Bama 87 Performance Tune Loaded
03-29-2011, 06:57 AM
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Keep in mind the national capital region of Canada has some of the lowest gas prices in the country...
03-29-2011, 07:00 AM
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Excellent data. I converted your numbers to the Canadian equivalent which is liters per 100 km and I was able to find the cost break even point between 87 and 93 octane. The extra mileage per tank pays for the additional cost of the 93 octane gas. Conclusion: A more enjoyable car at 93 without additional cost.
Many thanks for your information
PS: my car is also M/T with 3.31 gears
Many thanks for your information
PS: my car is also M/T with 3.31 gears
Thanks
03-29-2011, 08:50 AM
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Unfortunately I'm really busy this week. My calendar is more open next week. I know a pretty good pizza joint around where I work if you're interested. Just let me know which day is best and I'll block the time off.
03-29-2011, 09:24 AM
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If only Can and US weren't so damn huge. It would have been cool to do a sort of forum community meet. Kinda hard though when distances can be counted in many hundreds if not thousands of miles
03-29-2011, 02:21 PM
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Just FYI, in one of the other mustang forums Chris Rose from AM mentioned that they have revised versions of their tunes for our v6. I believe the changes are just tweaks, but you can still request them if you bought the upgrades for life. My tunes were dated from 11MAR11 and the rep said their tunes are newer than that. Chris also mentioned a hybrid street and race tune that gives you the lower end torque of the street tune and the peak power of the race tune. Waiting for all those to be emailed. Might have to hold off on my mpg tests for a bit and play with the new tunes!
03-29-2011, 02:42 PM
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Just FYI, in one of the other mustang forums Chris Rose from AM mentioned that they have revised versions of their tunes for our v6. I believe the changes are just tweaks, but you can still request them if you bought the upgrades for life. My tunes were dated from 11MAR11 and the rep said their tunes are newer than that. Chris also mentioned a hybrid street and race tune that gives you the lower end torque of the street tune and the peak power of the race tune. Waiting for all those to be emailed. Might have to hold off on my mpg tests for a bit and play with the new tunes!
03-29-2011, 02:51 PM
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Yeah, I mentioned that to the Bama rep. He said that unless they are major changes, that they won't inform anybody. He said most of the time any changes made are to just smooth performance parameters out, but won't increase peak power or torque etc. They could just have a twitter account, and put out a short blurb. We could recommend that to Chris and see if they can support it. That's the kind of support that makes me buy more stuff from them.
03-29-2011, 02:55 PM
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That's too confusing for me. This is how I would figure it:
Based on 10,000 miles a year
87 intake @ $3.50 gal would cost $1,259 (10,000/27.8=359.7*3.5=1259)
93 intake @ $3.75 gal would cost $1,288 (10,000/29.1=343.6*3.75=1289)
So cost wise I guess the difference would be $30 over a year based on that calculation, and only 16 gallons of fuel. To me that is really negligible. I'd rather get the extra ponies for $2.50 a month and use a little less gas and help the environment lol. The other reason for me to use 93 octane is that I can make the complete trip from Raleigh to Norfolk and back without needing to fill up. We are really lucky that our cars can adjust to the different fuels where other high performance cars require 93 and some economy cars run best on 87. We get the best of both worlds.
Based on 10,000 miles a year
87 intake @ $3.50 gal would cost $1,259 (10,000/27.8=359.7*3.5=1259)
93 intake @ $3.75 gal would cost $1,288 (10,000/29.1=343.6*3.75=1289)
So cost wise I guess the difference would be $30 over a year based on that calculation, and only 16 gallons of fuel. To me that is really negligible. I'd rather get the extra ponies for $2.50 a month and use a little less gas and help the environment lol. The other reason for me to use 93 octane is that I can make the complete trip from Raleigh to Norfolk and back without needing to fill up. We are really lucky that our cars can adjust to the different fuels where other high performance cars require 93 and some economy cars run best on 87. We get the best of both worlds.