Yeah, after reading the very difficult-to-find instructions, I'm doing it myself.
I was going to get this tune but then decided to save my money and sell a few toys and get the GT. Unfortunately after driving a few GT's I have left somewhat unimpressed. I was expecting the torque to be great but it is more of a High RPM motor then I was expecting. So I am circling back to keeping the ecoboost and getting the Ford Tune. I have 35000 miles but also a CPO warranty. I emailed one dealer about the tune and how it would affect the warranty if I blow the motor at like 75000 miles. In an email he said I would be covered by the Ford warranty no problem. I also talked with a Ford Dealership that has a full blown Ford Performance shop in it. I asked the same question about blowing a motor at 75000 miles. I didn't even get all the words out of my mouth before he was nodding his head and said you have nothing to worry about. He did say if I buy everything from them and they install and have all the receipts I will be good to go. I did not get anything in an email or writing from them though. I will admit I am still concerned if something happens 3 years down the road and different management is there or something. But what I'm getting at is you might get a better chance of warranty work done if the dealership is involved with everything. As the one place said they would need to prove something failed on the Ford Performance part to cause the engine failure. Like if the filter would break apart and go in the motor. I plan to stop at one of these shops soon to get that extra confirmation I am looking for though. Unfortunately it is alot more expensive to go the full dealership route. For me about $900 total.
My total was $499 going through Steve at Tasca Ford!
Honestly really depends on the dealer. I've seen some say dealers flat out refuse to even load the tune for people as it's a modification. Some will say they will do it, but don't bring the car into their dealership for any work. Some will see it as extra work they don't want to deal with. Many generally love pure stock vehicles from a timing standards standpoint. Modded vehicles can take longer for specific tasks, especially troubleshooting and many still get paid labor hours for work. When you have a pretty set in stone routine, modded vehicles can really throw a wrench in things. <-- From their standpoint.
I get that. My ford dealer wanted nothing to do with the tune. They referred me to a local performance shop that is FP certified.
Meaning a speed limiter? No. Otherwise the car somehow switches tunes to stock above 120? No.
I'd go with a different tuner if you are that close, for a few reasons:
All good points and I would concur if I didn't have the ESP for 6 more years and 100k miles! :cheers:
Pretty sure the ESP, as far as the powertrain is concerned, is nullified after 3/36 with the tune.
Nope. Except, as with any aftermarket add-on, the problem is a result of the add-on. And that is never mileage or time dependent. The only thing lost at 3/36 is the warranty provided by Ford Performance. I confirmed this with Ford Warranty only days ago. :cheers: