I bought my GT lightly used and it had a BAMA tune. First thing I did was flash it back to stock and sold the SCT device. I replaced it with a Roush PP1 and even my wife commented that it seemed to run better.
I heard a saying during my motorcycling days that could also be applicable to the Miata:
It's always more fun to ride a slow bike fast than it is to ride a fast bike slow.....
If you want a supercharger and plan on doing some track time, sell it and get a GT500. You have a number of things working against you on supercharging that GT and that's the CR is too high on your engine and you don't have enough heat exchangers. Pretty much with either of those systems you're...
Yes, except he presents himself as a mustang authority/influencer etc. Unfortunately he knows about as much about cars as the average person on the street knows about brain surgery.
I think there's a general misconception of what catch cans really do. I have the Ford Performance one on my Mustang (port injection) and no catch can on my F150 (direct injection) as ford doesn't make one.
Seems that there is a belief that a catch can will prevent valve coking. What I haven't...
Most of the issues I had were actually mechanical in nature along with a side of fraud. I had a 2010 Tiguan and a 2011 Jetta Sportwagen Diesel.
Tiguan issues: The TSI motor had a notorious issue with their timing chain tensioners. The car was on a CPO warranty and I managed to complain enough...
I like all kinds of cars (Subarus and Toyotas being the exception here) but just happen to own a couple of Ford's right now.
My next car purchase probably won't be a Ford, not because there is anything wrong with them, rather I'll want to try something else.
In my younger years I was more...
I'm not young either nor have been a practicing ME for years now (I'm gainfully employed in another field now). I do have years of experience as you do around cars which helps shape our opinions.
In my teens I was into honda's when it was a big deal if you had Intake/Header's & Exhaust for your...
LOL, I'd love to be a fly on the wall seeing you trying to "school" those engineers.
Porsche Engineer "How would you improve the GT3 RS?"
TeeLew "Uhh, put a procharger on it with an email tune!"
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My approach to the GT500 would be identical to my 911 when I get it. Leave well enough alone in this case, I'm not smarter than the engineers at Ford Performance or Porsche.
Furthermore I'm not a huge fan of the Shelby American builds, yes they use high quality parts but I question how well it...
I don't own a Camaro.
I also come from an engineering background, I worked in aerospace and not automotive. You're dismissing the engineering & testing that goes into the overall package of a special edition car like the GT500 or ZL1.
Many owners who "build" their car end up with a vehicle...
The coyote was not designed for FI like the predator engine. Compression ratio is too high and a GT doesn't have the cooling capacity nor the braking system to handle that kind of power in a sustained fashion (try a 20 minute lapping session with a blower on your GT and you're likely to get...