18+ GT Performance Tune Pac

[NeedForGreen]

How was the install? I apologize if you detailed that experience already and I missed it. I already have my sound tube out and I hear thats the worst part.

The install on this is a piece of cake. The throttle body is just bolted on. Old one comes off, new one goes on. Cold air intake is one of the easiest things to put in. The tune is just connecting the procal to your pc and car and pressing a couple things on the screen.
I could have installed everything in 30 minutes, but wanted the warranty.
If you do it yourself you won't get the warranty unless you have connections with an ASE mechanic. If I was going to toss my warranty out I would have went with a Lund tune.

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[Cody5.0]

I would say yes. Everything is solid. Still have to cut the cover though. The pcv hose they give you seems to be the same cheap plastic hoses that Ford puts on.

Could a guy get away without cutting the cover?

 

[NeedForGreen]

Without risking damage to the aspirator tube? I wouldnt.

 

[Rpinaiii]

Yeah @bigmac5166 as needforgreen says the install is not complicated just take your time. The sound tube I took off way before this kit. I just straight up pulled on it hard and the plastic breaks at the firewall. Lol. I didn't mess with trying to get those screw/nuts out. Never going to use again anyway. ALSO be careful when bolting in the new throttle body the supplied screws are weak. It's like 7 lbs torque to tighten I believe. Just use your hand. I used a torque wrench and I guess I didnt set right because I broke a screw. Just go to lowes and buy another one, they have them there if it happens. Also, the cold air intake tube and throttle body dont line up perfect. You ve got to finger f---k it a little. It might go on slightly crooked but that's fine. I found it easier to align the tube first to throttle body then to intake part. There are screws holding tube into box you can loosen. IF you have a JLT Oil separator on passenger side it will be tight. And those things get HOT. But I made a solution back at first round of kits. Reverse the two hoses, there are nuts that hold them to can, in other words switch the long hose with short hose and that makes plenty of room for the JLT. It will be a little slanted but if you change it out regularly you wont have a problem.

 

[Dans18GT]

Cutting the cover isn't fun. I had the idea to try and make it look more factory rather than, "oops, we need to notch the cover so it fits". It turned out ok but a dremel wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

 

[Rpinaiii]

^^ that's looks really good. If I put the engine cover back on i am going to do that as well. Looks cleaner.

 

[Dans18GT]

^^ that's looks really good. If I put the engine cover back on i am going to do that as well. Looks cleaner.

Thanks.
The material is really *melty* (if that makes sense) with the dremel. I ended up block sanding the edge to clean it up after I finally got it cut.

 

[NeedForGreen]

I took my car to a body shop to drop off my engine cover to get painted and trimmed this morning.
I already had a painted cover, but it was cut for the old Roush intake so having a new one done.

I have a feeling the connectors that others asked about havent been fixed.
The shop owner put my cover on to mark where he needed to cut it, barely touched/moved it and the connector broke. Hairline cracks. The connector is really cheap, thin and very fragile after its hot. So you have got to be careful with it.
He ended up giving me his intake tube from his GT350 since its the same piece.
I'll see if I can get a replacement like Briebee72 did. They really should have resdesigned the tube instead of just using the same design. If you're not using the engine cover, no big deal, but some of us actually do use it. I use it for car shows.
What is really interesting is they either went with a cheap manufacturer or just got cheap on the molds/parts because the same connector on the tube I was given off of an older GT350 is pretty solid.

IAT's still stayed at 98/100 today. It did shoot up to 150 at the McDonalds drive thru, but slowly went back down after I got moving again. Have to love FL heat.

I drove the entire trip in normal mode to see not only how it drove, but if I would see any difference in gas mileage. I was getting an average if 18.5 before and now see 19.5. No idea if its partly because of the tune, my hood, the weather, my trip or a combination of everything.
It drove nice in normal mode though. Wouldn't say that before the tune.
I'll try track mode soon.

 

[Dave2013M3]

Good news guys, Ford Performance will be drop shipping the missing ducts directly to those that are missing it. If you purchased it from us please PM me your order number and we will send the info over to FP.

Thanks!

- Benny

Hi Benny, you got PM. Just got the kit from you and its missing the dirty air inlet tube to cai connection.

Dave

 

[NeedForGreen]

Went to the store today and decided to try out track mode.
Stock track mode to me was sluggish and shifts were a bit rough. With the tune, shifts are on point, but still slightly rough. Just not anywhere as feeling like to you rear ended.
The power is there.

One thing I've noticed since this tune is the air/fuel ratios are varying more.
Stock I would see 14:2 and not much lower on wot. I think the lowest I saw was 13:5.
Now I see 14.2 at idle, as low as 12:1 on wot and cruising can be anywhere from 13 to 15:1.
Of course letting off the gas shoots up to 20 which I know is normal.
With the tune I'd expect some differences for that extra power. Curious to know if others who have the tune installed are seeing the same numbers.

 

[3rdRGR]

Went to the store today and decided to try out track mode.
Stock track mode to me was sluggish and shifts were a bit rough. With the tune, shifts are on point, but still slightly rough. Just not anywhere as feeling like to you rear ended.
The power is there.

One thing I've noticed since this tune is the air/fuel ratios are varying more.
Stock I would see 14:2 and not much lower on wot. I think the lowest I saw was 13:5.
Now I see 14.2 at idle, as low as 12:1 on wot and cruising can be anywhere from 13 to 15:1.
Of course letting off the gas shoots up to 20 which I know is normal.
With the tune I'd expect some differences for that extra power. Curious to know if others who have the tune installed are seeing the same numbers.

One of the annoying things for me, is in Normal Mode, it just does not want to hold the lower gears unless you are virtually flooring it and keeping it there. This often makes it feel way too sluggish for a 460hp car. Have you noticed that the transmission mapping makes it hold the lower gears further into the higher RPM range without having to bury the gas pedal?

 

[NeedForGreen]

One of the annoying things for me, is in Normal Mode, it just does not want to hold the lower gears unless you are virtually flooring it and keeping it there. This often makes it feel way too sluggish for a 460hp car. Have you noticed that the transmission mapping makes it hold the lower gears further into the higher RPM range without having to bury the gas pedal?

Haven't looked at the rpms much, but it's definitely not sluggish like stock was. Stock even my exhaust sounded like it was struggling. Not anymore. I used to drive mostly in sport plus, but there were times the downshifts as cool as they sound were rough so I dealt with normal. Now sport plus is much smoother, but I'll probably drive in normal most of the time now to save gas.
Even on the highway I didn't feel the sluggishness I did before trying to pass someone in normal.
The tune is mapping better and getting better air fuel ratios for better performance.

 

[NeedForGreen]

I have a question for anyone else who purchased one of these. If you still have the big white box everything came in, what does the date say on the upc sticker?
Mine says 5/19/2020.
Trying to see if theres dates closer to now with updated pieces/parts or if older ones are still in circulation even with the back orders.
Dans18GT's pic shows the white valve piece is straight. Mine is 90 degrees.
Which is the updated vs old?

 

[Rpinaiii]

The old is straight. I was in the first round and mine is straight. Dont know if we are getting updated ones.

 

[Rpinaiii]

Yes I am also seeing the same air to fuel. I read like 12 to 13 to 1 is pretty good at WOT. I am about 12:1 at WOT. When I can get some good pulls I'll take a look at it again.

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