FPC Voodoo Tunability

[Kodyray72]

Awesome. Although, with the Boss I doubt you miss the Cobra TOO much. Lol

Hahahaha there are stil those days... but not many This new shelby has me feeling buyers remorse tho, shouldve just kept the terminator and saved, but oh well, guess ill be in debt a lil bit this next year, but if the price is right I dont mind.

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[Garrett94]

The same can be asked of Ferrari and lamborghini.

They respond very well to custom tuning (not to mention exhaust, etc.)

And these are engines that are closer to the ragged edge than you'd find from Ford.

Add to that the fact that the GT350 has larger displacement and no direct injection and it's not only possible but probable that the Voodoo responds very favorably to tuning and mods.


If Ford wanted a 500 hp 5.2l coyote, they could have done so without the FPC.

What they have engineered is s PLATFORM. This is an engine with a future. Not a one-off, "maxed out" from the factory. 500-600 hp would leave plenty of room for tuning and bolt on improvements.

Very exciting times.

I agree ford has made a platform to build on I would not be shocked if ford is leaving a good 50-60 hp in just the tune and exhaust alone they won't max it out so it can be used in future models like a potential GT or a forced induction GT500

 

[Rhumbline]

Given that the Voodoo is a production motor that has to meet emission, durability, NVH and a host of other standards, all under warranty and at a certain price point, there is undoubtedly a lot of room left to further tweak it depending on how much money you want to spend and how many of the other aforementioned variables you are comfortable in compromising as a result.

Dial it up to 600hp at 9K rpm? Probably doable with the expenditure of a certain amount of coin, tossing the warranty, increased stink, racket and thirst, and some degradation in reliability and durability. Whether one would want to do this is purely a personal preference.

Out of the box and off the showroom floor, the Voodoo does look like a very impressive motor given what we know.

 

[Grimace427]

If/when I get a Voodoo-powered GT350, I'll spend a weekend datalogging the hell out of the thing and send them to the top tuners in the country to study. Give them a chance to learn as much as possible and add their experience tuning the Coyote and others to come up with a plan.

 

[Kodyray72]

If/when I get a Voodoo-powered GT350, I'll spend a weekend datalogging the hell out of the thing and send them to the top tuners in the country to study. Give them a chance to learn as much as possible and add their experience tuning the Coyote and others to come up with a plan.

My kinda car guy, thanks for wanting to do the research thatll benefit everybody in the end

 

[Tony Alonso]

My kinda car guy, thanks for wanting to do the research thatll benefit everybody in the end

Just so long as he doesn't blow up his engine, his sacrifice will be noble

 

[Kodyray72]

Just so long as he doesn't blow up his engine, his sacrifice will be noble

Hope u didn't just jinx the poor guy lol

 

[Grimace427]

Just so long as he doesn't blow up his engine, his sacrifice will be noble

Never said I'm letting them tune my car, just have datalogs to study!addle:

 

[wproctor411]

If/when I get a Voodoo-powered GT350, I'll spend a weekend datalogging the hell out of the thing and send them to the top tuners in the country to study. Give them a chance to learn as much as possible and add their experience tuning the Coyote and others to come up with a plan.

Do you go to VIR? That is my next track to run, first thing in the spring.

 

[Grimace427]

Do you go to VIR? That is my next track to run, first thing in the spring.

It's about a 5-6 hour drive for me, definitely on my to-do list along with Summit Point.

 

[jrease]

If/when I get a Voodoo-powered GT350, I'll spend a weekend datalogging the hell out of the thing and send them to the top tuners in the country to study. Give them a chance to learn as much as possible and add their experience tuning the Coyote and others to come up with a plan.

I'm wondering if any of the tuners/vedors on here will be doing the same or waiting for some guinea pigs. Also hoping the new engine brings new players with more FPC experience into the development fold.

We've been seeing Coyote mods forever now I'm ready for a change.

 

[wproctor411]

I'm wondering if any of the tuners/vedors on here will be doing the same or waiting for some guinea pigs. Also hoping the new engine brings new players with more FPC experience into the development fold.

We've been seeing Coyote mods forever now I'm ready for a change.

They will tear the engines apart getting as much power as possible. I can't wait and don't mind taking chances. I'm actually meeting a guy this weekend to look at buying my car and let me tell you the price is right.

I can think of a few Indy car racing shops here in town that work on engines but that's on a whole different level. There are not too many engine builders or tuners working on FPC type engines. Race teams sure but that is even limited to just one or two that I can think of. I don't even think the Indy car engines are FPC.

Call it what you want but to the aftermarket an engine is an engine and a fresh set of eyes and brains on an old technology isn't a bad thing.

Cower Cams built some FPC parts for modular and small block fords and small block chevy's back in the day - 20-ish years ago. Call it a rough experiment that didn't go as planned but hey, maybe they will get in the game on this one.

 

[nametoshowothers]

From a tuner perspective it does not matter if FPC or cpc, it's just air pump to which they add fuel and adjust timing

 

[Grimace427]

From a tuner perspective it does not matter if FPC or cpc, it's just air pump to which they add fuel and adjust timing

Yeah pretty much. Big thing to consider is the cost of the car versus the number of potential customers they expect. If demand is low, they aren't going to run out and purchase a limited edition model just to mess with on their own time. They will wait for a customer to bring their personal car to use as a test bed. Every year Ford makes their ECU just a little more complicated.

 

[289isfine]

Will be interesting crankshaft journal dimensions on
Voodoo...

The Modular engines had narrow, large diameter journals
to shorten block length. Not conducive to high RPM

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