Airslot

First, thanks for having me to this great resource. My first car was a '67 Fast Back 289 3-speed. I'd still have it if my brother didn't total it, without permission to drive it. Dad stopped me from totaling him, but that was all 30 years ago....

Just picked up a base '12 vert auto with the V6. I drive about 37k miles per year, so I'm not gonna go crazy with the mods.

Can a good tune improve drive-ability as well as the fun factor? It just seems like there is a lot of meat left on the bone as far as stock performance goes, at least on the bottom end. I'm pretty sure my wife's Kia Optima SXL can take me from 0-40 or so. It seems there is a lot of off the line torque management in play as it doesn't like to break the tires loose at all.

Thanks for the opinions.

'slot

mcrider

It made a heck of a difference in my car. It will smoke 'em on take off and EASILY squall the tires when shifting from first to second and that's with an auto trans, although it does slam the gears pretty hard when you are getting on it. The tune changes the shift points on the trans also.

Siber Express

Yes, better off the line and improvement across the power band.
BTW I drive almost the same a year and still put headers, true X-Pipe and A/B on mine, the biggest gain was from the short tube headers, low to mid range torque is up a bunch.

Airslot

Thanks for the feedback. I guess its time to start shopping / modding

MustangVixenGT

I would at least get an aftermarket CAI also as it will help a lot with a good tune. Steeda makes a really nice CAI.

2005Redfire6

Meh the difference is still minimal with the aftermarket CAI. Tune is what does 90% of the change!

need4speed

You will love your aftermarket tune and intake combo. At first when i got my set i didnt think it did all that much. But after driving around for a bit and then removing the tune to see how it would feel like, it was a night and day difference, I couldn't drive my car without the tune anymore. Plus the Intake makes a stang sound really nice.

tx_zstang

Worth it? : Y E S !!!
Better power, better mpg if you can stay off the gas pedal!

audioAl

I have just the "canned" SCT tunes for now. I can tell the difference, waiting for a custom tune from motorvationefi to help my auto tranny.

Airslot

Thanks. I'm going to end up getting the tune first. Seems to be a logical first step. I don't think the CAI intake is that big a factor with the possible exception being at WOT, which I don't spend much time at. I "may" end looking at Axle Backs though. I was too interested until the last two days. You see, its Cruise In week here in OC MD. I think I'm the only car in town with stock pipes