My VMP Performance Saga ***LONG READ***

[Brn N Rubr]

Trust but verify is what I believe in. Im glad you're happy and the car runs well but I would personally put it in the dyno you were seeing mid 500s one last time to see what it does.

I understand your point of view. Logs were very similar between the low dyno and theirs with the exception of knock retard (ie expected MAF accounts, hertz, load, timing, fuel trims, etc). No tune changes were made when I loaded it on their dyno yesterday. Literally straight off the highway and on to the rollers.

I'm confindent, regardless of which dyno, with a cool down and removing the lid the numbers would have been higher. But, what good are glory numbers except to impress people on the internet? I'd rather see low numbers and beat higher power cars vice the other way around.

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[Stage_3]

Great read. Thanks for posting.
If I mod my car, VMP all the way. No question about it,......even before reading this thread!
Enjoy the beast. :cheers:

 

[cobra199711]

Very nice and I agree VMP are a solid bunch. They had the absolute BEST auto tune as well. I tried 2 others before them, glad I tried them- third times a charm

 

[smokinzx14r]

How did it run at showtime ?

 

[dubster99]

Awesome story. Love reading stuff like this. If only some other companies stood by their products the way VMP does.

 

[Brn N Rubr]

How did it run at showtime ?

Is that directed at me? Not sure what you mean.

 

[Rlhay2]

Glad to hear you got your problems resolved.

But I have to wonder, is your story a confirmation that a hands on tune is a better option than a mail order tune? If you were still emailing logs and uploading tunes, would the issue have been resolved? And if so, how much time would it have taken?

 

[smokinzx14r]

Is that directed at me? Not sure what you mean.

I was told "yolo douche bag" Alex was racing with us at show time drag strip at our last monthly race ... Is there more than one "yolo douche bag" Alex?

 

[wildcatgoal]

is this the "yolo douche bag" Alex?

 

[EgoBoost]

A feel good story. VMP has been around a long, long time, for good reason. Enjoy that family and that Ford.

 

[jvandy50]

Love the girls helping you, just brought ours home yesterday

 

[Dspec_S550]

Love the girls helping you, just brought ours home yesterday

congrats new daddy! :cheers:

 

[Jn2]

The VMP is dyno is mostly likely around 590whp if you were to set smoothing to 5.

The first dyno shop seems to have smooth it over by 5, which is the common. VMP setting it to 2 is why you have so many peaks and valleys in the line. It's not smooth at all but will give you a higher peak number because of it(which should not be confused with "adding" power. Changing smoothing doesn't "add" anything, just changes the line, which changes the peak value)

 

[Brn N Rubr]

The VMP is dyno is mostly likely around 590whp if you were to set smoothing to 5.

The first dyno shop seems to have smooth it over by 5, which is the common. VMP setting it to 2 is why you have so many peaks and valleys in the line. It's not smooth at all but will give you a higher peak number because of it(which should not be confused with "adding" power. Changing smoothing doesn't "add" anything, just changes the line, which changes the peak value)

Absolutely, and unnoticed that as well. My best guess was ~595-600 if you take the average of the lines. Regardless, its pretty much right where it should be. The car feels great on the street. Happy customer.

 

[NatJoo]

Installing mine this weekend. Sensor broke on me as well. They should include a drill and a helicoil kit. Still trying to get mine out without damaging the threads.

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