Side effects from tuning

[Joe_Stang]

Not sure why your car doesn't run with the SCT but my butt dyno can't tell a difference in power between SCT, Steeda or Unleashed. They all make a huge difference.

So your saying all 3 tunes from each company feel the same?

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[Tamadrummer88]

I still think that Cobb has one of the better conservative OTS tune you can get without getting a custom one like from MAP or Unleashed or Livernois.


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[willmkent]

So hopefully some tuners can chime in, when buying these tunes power, reliability, and excellent customer service is advertised throughout this forum. Obviously there are no guarantees but what happens for the customer who says, "hey I have these 3 mods, can you tune this car for me to get the best reliable power?" And the tuner then tunes the car and it blows up, dos the tuner charge you the money and the. Say sorry for your luck, see ya! Or step in and assist somehow in the issue, I know I'm being paranoid but I just got outbid an older car that bled me dry, I don't want to end up paying out the a$$ for a brand new car because I wanted it a little faster, some will say " well that's the risk you take with modifying". And I know that. What do the tuners here do to back their work and products, or is everything at risk and "good luck buddy"

Thanks to all so far for good information, and a second thank you for not putting down or ranting negative reviews on the vendors or tuners here

 

[EcoSwag1990]

So your saying all 3 tunes from each company feel the same?

Those 3 might feel similar but there are probably big differences between certain ones because some of them are boost based and some are load based.

Don't forget about Woodbine motorsports btw. They are in MD and will do a custom dyno tune for 400 with the SCT

 

[Joe_Stang]

Those 3 might feel similar but there are probably big differences between certain ones because some of them are boost based and some are load based.

Don't forget about Woodbine motorsports btw. They are in MD and will do a custom dyno tune for 400 with the SCT

I will go with unleashed once I put some miles on the car. The biggest problem I noticed with this car is it has no power in the upper rpm's. Did your tune make a big difference with this. I want the power to be consistent all the way through.

 

[jtmat]

So your saying all 3 tunes from each company feel the same?

No, they are not even close to being similar.

The "free" base SCT tune (using 93 oct) is closer to stock than unleashed.

 

[2mnyprojects]

One side effect I noticed with a tuned ecostang, is loss of friends. Guys get pissed when they have a v8 and u beat them with a tuned turbo 4.

 

[04SloSnake]

So hopefully some tuners can chime in, when buying these tunes power, reliability, and excellent customer service is advertised throughout this forum. Obviously there are no guarantees but what happens for the customer who says, "hey I have these 3 mods, can you tune this car for me to get the best reliable power?" And the tuner then tunes the car and it blows up, dos the tuner charge you the money and the. Say sorry for your luck, see ya! Or step in and assist somehow in the issue, I know I'm being paranoid but I just got outbid an older car that bled me dry, I don't want to end up paying out the a$$ for a brand new car because I wanted it a little faster, some will say " well that's the risk you take with modifying". And I know that. What do the tuners here do to back their work and products, or is everything at risk and "good luck buddy"

Thanks to all so far for good information, and a second thank you for not putting down or ranting negative reviews on the vendors or tuners here

If I was a tuner, I would be very wary about assisting a customer that blew his motor. I could see them looking at a datalog to ensure the tune acted as intended but they cannot control what the owner does. There are too many variables when it comes to cars and the tune is only a small part of that.

 

[Horse]

Why Ford did not do it...

I have read (almost) all positive reviews about the tunes (for V6, EB, V8) here.

Meaning no disrespect to tuning companies or Ford, I have to wonder why Ford did not tune it like this at factory. (Or maybe Ford was a bit too conservative when setting up stock tune?) :cheers:

 

[turtleboy]

Well with my Unleashed Tune from Torrie I have noticed a pretty big gain on the highway, around town its obviously less.

 

[Joe_Stang]

Well with my Unleashed Tune from Torrie I have noticed a pretty big gain on the highway, around town its obviously less.

Gain in what? Tell me about his tune lol I want to get it soon

 

[turtleboy]

Mpgs, well maybe 2 mpgs but I never drive it on the freeway. Otherwise the car is a monster compared to stock. Well worth $399.

 

[Joe_Stang]

Mpgs, well maybe 2 mpgs but I never drive it on the freeway. Otherwise the car is a monster compared to stock. Well worth $399.

Is the power consistent all throughout rpm's, no drop off like it is stock?

 

[Poppacapp]

One side effect I noticed with a tuned ecostang, is loss of friends. Guys get pissed when they have a "STOCK" v8 and u beat them with a tuned turbo 4.

There... fixed for you.

 

[willmkent]

If I was a tuner, I would be very wary about assisting a customer that blew his motor. I could see them looking at a datalog to ensure the tune acted as intended but they cannot control what the owner does. There are too many variables when it comes to cars and the tune is only a small part of that.

I completely agree as well. Although, I'm not a gambling man so this is why I'm asking these questions I certainly want more power running to the car as I feel that it's a little bit too slow and not properly mapped out from the factory, however I would just like to know that these tunes are performed well enough that they are reliable for the platform and won't leave me stranded needing to replace an $8000 motor. So far I've really seen nothing but good reliability from almost every single else tuner on here but the question still plagues me is four to $600 worth of a tune possibly worth the single isolated chance of blowing up the motor and having to replace it on a brand-new car. personally I work for a company that absolutely backs our product 110% so I would like to hear from these tutors that as long as the car was being treated normally and wasn't being modified or messed with after the tune has been put on that if there was some type of substantiating problem that the tuner would at least Step in and offer some type of assistance so that the buyer was no longer stranded, especially if it was the tune that could've caused the problem

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