Ford Performance Tune for 2018+ GT

[hlh1]

So with this Ford tune I'm limited to the original 3-year 36,000 mile initial warranty?

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[Cobrakit]

I can't remember, but when you registered with Ford didn't you have to input VIN? Ford knows which strategy came with the car through the VIN. Since i did it all myself, might not be the same. I thought when I logged in the first time, i registered and entered VIN.

Yes, engine should not be started with new hardware and old tune.

 

[Superspirit]

Need some help from those who have already done this or a ford tech who can help. My kit arrived some time ago and i recently got around to getting the car to the dealership and today they installed everything but we are hung up at the procal. Ive registered online and plugged the procal into my laptop to check for updates, however the dealership cant get the procal to put the tune on the car. Every time they try to pull the stock file from the car it says invalid strategy then they will try to tune the car and it says invalid model. They have tried it with my laptop plugged in at the same time but it seems the tuner will not accept both a laptop and a OBD connection at the same time. The car is fairly brand new, 2020 with 2k miles, and no its never been tuned before that was the dealers first question. No other mods on the car at all, stock engine. Dealer couldnt figure it out and put me in a ranger for the time being, they have to call the hotline to figure it out but wondering what was the process for those here who have already done it, perhaps its something small thats being overlooked this dealer has never done the power pack before. Thanks in advance for help.

Did you go to ford performance and register an acct? That is where you use the credit and download the procal software from ford performance. Your dead in the water till you do that. That is where the procal will update.

 

[Dave2013M3]

There isn't really anything to overlook. You download the tune on the Procal and upload into the PCM.

Actually it needs to download your stock tune into the procal then it will allow you to overwrite.

 

[Rpinaiii]

Make sure you register at the website, instructions show you.. ford performance pro cal. With the code on instructions.

 

[Dfeeds]

So with this Ford tune I'm limited to the original 3-year 36,000 mile initial warranty?

No. If installed by a ford dealership or certified mechanic then Ford Performnce's 3y/36k replaces the original Ford factory 3y/36k. Once that time is up, whichever comes first, it defaults back to original Ford the 5y/60k powertrain or any extended warranty you bought. However, that warranty does not cover any parts from the kit (intake, filter, throttle body). If one of those were to break, it wouldn't be covered. If you had catastrophic engine failure due to something like dropped valve, failed timing chain, failed oil pump, or leaking seals, then there's a solid chance you'd be covered. If you did something stupid, like beat the crap out of it while running 87 octane (something the tune states to not do), and ended up with a hole through your piston, then you better hope you're on good terms with your dealership.

In a nutshell; if you're outside of the 3 year 36k coverage and you have a failure of any of the parts from the tune, or caused by the parts and/or tune, you could be denied. If not then you're fine. In all honesty I'd be surprised if anyone, that had a perfectly healthy engine to start, had a failure because of the FP tune.

 

[hlh1]

Ok, sounds good. I'm thinking that I'll buy an extended warranty as my 19GT gets close to the end of it's 3/36 warranty expiration, and this extended warranty should also not be affected by this mod. The mod just has it's own 3/36 warranty.

 

[ice445]

It smoothed the tranny and it gives a little more power. What I didn't realize when I got it is that your now covered under the ford performance warranty 3 years 36000 miles so I screwed myself over because I bought the extended warranty and now my power train is only covered for 36000 miles. Live and learn. On the other hand if nothing goes on the powertrain in the first 36000 miles then I'm probably safe. The other thing is that they have to prove that there parts the same ones they put on the Bullitt and Mach One caused the problem. Like I said in the beginning if you have great expectations for this tune you may be disappointed. If you want a little more HP and a smother tranny (also when you get on it the tranny shifts more aggressively) you will probably like it. If you wait till your warranty has run out there are better tunes out there for less money. Mostly switching to E85. Good luck with your decision.

It's worth considering the A10 does a great job of always keeping the engine in its powerband. Manual cars will see much more improvement in performance because of the way they are generally driven, and the absurd gear ratios. The improved shift logic for the A10 is likely very nice though.

Does suck about the warranty though, but it is what it is. Ultimately it's like any other tune, if you can't take the financial hit of having to pay out of pocket for a worst case failure, you simply shouldn't be modding the car. That's just good financial sense.

 

[kz]

Ok, sounds good. I'm thinking that I'll buy an extended warranty as my 19GT gets close to the end of it's 3/36 warranty expiration, and this extended warranty should also not be affected by this mod. The mod just has it's own 3/36 warranty.

Why do you think extended warranty will not be affected ? It certainly can, it is an aftermarket modification. And 3/36 for the package starts with car purchase date.

 

[TRPCANA]

Did you go to ford performance and register an acct? That is where you use the credit and download the procal software from ford performance. Your dead in the water till you do that. That is where the procal will update.

yes.
this was all explained in the first post.


Anyways update i guess its an issue the ford tech line has never seen before and they now have to work around it, car is still at the dealer been 5 days now.

 

[ice445]

yes.
this was all explained in the first post.


Anyways update i guess its an issue the ford tech line has never seen before and they now have to work around it, car is still at the dealer been 5 days now.

Defective procal is my guess

 

[TRPCANA]

Defective procal is my guess

What iv been thinking for some time now.

Its now day 5 and the dealer has still been messing with it all day, they tried am manual reset and update of the procal and no joy. Reading back through the instructions again one more time i noticed that at the stage where you initially plug the procal into your laptop for updates before going to the car it mentions following on screen prompts. When i plug this thing in there are no prompts, the icon changes to connected and nothing happens, hit update and nothing happens.

 

[Rpinaiii]

The instructions stink. Nothing happens when you plug into lap top. This stopped me for 2 days. I thought I would be prompted. But you dont get prompted. I'll try to find that post back when I insalled.

 

[Dans18GT]

For me, I could not log in and get the update on the procal until I opened a browser window and logged into the Ford Performance website first.

 

[Rpinaiii]

^^ I looked it up and I thought the pro cal hand held would display prompts but it doesn't. Just the window opens in your laptop..and then you should be good to go.. it's been since May so I cant fully remember. But it stopped me for 2 days. Then it was already downloaded to procal the whole time and all.i needed to do was plug into car.

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