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PUCKER wrote:Cool, thank you for the replies regarding tuning. In my mind I was thinking that the tuning discussion was by having it tuned by a shop on the dyno and I wondered what all was being tweaked.

I've never really put much "faith" into the handheld tuners/chips with a naturally aspirated gas engine. Back when I dragraced, years ago, I tried a chip on my '89 5.0 and I noticed no noticeable gains on it (ie - ET's were still the same at the track). My only positive experience with a hand-held tuner was with my '01 Ford Excursion 7.3 Diesel 4x4, which is a turbo...I had the Superchips Tuner....WOW, talk about a difference! That thing drove like a BEAST! I've since heard, but not yet experienced, that the handheld tuners for the new generation of naturally aspirated performance gas engines does help. Just wondered how much. I tell you, I'd like to defeat the 137 mph top-end limiter on my wife's G8 GT, that's for sure!

The best tweak/tune I made to my old 5.0 was the high pressure/flow fuel pump (155liter/hr from what I recall?) and the fuel pressure (adjustable fuel pressure regulator with gauge). I went from running 7.70's to 7.20's in the 1/8 mile just be giving it enough fuel, granted, this was on a very mild NOS setup but it just was starving for fuel. The 60 foot times were essentially the same but more fuel made a huge difference after that!

Purplehood wrote:

budroux2w wrote:Oh ok gotcha. This will vary depending on who does the tune and if you get it through a hand held tuner or get a dyno tune. If I were to get the 5.0 I would get a hand held tuner like the SCT or something similar as you can load up different tunes, data log, etc. These are around $375. The tunes will change how your car handles, i.e. air to fuel ratios that are controled by the car's computer.

I'm not sure how much the dyno tunes run, but again that depends on the shop that does it.

PUCKER wrote:What I'm wanting to know is the cost of a tune (as in having a performance car tuner tweak/tune the car) and what exactly that entails?

PUCKER wrote:Help me out here, school me on what a current tune is, say, on one of the new 5.0 cars, what all does it entail, cost, etc.?

A 12.22 is AWESOME!!!!!! I remember breaking into the 12's in 1991 or so with my mildy tweaked '89 GT 5.0, for a street car, that was FAST back then!

budroux2w wrote:
Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.

http://www.usamustangs.com/forum/showth ... post171325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I got the impression from the media, for what thats worth, that the 5.0 engine had been tuned-to-death prior to release and they had to resort to breathing mods to bring the HPs up to 412. How can dyno-tuning increase it?
Forgive me if that is a silly question.

TLynnHughes wrote:

budroux2w wrote: I better look into a second job.

T.

PUCKER wrote:What I'm wanting to know is the cost of a tune (as in having a performance car tuner tweak/tune the car) and what exactly that entails?

PUCKER wrote:Help me out here, school me on what a current tune is, say, on one of the new 5.0 cars, what all does it entail, cost, etc.?

A 12.22 is AWESOME!!!!!! I remember breaking into the 12's in 1991 or so with my mildy tweaked '89 GT 5.0, for a street car, that was FAST back then!

budroux2w wrote: Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.

http://www.usamustangs.com/forum/showth ... post171325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TLynnHughes wrote:

budroux2w wrote:

TLynnHughes wrote:I completely agree! I haven't had the pleasure of making a pass down the local dragstrip. Maybe one day. Definitely thinking about some add ons to the new toy, but can't think of what I want first. It already has most everything that one would "normally" start with.

T.

Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.


http://www.usamustangs.com/forum/showth ... post171325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This particular car already came with 3.73 gears so that part was taken care of. One of the dealers actually showed us this particular video...pretty impressive!

T.

TLynnHughes wrote:I completely agree! I haven't had the pleasure of making a pass down the local dragstrip. Maybe one day. Definitely thinking about some add ons to the new toy, but can't think of what I want first. It already has most everything that one would "normally" start with.

T.

TLynnHughes wrote:

budroux2w wrote:I've been die hard Ford since getting my first F150, then a 2nd F150, and after hanging out with a mustang club, my wife now has an 03 GT with mild bolt-ons. I'm needing a new truck soon and the 2010 F150s are sharp... then again, I can just keep the truck running just good enough to take the boat to the lake and get a 5.0 shelby

I dunno.....have you seen the new Ford Raptor Trucks. Those look pretty amazing!

T.

williamkevin wrote: A little quieter at idle than my 06 GT, but no less "growley" or menacing sounding. It's actually very soothing to listen to at idle, but definitely will get your attention when you step on it. No need for an exhaust upgrade on this one. The 3.73 rear end gearing just launches this car off the line, but hitting second gear is an experience one cannot put into words. It startled me the first time we got on it. The front end lifted up a bit and I swear to you that it felt just like the pony "reared-up" on her hind legs!!