Thatguy
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All of my performance upgrades have been ordered. The last piece of the puzzle will be the tune. I've been talking to Ryan at PD about that. This is what I've told him -
My goals for the car are -
1 - Reliable. I've read a bunch of EcoBoom posts. They range from stock to modified. Some people run 12s and never have a problem while others have a rod escape out of the side of the block without any mods. I'd like to keep the internals where they belong but I know anything can happen.
2 - With that said, I'm doing these upgrades for better performance. I mentioned being happy with low to mid-13s in my email last month. The parts list is a little longer now so I'm kind of hoping to see time slips that starts with 12 the few times the car goes to the track. The engine won't be spending all of it's life at redline. Most of the time will be normal driving and laying into it a little. Can it be tuned for quarter mile performance while feeling good where it will spend most of it's time in the low to mid-range?
He said there won't be a problem tuning for the track and street performance I'm looking for. I also asked about tuning the transmission. He can optimize the shift points but can’t touch the shift pressures until Cobb unlocks that option.
I've read some posts from people who have seen good results from transmission tuning (maybe a couple tenths?) so I think that will be beneficial. This is the first time having a Mustang tuned so I'm wondering if there is anything I don't know about that I should inquire about? Maybe setting the drive modes up a certain way or something else?
Thanks!
My goals for the car are -
1 - Reliable. I've read a bunch of EcoBoom posts. They range from stock to modified. Some people run 12s and never have a problem while others have a rod escape out of the side of the block without any mods. I'd like to keep the internals where they belong but I know anything can happen.
2 - With that said, I'm doing these upgrades for better performance. I mentioned being happy with low to mid-13s in my email last month. The parts list is a little longer now so I'm kind of hoping to see time slips that starts with 12 the few times the car goes to the track. The engine won't be spending all of it's life at redline. Most of the time will be normal driving and laying into it a little. Can it be tuned for quarter mile performance while feeling good where it will spend most of it's time in the low to mid-range?
He said there won't be a problem tuning for the track and street performance I'm looking for. I also asked about tuning the transmission. He can optimize the shift points but can’t touch the shift pressures until Cobb unlocks that option.
I've read some posts from people who have seen good results from transmission tuning (maybe a couple tenths?) so I think that will be beneficial. This is the first time having a Mustang tuned so I'm wondering if there is anything I don't know about that I should inquire about? Maybe setting the drive modes up a certain way or something else?
Thanks!
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