is there a HP boost with lund octane difference

[lethalchristy]

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[beefcake]

pushing 8.8's in the quickest supercharged s550 with the lund ngauge

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[daltron]

Watching Derek and Terry like:

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I do think if we locked them in a room that something like this would happen:

 

[robwlf]

i never run 87. always atleast 91.. but is there a 100 octane tune avil...

 

[craigsix]

How about the difference between 87 tune and 91 tune? 91 is more widely available as the highest octane around here than 93 is. 93 is available at random stations, just not as prevalent as 91. Most stations around here are 87, 89, 91.

try some torco with 91

 

[robwlf]

well i can get 100 here and 110.. few gas stations around me sell it was wondering in case i wanted a track tune.or felt like spending 6 bucks a gl to fill up on 100

 

[LethalPerformance]

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[beefcake]

well i can get 100 here and 110.. few gas stations around me sell it was wondering in case i wanted a track tune.or felt like spending 6 bucks a gl to fill up on 100

high octane tune will make a diff over just 93 for sure

 

[beefcake]

Watching Derek and Terry like:

Best part is two great vendors and everyone wins.

I do think if we locked them in a room that something like this would happen:

lol,

gotta be in there when you got 3 people from the same company replying in the same post in every thread with the same response lol.

guess i need to hire more people

 

[Derek@Lethal]

i never run 87. always atleast 91.. but is there a 100 octane tune avil...

Just put 100 octane in and the knock sensors will take over by adding timing. As long as fuel quality is good, timing will be increased to safe limits by the PCM.

 

[beefcake]

try some torco with 91

torco or octanium both work great

 

[MSMStannyl]

Just put 100 octane in and the knock sensors will take over by adding timing. As long as fuel quality is good, timing will be increased to safe limits by the PCM.

So, I guess I'm a little confused. Based on what I've been reading on this thread, it almost sounds like it doesn't matter what tune you're running (87, 91, 93). It sounds like the car/tune will automatically adjust for the actual octane in the tank? So why isn't there just 1 "Lund Tune" for gas (not E85) instead of the different octane options?

Don't get me wrong, this sounds like a great feature to have. I plan on tuning soon and this was definitely a concern of mine as well. Around me, 93 is available just about everywhere. However, on those occasions where it's not, I didn't want to worry about blowing up my engine with lower octane. If the timing will always be adjusted up or down to keep things safe, that's great news! Just trying to understand why the octane needs to be specified when ordering the tune then. What am I missing?

 

[beefcake]

So, I guess I'm a little confused. Based on what I've been reading on this thread, it almost sounds like it doesn't matter what tune you're running (87, 91, 93). It sounds like the car/tune will automatically adjust for the actual octane in the tank? So why isn't there just 1 "Lund Tune" got gas (not E85) instead of the different octane options?

Don't get me wrong, this sounds like a great feature to have. I plan on tuning soon and this was definitely a concern of mine as well. Around me, 93 is available just about everywhere. However, on those occasions where it's not, I didn't want to worry about blowing up my engine with lower octane. If the timing will always be adjusted up or down to keep things safe, that's great news! Just trying to understand why the octane needs to be specified when ordering the tune then. What am I missing?

within reason.

if your running a 100 octane specific tune, it will be made specifically for higher octane, and will be set up more aggressively.

a 93 octane tune will be "maximized" with 100 octane added.

it's not really recommended to run 87 on a 93 octane tune, but the knock sensors will pull timing.

91 and 93 are much closer, that the car won't work as hard.

if your constantly changing fuels, the flex fuel tune would be your best bet

 

[Terminator2]

within reason.

if your running a 100 octane specific tune, it will be made specifically for higher octane, and will be set up more aggressively.

a 93 octane tune will be "maximized" with 100 octane added.

it's not really recommended to run 87 on a 93 octane tune, but the knock sensors will pull timing.

91 and 93 are much closer, that the car won't work as hard.

if your constantly changing fuels, the flex fuel tune would be your best bet

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[Derek@Lethal]

So, I guess I'm a little confused. Based on what I've been reading on this thread, it almost sounds like it doesn't matter what tune you're running (87, 91, 93). It sounds like the car/tune will automatically adjust for the actual octane in the tank? So why isn't there just 1 "Lund Tune" got gas (not E85) instead of the different octane options?

Don't get me wrong, this sounds like a great feature to have. I plan on tuning soon and this was definitely a concern of mine as well. Around me, 93 is available just about everywhere. However, on those occasions where it's not, I didn't want to worry about blowing up my engine with lower octane. If the timing will always be adjusted up or down to keep things safe, that's great news! Just trying to understand why the octane needs to be specified when ordering the tune then. What am I missing?

For gasoline tunes on the 11+ cars, there is only 1 tune (87, 91, 92, 93). FlexFuel or E85, gasoline race fuels, etc get different tunes (note: race gasoline can be used in regular gas tunes). The only reason why our tune form asks to specify octane level is because that's a generic form we use across the whole Ford tuning platform.

07-2010 GT500's do not have active octane adjustment like the 11+ cars because they do not have knock sensors, they need to specify octane level and they are not allowed to run a lower grade fuel with a higher octane tune.

If you have access to or want to use race gas, Lund can make a specific tune for the higher octane where the knock sensors will "work less" and keep the timing more aggressive.

Hope that helps clear things up, let us know if you have any other questions.

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