Tickford S550 - 536 hp/466 lb/ft....from a tune!

[Twin Turbo]

Impressive figures from Tickford in Australia

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/tickford-reveals-400kw-mustang-gt-tune

Ford tuner Tickford is set to make the new generation of Mustang a lot more powerful, and do so without the use of forced induction.

With the standard Mustang GT producing an already-impressive 339kW and 556Nm, Tickford says its adding an additional 61kW and 76Nm into the mix – for a total of 400kW and 632Nm.

Again, that’s without the use of forced induction.

The 400kW atmo Mustang follows the last version of uprated atmo power provided by Tickford in the guise of the last-gen Mustang.

That car had 360kW, a slightly lesser increase of 54kW over the standard car, though still more power than the MY18 Mustang produces as standard.

Even the physical modifications to that car were more extensive than the tune Tickford has unleashed on the new one – the 2015-17 car was given a cold-air intake, a three-inch full exhaust system, as well as the ECU tune.

Tickford says the only change made to the new car to achieve 400kW is the tune, which leaves the engine physically pretty much the same. The uprated engine and driveline is even covered by warranty.

“Following numerous weeks spent on the dyno, the Tickford engineering team sought to further unleash the raw power, and drawing on our years of experience in both road cars and race cars, our enhancements have seen an increase in power from the standard 339kw to 400kw, and torque increases from 556Nm to 632Nm, while also ensuring a smoother power delivery.”

Each car Tickford tunes gets a numbered build plate, and a ‘Tickford Enchanced’ badge.

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[MexicanBatman]

Can’t understand such a large gain tune only

Can someone do it and do a before and after Dyno

Once confirmed I’m booking mine in!

 

[v8hgt]

Yeah that would make the Tickford tune the biggest in the business. I suspect they have put long tubes on it too in the form of the full street fighter setup. Thus eliminating the rhd header bottleneck that would otherwise limit power to lower than a lhd car

 

[MexicanBatman]

Spoke to them on the phone

Confirmed it’s tune only

Also they are reputable, so it’s not a local garage making wild claims

But still 61kw gain from a tune

I find it really hard to believe

They did offer a test drive though


I don’t need any additional power, but still...

 

[Ebm]

Those are the type of numbers you see on a tune for FI. But n/a? That's crazy!

 

[zackmd1]

E85 or a few other octane boosting tricks maybe? Still hard to belive the numbers with just a tune.

 

[MrWolf]

Oh by the way 536 is bhp.

That’s 543 hp! That’s a 83hp gain from tune only

Also, my understanding is that they don’t tune for E85

Wish I could believe this

 

[Mustang_Lou]

Lol.

This might be worth reading: https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/lotta-talk-about-dyno-runs-fake-runs.110168/#post-2351077

 

[The_Phantom]

Either they have created the best tune ever known to man and truly gained 83HP.....or there's more to it.

I vote the latter. Not buying it's tune-only with no mods, no gas requirements, etc.

 

[Zelek]

Calling BS as well. Lets see them do this on multiple cars.

 

[JennyStang]

83 hp form a tune hahahahahahahahahah

 

[Grimace427]

Probably using some insane drivetrain % loss calculation like a lot of people try to use to inflate their RWHP numbers.

 

[MexicanBatman]

Should be noted they were a manufacturer that built performance Ford’s in Australia sold under the Ford brand and also as Tickford an actual genuine OE supplier

They aren’t a small tuning shop and the likelihood of false claims and bullshit Dyno figures is very low

But still

They are some crazy claims for a tune only on regular Australian pump fuel, not e85, we call it 98 it’s similar to US 93

 

[MrWolf]

Those graphs show the standard 2018 revving to 8,300. The red line is 7,400.
Shome mishtake shurely.

Can be tuned to rev higher.

 

[nastang87xx]

Take this pill and grow 6 inches.................

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