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Just pulled the trigger on a tuner :)

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#1 ·
May the dealership bless my soul...

AmericanMuscle has a great deal going right now that knocked $55 off the tuner. Figured it was time to do it.

So, I'll be doing the tune first before I get the gears.
 
#34 ·
Haha, nope...just a brother, who knows less about cars than she does lol

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What tuner do they have on sale?
how much?

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Let me know if it was worth it
It was a Christmas in July coupon on the SCT Tuner. I need to update it now for the 3.73 gears...which I think really need a tune for me to realize all of the benefits.
 
#33 ·
What tuner do they have on sale?
how much?

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Let me know if it was worth it
 
#36 ·
illestdomer2005 said:
Well, I just found out that the dealership already has my car. My wife took it up this morning before she went to work and is having their performance guy install new rear gears.

She surprised me for our 1 year anniversary!
That's nice. I'd tell her thank you but if you ever drive my car again we're through lol jk I love her too much
 
#37 ·
Haha, she's actually a pretty good driver even though she's always telling me to slow down :headbang:
 
#39 ·
avengnd said:
But now you have another excuse to go faster...:lol:
She is alright with acceleration as long as I don't rape the speed limit. So I can drive bat sh*t crazy 0-70 :)

Making my decision on the tuner today, and I am leaning towards getting it.
 
#42 ·
SpectorV said:
if you have gears you dont have much choice, you have to correct the speedo somehow
I am new to the modification of gearing, so what your saying is all u have to do is tune the computer for 373s to correct the speedo

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Hal3st0rm said:
That's funny. You should take a picture of the intake on a new Shelby and show it to them, cause it's not in an air box at all. :uhh: Here, I even found you a link to a photo. 2012 Ford Shelby Mustang Gt500 Super Snake Engine Compartment Photo 3
Yeah I have two ford dealers in the area and the one I bought the car from are kind of the newbie dealership since they just bought out the place a couple months ago
 
#43 ·
gregtommy said:
I am new to the modification of gearing, so what your saying is all u have to do is tune the computer for 373s to correct the speedo

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Yeah I have two ford dealers in the area and the one I bought the car from are kind of the newbie dealership since they just bought out the place a couple months ago
Anything above 3.31 requires a tune.
 
#44 ·
Yeah, you should do the Tune anyway, it's a good Mod to have. Especially with Gear changes.
 
#45 ·
I am not saying I am paranoid for the number 8 cylinder rumors going around but I think I will hold off a couple months and give the engineers time to figure out the WTF portion of the problem before I dip in the world of tuners
 
#46 ·
I don't blame you. If I had a GT, I wouldn't have ordered the tune. Why? Because that 8th cylinder thing would cause me to lose sleep at night, AND the gears I bought could be easily adjusted in the stock computer.

Main reasons I am moving forward with the tune are 1) accurately input gear ratio and 2) improved throttle response/shifting in AT.
 
#48 ·
Well, I thought they were supposed to or were going to, but then there was some mention, apparently, to my wife that my speedometer would be slightly off until I got a tune. So, I called back up there and spoke to a woman in the service department, and she said that they DID account for that.

Bottom line, I didn't think they could do that without a custom tune since Ford only allots for the 2.73 or 3.31 in the V6s. I figured that when the guy originally told me he could it was because he almost exclusively works on GTs, Cobras, Shelbys, etc. where that WOULD be an option.

Am I wrong that it would require something else?
 
#49 ·
well the definition of a tune is just a modification to the software... that might not change your engines calibration or how it runs... they can hook up your car and just modify the gear setting.

In a perfect world maybe when you do tune it and if you revert it back to stock you can just say (if they ask why its been tuned) and say Ford did it when the gears were done :) lol
 
#50 ·
BINGO! :D

I just thought that if you were to tune it, tune it, it would lock that tuner to the car; whereas, whatever is modifiable from the factory could be adjusted without one of those SCT tuners.
 
#51 ·
UPDATE: I got the tuner from American Muscle last night after telling them to program that sucker up for 3.73 gears. I am chomping at the bit to upload it, but I am waiting on a last bit of due diligence before doing so.

I called the dealership to ask about this sickly sweet smell that I get during hard acceleration. It only happens at WOT, and this is with the A/C on recirculate. I haven't tried it yet with no A/C on or not recirculate because it is hot as hell here...
 
#55 ·
yeah for them to update the computer shouldn't take more then a code or an adjustment to one of their settings most likely a ratio of turns of the drive shaft to turns of the axle for them to string u like that is kind of a raw deal. I will find out how the dealer is around here in the next month or so because i am looking to get 373s put in my GT but yeah agree it should have been part of the package because I honestly beleive that any time a dealer does work the the speedo is off they are liable.
 
#60 ·
I agree with "Gregtommy", about the Dealership would/should have adjustted speedo when they changed the Gears, otherwise that Falls on them and I don't think they would take that chance. That guy that told your wife that funny Info, may have just been looking for reasons to talk to your wife. The guy that did the actual work is the one to talk to. LOL.
 
#56 ·
I still haven't tried to "calibrate" it with using my GPS, but my grief is with the mixed messages. Again, I thought changing things beyond the scope in which Ford allowed variation (stock 2.73s or 3.31s) required a "flash" that would "lock" a tuner to a specific ECM...no?
 
#58 ·
I am expecting a call from them tomorrow re: sweet engine smell under hard acceleration. I will try to confirm before then whether or not the speedo is accurate.
 
#63 ·
She's a one-of-a-kind! :love:

I found out today that the smell that I get under hard acceleration is related to the catalytic converters. Apparently, it is normal and nothing to be concerned about.

So, I'll be loading up the tune tomorrow!
 
#65 ·
avengnd said:
Nice, good to know you finally got that done. What did they say about the speedometer?
Confirmed what I assumed: can only change it between 2.73 and 3.31; so, they also tried to compensate by inputting different size tires. But it's still about 3mph high.

Tuning today though!
 
#66 ·
make sure the tune modifies the params that they already set else you may be way off on MPH, hopefully it will all work out
 
#67 ·
Doesn't the new tune, which asked for my tire size, just completely overwrite what's on there right now?
 
#70 ·
All I know is BAMA asked for the rear tire size.
 
#71 ·
Yeah they will. But if you look through thR tuner itself under tire size you will

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Sorry hit wrong button. But in the tuner you will see under tire size numbers for revolutions per min. I believe for my tire size I needed 765. I tweaked with the settings they sent me to get my speedometer really close. Mine was off roughly 3-5mph before I made adjustments with my gps on my phone.
 
#73 ·
Not having great luck so far. Two tunes down, two tunes with pinging between 4,000 - 5,000 RPMs.

On the whole, I haven't been overwhelmingly impressed with BAMA's customer service. One guy was pretty helpful last night, but then today when I called to ask about an adjustment, I got one of the guys who basically told me not to worry about my A/F running too lean and that I needed to manually adjust the spark rather than them sending out a bunch of new tunes every time.

I just pulled one degree of spark and will test tomorrow to see if that helps with the pinging, but I honestly expected a little better customer service. Chris Rose and Chris Young seem to be great representatives on this board, but I can't say that BAMA customer service is on the same level.
 
#76 ·
if you dont use a dyno and you dont check A/F dont let them tune your car.. as I have NO idea how they even would come up with information needed to tune the car....
 
#77 ·
Sorry...I should've said that he uses wideband sensor monitors before and after cats, IIRC. I don't have any doubt about his skills...I am more concerned about whether or not his price is fair.
 
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