Mapping

[LewisL]

Hi All,

My understanding is the American GT's make more power? So assume there is some potential within the standard setup to make more power?

I'm just about to fit a cat-back and thinking of getting the car remapped I don't want a piggy back hand held setup would prefer ecu remapped

Who offers this type of service?

What other mods are worth it?

Induction kit or just a good panel filter in the standard air box?

Throttle spacer?

Thanks

Lewis

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[Centurion07]

Mine has a tune from Lund and was done using an SCT X4 handset from the States. Two cars, exactly the same spec as mine, on two different dynos, have both produced 471BHP.

At the time there weren't many people over here with experience of the Mustang so I went down that route as obviously the yanks have done thousands of these cars. That said, even now I would still take the same route for the same reason, especially as most people over here offer off-the-shelf maps rather than a full custom one which is what you will get from an american tuner (at least with Lund anyway).

As regards an intake, you can get an improvement by removing the carbon trap from the standard airbox with no need for a remap, although I'm not sure a full intake kit (I have the PMAS) with a custom tune will give a better result.

The catback itself offers no power gain whatsoever but our RHD cars have a slightly different manifold on the driver's side which robs us of around 5BHP over the american cars. Only way around that is to fit new manifolds which are going to cost +£2K, which is a lot of money for not a lot of gain.

 

[hinch]

i'm lund tuned with an ngauge a fair chunk of extra power available for you especially if you fix the headers, factory air box with K&N and carbon filter removed will flow as well as an open cai but actually be considerably cooler so much better.

none of the handhelds are piggy backs they just load the tune onto the inbuilt ecu as our cars thankfully have fully re-programmable ecu's something euro manufacturers are yet to learn

 

[LewisL]

Cheers guys will look into LUND

 

[v8hgt]

Check out Lund, palm beach dyno and AED. These are all very reputable US tuners who offer a custom tune service. All about the same cost. Each have slightly different characteristics which appeal to different folk. Lund tend to run a more aggressive throttle map. Palm beach can do a linear map which better suits our UK roads. AED has a fairly linear map too. Another thing to ask about is their torque management strategy. The stock tune limits torque in the first two gears. Tuners tend to limit the torque less. AED disables torque management completely which makes things very exciting if using Pirelli rubber.

 

[GR11M]

I'm Lund tuned too, maybe worth looking at a few bolt on mods first, that way the tune will be more effective and you won't have to pay for them to modify the tune at a later date.

 

[LewisL]

I'm Lund tuned too, maybe worth looking at a few bolt on mods first, that way the tune will be more effective and you won't have to pay for them to modify the tune at a later date.

What kind of bits?

 

[CaptainSensible]

Mine has a tune from Lund and was done using an SCT X4 handset from the States. Two cars, exactly the same spec as mine, on two different dynos, have both produced 471BHP.

Those are great numbers. What parts do you have fitted to get that kind of power?

 

[Jay@mountuneUK]

Hi Lewis,
If you or anyone else wants a simpler and possibly more robust tuning option, we at mountune (the official UK Roush Master Dealer and importer) can offer a Roush Performance Pac, either Level 1 or Level 2.

Level 1 includes the Roush cold air kit and revised engine calibration. RRP is £838.07 inc VAT plus UK courier delivery or labour.
Level 2 includes the Roush cold air kit, Roush round tip axle back exhaust, and revised engine calibration. RRP is £1,291.67 inc VAT plus UK courier delivery or labour.

We offer this fitted here at mountune HQ in Essex, or you can visit a lcoal mountune-authorised Ford dealer for them to install the upgrade.

If this is of interest to anyone, please feel free to drop me a PM or email me at [email protected] for more information.

 

[GR11M]

What kind of bits?

There's a vast amount of after market mods for the Mustang. I'd suggest you get reading the forums and venture outside the United Kingdom sub forum, there's way more to find out there.

This is my garage

 

[v8hgt]

Be warned it’s a slippery slope!
I found that the tune on an otherwise stock car made a huge difference. Other bolt ons are great but the cost benefit ratio does diminish quite quick.

E.g a tune and hand hold will set you back £500 and deliver 50bhp over stock happy with no drivability quirks.

An inlet manifold gets you another 20bhp and costs at least £1000 (used) or £1500 new if you don’t get import duty.

Headers will set you back over £2500 once fitted if you opt for good cats. That will buy you another 20 bhp.

If you do headers and inlet you can add another 10bhp as they work well in combination to improve gas flow.

 

[LewisL]

I'm thinking CAI cat back and tune not gonna do headers inlet etc.

 

[GR11M]

Be warned it’s a slippery slope!

Yeah tell me about it

 

[v8hgt]

Don’t bother with the CAI in that case. No CAI will give you more performance than stock airbox. This has been well proven on the mustang. Put a k&n filter in the stock box and remove the carbon trap from the airbox. It’s been tested by many and shows it keeps inlet temps much lower than any other cai!

If normally aspirated on stock manifold then you simply can’t outflow the stock air box and throttle body. Even with headers and gt350 manifold it is debatable if the gt350 throttle body and a cai makes more than 2hp difference in perfect cool conditions. My gt350 cai runs over 10 degrees C hotter than stock airbox in traffic

 

[Centurion07]

Those are great numbers. What parts do you have fitted to get that kind of power?

Just a PMAS CAI, but as mentioned, removing the carbon trap from the stock airbox & using a decent filter in there will give near enough the same result.

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