Question about tuning

[thewiz8807]

I'm pretty new to the mod scene, planning on doing a cat back exhaust, CAI and (maybe) tune to my car.

Some questions


1. Is a tune harsher on the engine, will this shave off any life of the engine in the long run?


2. Would it be better to tune the car after putting on the exhaust and CAI or before?


3. Say I tuned my car for 93 octane and run a lower octane for some unforeseen reason, will this be harmful to the engine?

4. I've seen a couple videos of mail in tuners, etc....would a dyno tune be better, more efficient?

5. Does tuning void the warranty? Can Ford tune your vehicle for you?


I watched a video of a 2015 Ecoboost Mustang and he showed the difference between stock and tune on an automatic. The automatic held revs better with the tune but I noticed it was switching gears kinda hard, the guy was lurching forward a tiny bit. Will all tunes give this effect? I want the car to hold revs but still shift smooth.


Any info is appreciated.

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[Supa LA]

I'm pretty new to the mod scene, planning on doing a cat back exhaust, CAI and (maybe) tune to my car.

Some questions


1. Is a tune harsher on the engine, will this shave off any life of the engine in the long run?


2. Would it be better to tune the car after putting on the exhaust and CAI or before?


3. Say I tuned my car for 93 octane and run a lower octane for some unforeseen reason, will this be harmful to the engine?

4. I've seen a couple videos of mail in tuners, etc....would a dyno tune be better, more efficient?

5. Does tuning void the warranty? Can Ford tune your vehicle for you?


I watched a video of a 2015 Ecoboost Mustang and he showed the difference between stock and tune on an automatic. The automatic held revs better with the tune but I noticed it was switching gears kinda hard, the guy was lurching forward a tiny bit. Will all tunes give this effect? I want the car to hold revs but still shift smooth.


Any info is appreciated.

Answering your questions in order to the best of my knowledge.

No, it should not shave off any life of the engine. If anything, i would say it may hold its life the same.

A lot of companies will offer a free updated tune if you add or remove mods after the purchase of their tune and equipment.

If you tune on a certain octane of fuel, you MUST continue to run that same octane. This can be very harmful to the motor if not.

Dyno tune or not, you should get very similar results. I would do the mail-in tuner. They can always send you updates/changes via email or electronically.

Ford will NOT tune your car for you. It is basically up to the dealer to determine if the reason you're bringing the car in for inspection has voided the warranty due to an aftermarket tune. If you want to fight it, they must prove that the tune indeed caused the issue in the first place. They are not supposed to automatically void the warranty.

Hope this helps, im sure there will be others chiming in with more specifics.

 

[beefcake]

I'm pretty new to the mod scene, planning on doing a cat back exhaust, CAI and (maybe) tune to my car.

Some questions


1. Is a tune harsher on the engine, will this shave off any life of the engine in the long run?

Anytime you add performance, you could shorten the life a little bit, on an n/a car, it would be very little

2. Would it be better to tune the car after putting on the exhaust and CAI or before?

doesn't matter as our updates on the tuning are free unless you go e85, nitrous, or power adder

3. Say I tuned my car for 93 octane and run a lower octane for some unforeseen reason, will this be harmful to the engine?

the car should adapt to the fuel without issue on an n/a car, the car is set up to pull timing if the knock sensors aren't happy,

4. I've seen a couple videos of mail in tuners, etc....would a dyno tune be better, more efficient?

the cars have built in wide bands, so a dyno is not required

5. Does tuning void the warranty? Can Ford tune your vehicle for you?

you can't void a warranty, buy you can have a repair denied if ford thinks something you did to the vehicle caused the issue, and they will always try to say that

I watched a video of a 2015 Ecoboost Mustang and he showed the difference between stock and tune on an automatic. The automatic held revs better with the tune but I noticed it was switching gears kinda hard, the guy was lurching forward a tiny bit. Will all tunes give this effect? I want the car to hold revs but still shift smooth.

harder shifting improves performance, but that doesn't have to be done in the tune if you don't want it

Any info is appreciated.

let me know if I can help you out at all, all of our tunes are custom lund racing tunes, the best in the business.

beef
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[thewiz8807]

Can you tune the car to hold the revs better w/o the harder shifting?

 

[beefcake]

Can you tune the car to hold the revs better w/o the harder shifting?

2 completely separate things

yes

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