Transfer tune from one car to another?

[Spock5.0]

A little backstory. I’ve had a 2019 A10 5.0 Base car for 3 years (bought new). Car currently has Corsa longtubes mated to Corsa sport, and a Lund e85 tune.

I got bored of the Auto, despite the performance, and had been wanting a manual car. And a fully loaded (minus recaro’s) 2019 pp2 in need for green popped up at my local dealer, with only 6,700 miles on it. So I bought it and plan to to transfer all of my stuff over, headers, exhaust, bmr suspension goodies, excluding the shocks and springs as the new car is magneride.

My question is though, is it possible to utilize my same tune for the new car? I know it’s auto to manual, but I didn’t think Lund tunes did anything with the A10 anyways, I thought you had to go HP Tuners for that.

My only concern with getting a whole new tune is that now I will no longer to be able to get a tune from anyone that will disable the rear o2’s. I have 90 degree extensions that I have used successfully for emissions tests in the past, just switched back to 93 from e85 and ran stock tune for a few days to get everything ready again. But I'm also concerned about just not being able to get a tune optimized for headers. Although I am not sure if the tunes are actually optimized for headers or not from Lund, as I was previously instructed I could run my tune prior to the installation of my headers on the old car.

Finally, if I do have to buy a new tune from Lund, can I Re-use my Ngauge in the new car, obviously assuming it was properly uninstalled from the old car.

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[K4fxd]

You can re-use the N-gauge. You cannot transfer the tune, it is VIN dependent, so would require a new Lund tune to keep the N-gauge

They will not disable the check engine light.

 

[Red5.0]

You can re-use the N-gauge. You cannot transfer the tune, it is VIN dependent, so would require a new Lund tune to keep the N-gauge

They will not disable the check engine light.

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[Spock5.0]

Yeah that’s what I figured. Just previously had other cars (speed3 and Focus ST) which could utilize OTS+ tunes from car to car as long as it was unmarried.

Do you know if they actually tune for headers, or can the tune adjust for headers on its own. That was never clear in previous tuning experience with Lund, but I see there is no option for headers under mods when purchasing the tune now. So I guess my real question is, is it worth transferring my headers, or will they not be tuned for, and thus have no real impact on performance? I want them because I love the sound with the Corsa Sports.

 

[Red5.0]

I believe the tune adjusts for headers alone, I have read where people stated they installed headers after a tune and the tuners mentioned a retune was not needed

 

[Jackson1320]

there is not much u can do to the tune to optimize for headers. you just allow a wider range of data. that's why after tuning it will work stock or with headers. it's ether within limits or its not

 

[Jackson1320]

Yeah that’s what I figured. Just previously had other cars (speed3 and Focus ST) which could utilize OTS+ tunes from car to car as long as it was unmarried.

Do you know if they actually tune for headers, or can the tune adjust for headers on its own. That was never clear in previous tuning experience with Lund, but I see there is no option for headers under mods when purchasing the tune now. So I guess my real question is, is it worth transferring my headers, or will they not be tuned for, and thus have no real impact on performance? I want them because I love the sound with the Corsa Sports.

if it's not tuned for headers you might throw a check engine light. headers don't give a lot over a cat delete. if you do header do it because you like them for some reason other then hp. if you need help with tuning hit me up

 

[Spock5.0]

there is not much u can do to the tune to optimize for headers. you just allow a wider range of data. that's why after tuning it will work stock or with headers. it's ether within limits or its not

Ok cool. Thanks for the info! Yeah I just wasn’t sure exactly how the tunes work for this car in that regard. Like I said, it was odd to me that there are no revisions or anything required when I purchased my Lund tune for the other car. In past experience tuning the turbo 4-bangers, there was always multiple datalogs and revisions sent back and forth with the tuner.

That being said, since I already have the headers, I will go ahead and throw them on at some point after I order a new tune. Just wanted to make sure the car would still run like the old one with headers on it and not run lean or anything. Just not looking forward to the uninstall from the old car, and reinstall to the new car. Took me two days to install them last time, but refuse to pay someone to install them when I can do it myself.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Shelbeast]

Question. I currently have the Lund tune and gauge. Any issues removing the gauge itself so I can get my AC hole back?

 

[K4fxd]

None at all. The car doesn't care if the gauge is hooked up or not.

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