to go a little wild for a second too. Don't worry about it. Totally normal. All right, so this is now writing the tune for us. We turned off for a few minutes. We didn't have to watch the entire thing go. We're 93%. So you're going to hear the truck do a couple of weird things. It is important to when you do this, make sure your battery is nice and healthy. I went ahead and plugged ours into a battery tender just so we had enough power and juice for this because the ignition is going to stay on while it does this. Now, once this hits 100%, things are going to change over again. Just like that. Your dashboard's gonna freak out a little bit. Don't worry, that is totally normal. Now it's going to go through and clear any diagnostic trouble codes that we might have gotten. A couple weird things might happen. Our turn signal went off. Our lights just went on. You can hear some modules clicking and going through here. Again, that is totally normal. That is expected with this process. Just going to let it do its thing, not touch anything.All right, now it's asking us to turn the key off, so we're going to turn it off and wait, turn it back on. It's going to turn it off again. We'll hit Continue this time. And congratulations, we're done. So we're going to go back and hit Done here. I'm going to turn the key on. All right, once the bonging has stopped, I want to go through and show a couple other things on here. So again, we already used the program vehicle feature. If we go down and select Gauges and Data Log, again, this will ask you to turn things on. Now you can do a couple of things here. You can just hit Continue and go in, and this is gonna show you some different gauges. It will ask you to select what you want. This is...Where are we here? Ford, it's a gas truck, '08 and newer. So we're going to hit Continue. And now, this brings us to another screen that's going to show you a couple of different things. So up top we've got Boost in PSI, down here we've got our voltage. Now if you hit the center button that'll record it, you can do that. You can also go back, we're going to stop the data log, we don't need that. We'll go back in though and go over to configuration. Again, we're gonna go Ford Gas '08 Newer, because that's what we're working on here. This will bring us back to that same screen, but if we hit Back, you can go down and select the gauge layout. So you can do a couple of different things here. This one is going to give us the most and we are in portrait right now. So you can do landscape as well. We're going to leave it in portrait just because I'm going to have to turn this thing around. We select this. It'll show you a bunch of different things. So again, we have our boost, our two lambda sensors or our O2 sensors, our voltage, our idle air temperature sensor or intake air temperature sensor. Excuse me. So that's showing 68 degrees and a couple of other things as well. So again, if you want to log this, you can hold on to that. This will help if you're going to get any custom tunes written or if you just really want to monitor the health of your engine. Again, we're not going to do that. So we're just going to go back here.We'll go back to the main menu. hit Stop Data Log, and that will take us back to the main menu. Here we can go into vehicle functions and this is going to give you the opportunity to read or clear any diagnostic trouble codes. So if you hit that, it'll show you we have no codes found. We can turn the key off here. If we wanted to clear any, they would be right in here as well. But again, we didn't have any codes, nothing to clear. Now, if we go down to Special Functions, it's going to take a second, gather some information and give you a couple of other things here. The big thing that you can change with this one is the tire size and axle ratio. So if you, say, went up to bigger size tires, you can change that right here. Now our tire size did not change, again, we're running stock tires, so we're gonna do that and just leave it alone. You can also do a crank relearn or a KAM reset. This is basically just going to be things that'll help get the engine back up to snuff if it's running a little bit rough, especially after the tune. Again, we're not going to have that problem, so we're not going to do that here.Last thing I want to go through is showing you how to return your vehicle back to stock. It's going to be pretty much the same. We're not going to do it right this second. I'm just going to show you where the selection is. So if you go back into Program Vehicle, going to gather some information just like it did before. And you'll see right at the top here, now instead of just having the custom and preloaded tunes, we've got stock programming. So you can select that and it'll take you right back to your stock tune on your truck. That's going to wrap it up here for our review, install, and dyno test of the SCT Performance BDX Tuner fitting 2011 to 2014 3.5-liter EcoBoost F-150s. Thanks so much for watching. And as always for all things F-150, be sure to keep it right here at americantrucks.com.
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2011-2014 3.5L EcoBoost F-150 Bully Dog BDX Tuner Review & Dyno
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Product Information
Features, Description, Reviews, Q&A, Specs & Installation
Features
- Monitor Key Vehicle Data with Full-Color Screen
- Sleek Design with a Simple Push Button Interface
- Flash and Go Convenient Tuning
- On-Screen Virtual Gauges
- Dyno Proven Torque/Horsepower Gains
- Read/Clear Diagnostic Trouble Codes
- Store up to 10 Custom Tunes
- Read and Clear Diagnostic Trouble Codes
- Extensive Data Logging/Monitoring Logging Capabilities
- Built-In Wi-Fi Allows Updates via the Cloud
- 1-Year Limited Warranty
- Fit All 2011-2014 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost
Description
Enhanced Performance. With BDX Tuner you don’t have to use outdated tune files since you will download the latest files tailored for your vehicle direct to your device over the cloud using the in built-in WiFi. Over-the-air updates enable custom tunes from your dealer to arrive remotely. BDX transfer dyno-proven tune files that increase torque & horsepower, unlocking greater off-road potential, towing ability, and performance enabling you to stay one step ahead of the pack.
Compact Design. This built-in tuner Wi-Fi ensures you have up to 10 custom tunes, Dyno-proven calibrations and the most up to date feature. The full-color display, on-screen virtual gauges, and user-friendly interface allow you to track and adjust your Sierra performance in style.
Hand-Held Operation. This BDX Tuner is an easy handheld application.
1-Year Limited Warranty. Bully Dog guarantees this Tuner is free of material or workmanship defects. To back this up, they offer a one-year warranty. For full specifications on terms and conditions make sure to visit the manufacturer's warranty site page.
Application. The BDX Tuner is designed to install in all 2011-2014 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost models.
Please Note: This BDX Performance Programmer is designed to be used with a single vehicle.
Tech Tip: Take the time to download Updater Software and Bully Dog’s Livelink. The LiveLink Software app allows you to record, data log, view, and playback your truck's PCM data on a laptop computer. The Updater Software enables you to load custom tunes, tune revision or update the BDX firmware onto the programmer.
Compact Design. This built-in tuner Wi-Fi ensures you have up to 10 custom tunes, Dyno-proven calibrations and the most up to date feature. The full-color display, on-screen virtual gauges, and user-friendly interface allow you to track and adjust your Sierra performance in style.
Hand-Held Operation. This BDX Tuner is an easy handheld application.
1-Year Limited Warranty. Bully Dog guarantees this Tuner is free of material or workmanship defects. To back this up, they offer a one-year warranty. For full specifications on terms and conditions make sure to visit the manufacturer's warranty site page.
Application. The BDX Tuner is designed to install in all 2011-2014 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost models.
Please Note: This BDX Performance Programmer is designed to be used with a single vehicle.
Tech Tip: Take the time to download Updater Software and Bully Dog’s Livelink. The LiveLink Software app allows you to record, data log, view, and playback your truck's PCM data on a laptop computer. The Updater Software enables you to load custom tunes, tune revision or update the BDX firmware onto the programmer.
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Customer Reviews (115)
Review Summary
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
May 13, 2023
2014 FX4 - MaxKucera
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Instant Upgrade
This Bullydog BDX Tuner was a major change of performance after a 5 minute process of just plug and play. The preloaded tunes have helped tremendously, I have custom tunes from 5 Star on there way.
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 4/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Aug 16, 2020
2011 - Calvin
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Good and easy
i could tell a BIG difference a mich fadter response and feels like a monster drivimg dowm the road N it does what it sats
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Apr 20, 2018
2011 XLT - SergioC
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Great and simple
Great handheld tuner easy to use and not having to connect to a computer to get your tunes is so much better with the built in WiFi
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Apr 2, 2025
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 3.5L EcoBoost F-150, Excluding Raptor)
2017 Lariat - Checkengineligh
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Ecoboost to Bully Ecobeast
Just so you know, this is not one of those "buy this and everything is perfect". This my friend is a part of a system which will require the proper support, whether it's upgraded Bolt-ons or change of fuel. I will say that with the proper combination of parts,etc,....this is worth it. Put it this way,....without the proper supported parts, your gonna see cel for days or anytime you get on it. It's worth it!
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Mar 4, 2025
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 3.5L EcoBoost F-150, Excluding Raptor)
2017 -
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Bully Dog Tunner
2017 F150 3.5 Ecoboost 4wd, 10sp, 96,000 miles. Truck is 2’ leveled, has 33x10.5 tires, 4” MBRP cat back and drop in K&N filter. Big difference in power when you get into the throttle. Truck will light tires 1st, 2nd and chirp into 3rd gear. 4wd launch will put you in the seat. Not a huge difference when driving truck easily, but did notice much better throttle response and an increase in MPGs when driving easy. Would recommend to anyone looking to squeeze more power for a fairly cheap price.
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 4/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 4/5
Dec 5, 2024
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 3.5L EcoBoost F-150, Excluding Raptor)
2018 XLT - Ryanbmintyfresh
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Bulky dog tuner
Pretty slick Easy to use noticeable difference while tuned after it’s updated it’s quick and easy bingo bango
Ease Of Use 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 4/5
Performance Gain 4/5
Bang For Your Buck 4/5
Sep 28, 2024
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 2.7L EcoBoost F-150)
2020 XLT - AndyM.
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Bully Dog
This is the first tuner I have ever used. After much research I picked this one. Honestly it was easy to program and it does exactly what I wanted it to do. I highly recommend ????
Ease Of Use 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Apr 6, 2024
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 2.7L EcoBoost F-150)
2018 XLT - Bhard
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Its like downloading power!!!
I can't believe Ford would leave so much horsepower and torque on the table! I guess it's for fuel mileage but holy crap this Bully Dog bdx woke the truck up! It's a muscle car disguised as a pickup truck now. The shifts are firmer I wouldn't call it a slush box anymore quick and firm. I disabled the Auto Stop start which was a must. If u are trying to decide and not sure pull the trigger for your 2.7 EcoBoost u will not regret it! It's so easy I had never installed a tuner and I was nervous just follow the prompts it's so simple. The first time you use it you will have to connect it to Wi-Fi to update it after that you never have to connect it again unless you do custom Tunes. It's phenomenal. when the truck was stock i was seeing 18 psi of boost now on the 93 octane tune im seeing 21.5 psi of boost and more timing so its nothing crazy or unsafe that will hurt your truck. I could not be happier!!
Performance Gain 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Ease Of Use 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Dec 29, 2023
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 3.5L EcoBoost F-150, Excluding Raptor)
2017 - Jeff542
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
Happy with purchase
Tuned my 2017 F150 Ecoboost. Super easy to do. Great performance gains, especially in the middle of the powerband. No problems. Feels like cheating. As a bonus, I was able to permanently shut off auto stop/start.
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
Sep 13, 2023
Review shared from Bully Dog BDX Tuner (15-20 3.5L EcoBoost F-150, Excluding Raptor)
2016 - Cbowen820
Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour
F150
Exactly what I was looking for and needed….recommend this product. Fast shipping and great quality.
Ease Of Use 5/5
Performance Gain 5/5
Seat of Your Pants Feel 5/5
Bang For Your Buck 5/5
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