DTE with the Long Range America 35 gallon fuel tank (500+ miles range now)

[cc1999]

I’m sorry if I didn’t post all links in my original post. I listed the company name and enough info so that a person could find it if they really wanted to. I didn’t want to make it seem like I was pushing “my tuner” on anybody. It seems people are polarized with their tuners—almost like political parties. They each have their followers and fiefdoms. I just wanted to get the info out there. Every time fuel tank calibration discussions had came up in the past, someone without a clue to the problem always poisoned-pilled the topic.
I am not the expert at this, but I think I’m the first 2025 that has had it done. I research this for months and reported what I knew. I gave the info on EzLynk, because they were the first company that I think made it possible to do, and did it for S&B. I don’t know for sure, go look in their website, and see what their core mission is.
They are a PID development company—they sell specific modeled data to other companies or tuners to modify all the factory hidden or locked programs.

What they do for S&B is, I think is proprietary software (S&B paid for it), if you bought a tank from S&B, the use of the software was free, but the actual program device is proprietary to EzLynk. It’s free if you purchased a S&B tank, you pay a fee if it was another brand and have to return the device to EzLynk. I do not know if the program is actually stored on their device, or it has to be retrieved from an online account—but, from how I thought I understood it, it was in the device. Everything above is just conjecture as I have a lot of assumptions.

In my case, Cody somehow figured it out, he may have used a 3rd party development company, or he may have done it himself, I don’t know —and I didn’t ask, because even if it was, now—I believe it is proprietary.

I use HP tuners. I have an account on HP Tuner’s Tune Delivery Network (TDN). When a tune, or a program change like this is made for my truck, the tuner puts it in my account linked to that vehicle only (seems kind of like a big file for me on the cloud). When I want to install the tune, I link my cellphone to the HP Tuner’s MPIV4 device (what everybody calls the tuner), with it plugged into my diagnostic port on the truck, and download the file to my truck. The program/tune is never stored in the device—the device it is only the communications “modem” to get the tune/program downloaded from the TDN, and off my phone into my truck’s ECM/PCM.

Having the MPIV4 device come pre-loaded as suggested, I already know doesn’t work that way. Your vehicle, your account, and the device all have to validate a handshake with each other to work. And, like I mentioned earlier, the tuning device, is just an empty vessel that bridges the devices—it doesn’t work by itself.
Can you borrow someone else’s tuner? I am pretty sure it can be done because it almost happened to me. I had an installer willing to help me tune my truck. I went to the tuner to buy the tune and the device. They were out of stock. It was such a tight fuse with little time to plan. The tuner came up with a plan with a way of re-registering, putting my tune in his account—or something weird like that which neither of us liked.

I under stand people not wanting to fork over $350 for an HP tuning device. For them, I would say just wait. Like always is the case, once something gets cracked, everybody does it. In a couple of months from now everybody will know how to do it and different options will probably (maybe even EzLynk) may become available.
But, if you are like me, those gauges reading incorrectly drove me nuts—I paid the money—and don’t tell Cody, I would have paid a lot more. For now, I think this is the only way.

Spoke with Cody at Stanghi yesterday.

‘Turns out he is the is the one doing all the tuning on the Juicy / Maxlider Godzilla swaps as well others doing Coyote swaps.

‘I ‘Learned more yesterday in a 15 min conversation with him , then I had from the other guys involved in my RR Godzilla swap project.

Cody really knows his stuff. Very impressive dude.

Thanks again for sharing your experience and info about Cody.

Very thankful, getting to speak with him yesterday.

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[Raptor Family]

Glad it helped—and especially with a Godzilla swap, you need a bigger fuel tank programmed with the new engine.
Envy, envy……do post when it’s done—I’ve got to see.

 

[Raptor Family]

Awesome to hear! Now LRA just needs to release the one for the non-Raptor trucks....

Yeah—the manufacturer, LRA should have done this. They still market and advertise the tank capacity as being able to be changed using Forscan—where it is a known fact that it can’t be done on U.S. spec trucks 2025 and up.

In Australia, where the tank is made, they don’t have the same problem. Forscan still works for them—maybe because Ford offers them a dealer installed 35gal tank as a dealer installed option which we don’t get in the U.S.

I think we get robbed here—look at the specs for the new Ranger Super Duty they get down under—it comes factory with a 30gal tank—what do we get…….

 

[cc1999]

Glad it helped—and especially with a Godzilla swap, you need a bigger fuel tank programmed with the new engine.
Envy, envy……do post when it’s done—I’ve got to see.

Oh yea.
Got a build thread on here documenting my build. I am in line and waiting for the motor swap
, the rest of the build is pretty much completed. Cody said he would look into it and was looking forward to seeing the truck in his shop. I believe his shop is the last stop in process. Logistics for me is much better for picking it up in the DFW area then Austin, where I believe the engine swap actually takes place.

Did get my fuel tank questions answered as well. He thought it would be best to send the tank down with the truck and let them install while they have it all apart doing the engine swap.
Was wanting to find out if I needed to install it before sending it, or how best to handle getting the tank installed and all setup.

https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/thre...re-powered-stealth-black-ranger-raptor.26782/

 

[cc1999]

Anyone know of any discount codes for these tanks.
$3k for a metal box seems pretty steep for what it is.
I know there is whole lot more to designing and certifying etc etc.
Still $3k seems a little over priced for what it is.

‘There is a place in the checkout for a discount code.

 

[mAtTyG04]

Definitely interested in this tank but being in Canada it's ridiculous

 

[cc1999]

I ran google search for that part number and found this. FPYRRR
569.00 free shipping.

Wondering if it is bargain or scam.
Seems a little to good to be true.
But that is more line what a metal box shipping probably should cost. LOL

LONG RANGE AMERICA | Ford Ranger Raptor 2023-2025 - 35 Gallon Replacement (FPYRRR)

 

[MauiMax]

Spoke with Cody at Stanghi yesterday.

‘Turns out he is the is the one doing all the tuning on the Juicy / Maxlider Godzilla swaps as well others doing Coyote swaps.

‘I ‘Learned more yesterday in a 15 min conversation with him , then I had from the other guys involved in my RR Godzilla swap project.

Cody really knows his stuff. Very impressive dude.

Thanks again for sharing your experience and info about Cody.

Very thankful, getting to speak with him yesterday.

Kind of a side question but whos doing coyote swaps? I know killa conversions over in aus is but havnt seen any companies in the US yet. Personally think a supercharged coyote would be awesome vs the 7.3 godzilla

 

[MauiMax]

Also that one for 600 is sketchy. Thats a pretty new site with no info on who the owner is and cant really find anything searching the address

 

[MauiMax]

They just opened the site in 2025 so it doesnt look like they would have alot of deadstock for everything on their site to be marked down to 1/4 the original price. Definitely a scam.

 

[cc1999]

Kind of a side question but whos doing coyote swaps? I know killa conversions over in aus is but havnt seen any companies in the US yet. Personally think a supercharged coyote would be awesome vs the 7.3 godzilla

It can and has been done before.

Cody at Stanghi mentioned something similar to me yesterday.
Said he had done them on the prior generation Rangers.

From what I can tell it's much tighter fit to put the Coyote in there.
The DOHC Coyte engine is much wider than the pushrod Godzilla engine.

Plus you can supercharge a Godzilla or better yet supercharge a Megazilla and push up around 1000 hp.

IMO the Godzilla is the better sounding engine then the coyote and my main goal is sound more then anything else. To me a good old pushrod V8 just sounds better than the DOHC Coyote v8.

Sort of like how I have always thought the TRX had a much better sounding engine compared to the Raptor R's.

 

[MauiMax]

It can and has been done before.

Cody at Stanghi mentioned something similar to me yesterday.
Said he had done them on the prior generation Rangers.

From what I can tell it's much tighter fit to put the Coyote in there.
The DOHC Coyte engine is much wider than the pushrod Godzilla engine.

Plus you can supercharge a Godzilla or better yet supercharge a Megazilla and push up around 1000 hp.

IMO the Godzilla is the better sounding engine then the coyote and my main goal is sound more then anything else. To me a good old pushrod V8 just sounds better than the DOHC Coyote v8.

Sort of like how I have always thought the TRX had a much better sounding engine compared to the Raptor R's.

That makes sense. It does look like a tight fit with the coyote. I still wonder which engine is more reliable with a supercharger. Plenty of f150 and mustangs with 5.0's supercharged. Havnt seen as many of the 7.3 to see how they hold up. I think they have better low end torque though too

 

[cc1999]

That makes sense. It does look like a tight fit with the coyote. I still wonder which engine is more reliable with a supercharger. Plenty of f150 and mustangs with 5.0's supercharged. Havnt seen as many of the 7.3 to see how they hold up. I think they have better low end torque though too

From what Cody told me yesterday sounded like the Megazilla is built hell for stout.
He rattled off all sorts of high end HD components that come in the megazilla 7.3Ls.
It's a heck of a lot more money too. I had not really planned on going with the Megazilla.
675 hp and that's without a SC.

I think I am still cool with my original plan of a slightly modified Godzilla making 500hp.
I want to say the cost difference is something like $20K-25K more to jump up to the Megazilla.

 

[MauiMax]

From what Cody told me yesterday sounded like the Megazilla is built hell for stout.
He rattled off all sorts of high end HD components that come in the megazilla 7.3Ls.
It's a heck of a lot more money too. I had not really planned on going with the Megazilla.
675 hp and that's without a SC.

I think I am still cool with my original plan of a slightly modified Godzilla making 500hp.
I want to say the cost difference is something like $20K-25K more to jump up to the Megazilla.

675 NA is crazy. Probably a torque monster

 

[Raptor Family]

Anyone know of any discount codes for these tanks.
$3k for a metal box seems pretty steep for what it is.
I know there is whole lot more to designing and certifying etc etc.
Still $3k seems a little over priced for what it is.

‘There is a place in the checkout for a discount code.

is that price from their U.S. distributor Longe Range America? Out of Boise Idaho? I bought mine there 4 months ago, on sale, w/tax and shipping included for $2471.00. I just checked their website and they have zero stock, and are expecting a new shipment in June. Over $500 difference is kind of a big deal to me. I’d Call them. Make a deal.

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