So now you have a Tuner... now what?

[DarDan76]

Newbie here, so you guys will have to be patient with me. I just turned 74 and have years of experience tuning Chevies in sprint cars, modular Fords are a different animal. I now have in my 07 Mustang GT a BBK 62mm throttle valve and cold air intake and loaded in a Superchips flash programmer. 18 x 10 DKW Goodrich F Force on the rear and 18 x 9 on the front. These tires really hook up and now I am sure I will blow out the auto trans soon. My question is: How strong is the 5R55S auto transmission? Will it take it? Any info on this question will be appreciated, thank you.

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[DarDan76]

Everybody must have gone home, EH?

[DarDan76]

Well since I am talking to myself maybe I can get some answers that are my own.
In the silence of this this thread I have figured out my problem. I am selling my Superchips Progeammer and buying a SCT from Brenspeed. I need a tune to work with my improvements I made to my 07 GT and now I'm sure the SCT will work just fine.
Also found out my auto trans will be able to take the torque the little V8 can give it providing I don't beyond 460 ft pounds of torque
Anybody want to buy my old programmer? Cheap!!!!
Now maybe we will see if there are some warm bodies on this site.

[V6Vin]

I'm with you Dan but I have more questions then answers. I would like to see some real numbers and settings for the user options on the SCT tuner. I really need a firmer shift and am curious as to what others are setting shift press at for each gear. The Brenspeed tune is good but it is on the "conservative" side as expected.

Maybe someone with a full race tune could post up some settings for us "hands on" guys and save use a few bucks ordering tunes and having to try 3 or 4 to get what we want.?

[DarDan76]

I know what you mean V6Vin, I don't have my SCT yet and not sure what it entails with the trans tuning but will be glad to inform everybody what results I get.
I ordered it yesterday with the three tunes for octane and auto trans and my CAI and throttle body. I understand I can order more tunes for a fee and will probably need them after I see what it does.
I was surprised that the Superchips Tuner #1865 does not consider upgrades, just stock setups. But I must say the trans worked very well off the line but it was to lean for the exhaust valves.
I went with Brenspeed for the SCT and should be getting it soon.
It would be nice if several of us could work together and compare what we find in results without spending huge amounts of money experimenting.
How many people out there are using E87, E91 and E93? In Oregon that's all we have. Thanks to our governor.