gman73

Both my email/canned tunes are pretty much spot on. My Bama 91 race tune A:F is 12.9:1 and my Brooksspeed tune is 12.5:1

Simon1

I'm FI so it does not equate to NA.

I showed up at the dyno and made 395 hp and 450ish rwtq. I left with 475 HP 450ish tq.

A dyno tune can be adjusted over the entire RPM range.

Every car is different.


Dyno tuning is expensive because it is worth it.

Simon1

There are alot of people that think they are tuners. They beleive they can walk right from years of tuning cobras and SN95s to the S197. It's a completly different animal and requires some special training.

Almost any tuner can make a car make it's peak HP and TQ. But not all with be able to do it with great drivability, safety and customer satisfaction.

If you are going to let someone tune your car. Speak with other people with your similar set up and get their input.

gman73

There are a few local tuners but I would rather drive 150 miles and let Adam tune my car.

Simon1

Adam is an absolute genius with a computer and a handheld tuner. He makes more money tuning than the rest of his shop. It's because he's good at it.

When Ford has a vehicle with drivability issues, often times Ford brings it in and has him diagnos and tune the vehicle.

Good tuner suaully are in high demand and are busier than they want to be. We fly ours from Florida to Cali for tuning annually. Well worth it.

"The S"

I picked up with mine

whyask

Simon, who tunes your car! Im in sacramento ! (well not right now ..damn you iraq)

808muscle

There is a dyno on my island but I dont know how much s197 experience the tuner has. It seems to be more of an import place. Would it be beneficial for me to do some dyno runs, gather that info and send it to a company like brenspeed, Chris (AM) etc... for a more custom tune? Is this even possible?

Lupo222

"The-S", did you ever get final numbers for those mods?? I have the same mods as you except Hot Rod cams instead of Detroit Rockers and I only got 331whp but that was with an email Bama tune. The car is running RICH AS HELL, as in the smell of burned fuel will overwhelm you within 5 seconds of standing at the back of the car. I have to go get it re-dyno'd because the first time they didn't get my A/F ratios. Once I get them, hopefully Chris Rose can make me a better tune.

When I get the B302 and a supercharger, THEN i will spend the money to get it tuned properly. Gotta find someone in Eastern Carolina though...that could be rough.

"The S"

I cant figure out how to open .dnf files on my mac. Here is what I ended up with today. This graph compares my brenspeed email tune to the jaws racing dyno tune.




I am VERRY happy. I picked up 8tq at 3k which was nice.