I don't see an option to raise idle rpm... was the idle raised in the provided tunes? Much like the Mazdaspeed, the PCV system is marginal at best and results in excessive smoke at idle when you open up the exhaust.
From Hypertech's Tuning Manager...
These are really great questions and really great answers. I appreciate Hypertech's prompt and candid answers about their products.
Glad you’re on the site and appreciate the very detailed responses from the Tuning Manager!
[FONT=Times New Roman,serif][FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]1) We don't have tuning for the 2018 Mustangs, but we will be working on those soon. We just wrapped up the tuning for the F150 3.5LEB and the 5.0L tuning should be finalized next week. These will take a few weeks to get put into our Programmer with all of the options, Alpha tested, and then Beta tested. I suspect those will roll out in a month or so. In the meantime we'll be cranking on the Mustangs![/FONT][/FONT]Glad you’re on the site and appreciate the very detailed responses from the Tuning Manager!
You also beat me to the punch... I was also going to reply that if anyone on this site was around during the original Mustang “5.0” movement, meaning, the introduction of the EFI 5.0 H.O. in the 1986 Mustang, you would have already known that Hypertech was THE pioneer and first to bring the “tuning chip” to the Mustang platform. Hypertech was also very well known on the largest Mustang website of the time period on www.corral.net (where I’m still a member today).
Hypertech is not new to the game and they are familiar with Ford’s PCM factory tunes and can (and have) offered varieties of safe aftermarket tunes for the Mustang platform for MANY years.
I’ve owned 20 Mustangs now (including my 94 Cobra and my 2018 EB); the majority of my ownership was the Fox Body (79-93) - and I had the original Hypertech chip in my prior 1986 GT as well as 1992 GT. Sure now there are a slew of offerings on the market, but as stated Hypertech was the Tuner chip of the times for those staying N/A, it worked with subtle mods and without fear of blowing up the engine.
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So here’s my questions:
1) Is there any such offering for the 2018 EB yet? If not, anything in development for the 2018 EB with a proposed ETA?
2) If the Hypertech unit is installed - does it leave any trace once removed if the user needs to take the vehicle in for warranty work? Trace meaning, would Ford be able to see any key/ignition cycle changes in the PCM data logs? This has been discussed by many regarding the “other” Tuners, in which in the event of a failed engine, Ford is able to determine if the engine had an aftermarket tune at some point by viewing the ignition/key cycle data which can be compared to prior service visits (if any).
3) This question may tie into #1 above: With the introduction of the new 10R80 for the 2018 models, has the shift mapping also been improved upon for both D and S driving modes?
4) This question may tie into #3: The 2018’s with the analog dash cluster and 10R80 - the gear # selected will only display if in “D” or “S” mode AND the driver is using the paddle shifters. If the car is in D or S and is auto shifting itself (ie: driver has NOT touched or initiated manual shifting), the gear # will not stay visible in the cluster. Can your Hypertech device modify the shift strategy AND display the gear # at all times in the analog cluster? Based on what I have read and know about the 2018 digital cluster, it does show the trans gear at all times.
5) Would you be willing to be transparent enough to let us know what other aftermarket components where on your subject EB test vehicle during the development, dyno runs and finalization of the Hypertech device? Meaning like exhaust, CAI, etc? Also were you testing using the base EB platform or the EB w/PP platform?
6) Do you have a 2018 EB test subject?
7) Does the device come with free software updates? Or once the device is purchased, there would not be any further updates?
To both of the Hypertech guys -
CustomS550, here is the answer to your PM you sent me...We wanted to leave it open here for others to see as well....I hope this answers your question(s) you sent me....
Thank you for the detailed response. I have not upgraded the downpipe on my vehicle so I haven't personally experienced the smoking at idle issues that I mentioned. I do know of several other forum members past and present that have had the issue.
[FONT=Times New Roman,serif][FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]It does appear that your boost is lower than we saw on the dyno. The picture in the above post was a datalog from the car with full mods, so we would expect you to have similar results. There are several possible causes and solution since we're dealing with mods. Let's dig into this via PM, and then post back here once we have a definite answer. Thanks for working with us![/FONT][/FONT]Thank you, fellas, for the wealth of information. By no means was I questioning your ability as a tuning enterprise, and I think that there's a mis misunderstandings here. I see that the above graph shows post-FMIC boost pressures of around 20-17 psi, however in my case the turbo shows nowhere near the pressure numbers as the graph above. I only see a max of around 17 psi as a spike if I full throttle below 4k rpm, then it falls down to around 14-16 psi for the rest of the rpm range. Everything else, like the throttle response improvement and the part throttle fuel enrichment are working as advertised. I did about 10 different full throttle pulls, and have gotten the same results over and over. I tried the previous tuner (w/ an aftermarket downpipe specific 91-octane tune) to make sure that there isn't a fault with a sensor or two in my engine, and right away the pressures were holding strong and flat @ 20psi all the way to 6k rpm, and the rear tires breaking loose in second and third gears (wet pavement)
Thank you!
[FONT=Times New Roman,serif][FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Just an FYI, our Power Programmer has a 30-day money back guarantee. That way you can try it out and return it if you aren't happy with it, or just thought better of spending the cash on mods right now. Either way, we want you to be a customer that comes back to us in the future. We treat our customers like family, not a sale.[/FONT][/FONT]
