Actual warranty denials due to tuning.

[galaxy]

Man, I’ll say this about tunes...everyone’s gotta do their own risk assessment, but we just put a Lund tune in my S197 car. Bone stock, but excellent condition engine except for Steeda 101mm CAI. Car ran great. But I have been utterly amazed and in complete awe over how the car runs with the tune. Aside from any power/performance gain, the drive ability, smoothness, idle quality, every. single. aspect of how smooth and good that engine runs is improved. It’s amazing. And I thought it was running great before.

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[Bikeman315]

never did I imagine that we would be discussing GAAP and financial statements on this thread (said by a CFO)

The only thing harder to imagine is we are now 46 posts in and no one on here has confirmed this has happened to them.

 

[Hack]

The only thing harder to imagine is we are now 46 posts in and no one on here has confirmed this has happened to them.

I guess it must not be very common - or people don't want to admit having made a $20K ++ mistake. I know I would feel pretty crappy if I had done that.

 

[Rubyred17]

The only thing harder to imagine is we are now 46 posts in and no one on here has confirmed this has happened to them.

yes, what happened to the good old days when we argued about motor oil !!

 

[460Fred]

The only thing harder to imagine is we are now 46 posts in and no one on here has confirmed this has happened to them.

Because it’s all fake news ;-)
BTW I totally get your point. Next witness, next witness, for the love of all things Shelby, can we get an actual witness your honor? This is like watching the nightly news.

 

[Hack]

Because it’s all fake news ;-)
BTW I totally get your point. Next witness, next witness, for the love of all things Shelby, can we get an actual witness your honor? This is like watching the nightly news.

I think it's probably rare that someone gets a tune and the tune causes an engine problem. It's probably less than the failure rate of other tuned engines, because a GT350 owner would most likely not go to the cheapest possible tuner. And I don't think the Voodoo is excessively fragile.

 

[dennis123]

Man, I’ll say this about tunes...everyone’s gotta do their own risk assessment, but we just put a Lund tune in my S197 car. Bone stock, but excellent condition engine except for Steeda 101mm CAI. Car ran great. But I have been utterly amazed and in complete awe over how the car runs with the tune. Aside from any power/performance gain, the drive ability, smoothness, idle quality, every. single. aspect of how smooth and good that engine runs is improved. It’s amazing. And I thought it was running great before.

That is good to hear..I have a 19 GT that is Certified Pre-owned and I planned on Lund Tuning when it gets warmer. Does it feel like a whole new car after the tune?

 

[galaxy]

That is good to hear..I have a 19 GT that is Certified Pre-owned and I planned on Lund Tuning when it gets warmer. Does it feel like a whole new car after the tune?

Like I said dude, complete transformation. The car already ran great (or so I thought) with zero issues. Had recently done new plugs, O2 sensors, a whole work over. How can it improve? Everything about it is better with that tune. I'm blown away.

Oh, here's the only odd thing that happened to us with the tune. The car runs and idles soooo smooth, the exhaust is actually quieter by a point or two. Or it's just a perception since it's soo smooth. But we both noticed it, sooo....

 

[Bikeman315]

Like I said dude, complete transformation. The car already ran great (or so I thought) with zero issues. Had recently done new plugs, O2 sensors, a whole work over. How can it improve? Everything about it is better with that tune. I'm blown away.

Oh, here's the only odd thing that happened to us with the tune. The car runs and idles soooo smooth, the exhaust is actually quieter by a point or two. Or it's just a perception since it's soo smooth. But we both noticed it, sooo....

I’m a little confused. Did you put a tune on your GT350 or a S197 as mentioned in your post.

 

[galaxy]

I’m a little confused. Did you put a tune on your GT350 or a S197 as mentioned in your post.

On my S197, just like it said.

 

[Gogoggansgo]

The only thing harder to imagine is we are now 46 posts in and no one on here has confirmed this has happened to them.

that’s because your average gt350 leaves it stock. Go on the focus st forum it’s warranty void left and right lol.Ford didn’t use a good ring land design on the 2.0 pistons and even stock they’re known to LSPI. If you want real info that’s the place to go

 

[Bikeman315]

that’s because your average gt350 leaves it stock. Go on the focus st forum it’s warranty void left and right lol.Ford didn’t use a good ring land design on the 2.0 pistons and even stock they’re known to LSPI. If you want real info that’s the place to go

I hear you but this is a S550 forum, not just the GT350. Any owner can comment on this thread and no one has. I’m not denying it happens. Just waiting for someone with actual experience to acknowledge it.

 

[JAJ]

I hear you but this is a S550 forum, not just the GT350. Any owner can comment on this thread and no one has. I’m not denying it happens. Just waiting for someone with actual experience to acknowledge it.

Well, maybe... at the top of my browser display, it says this:

So, while it's an S550 forum, it's the Voodoo subsection of the GT350 subsection. So, taking @Gogoggansgo's point, I think lots of GT350 owners look at the $25,000 or so it that costs to replace a Voodoo engine and decide to give modifications a miss.

 

[Bikeman315]

Well, maybe... at the top of my browser display, it says this:

So, while it's an S550 forum, it's the Voodoo subsection of the GT350 subsection. So, taking @Gogoggansgo's point, I think lots of GT350 owners look at the $25,000 or so it that costs to replace a Voodoo engine and decide to give modifications a miss.

You‘re right. I never noticed it was in the Voodoo sub section.

 

[Shift]

Well, maybe... at the top of my browser display, it says this:

So, while it's an S550 forum, it's the Voodoo subsection of the GT350 subsection. So, taking @Gogoggansgo's point, I think lots of GT350 owners look at the $25,000 or so it that costs to replace a Voodoo engine and decide to give modifications a miss.

The invoice I got from the dealer was about $30k in total. So yea, no tunes for me during the warranty period.

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