2005-2014 Mustangs Discussions on the latest S197 model Mustangs from Ford.

tuner MPH adjustments

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Sep 26, 2009 | 04:57 AM
  #1  
danzcool's Avatar
danzcool
Thread Starter
5th Gear Member
 
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,071
From: CA
Default tuner MPH adjustments

I don't have a tuner yet, but I was wondering what adjustments there are for tweaking the MPH? I think I've heard people say there are 2 things that can be tweaked, the tread length of the tire and the gear ratio, is that correct?
Is there also an adjustment for transmission gearing or is the speedo based off of driveshaft RPMs and the tach straight off the crank RPMs?
The reason I am asking is I was thinking that if there are enough adjustments you could essentially calibrate the speedometer to work with a faceplate that had a different scale, such as topping out at 160 rather than 140.

As an example, if you have 3.55 gears and stock tires (235/55 17") and you were able to adjust the gear setting through the tuner to 4.06, when the needle hits the angle that reads 140 on the stock GT faceplate the speed would actually be about 160 (assuming you have enough power to get here), so you could replace the stock faceplate with a custom one that tops at 160 rather than 140.

so, what granularity is there in the settings, and does what I've described sound feasible?
Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:31 AM
  #2  
Nuke's Avatar
Nuke
6th Gear Member
 
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 16,182
From: PA to KY ('07) to IL ('09) to MS ('10) to FL ('11)
Default

My xcal2 allows me to adjust for gears (can't recall the if there are set options or if you can input any ratio) and for tire revs per mile. Tire revs are adjustable in 10 MPH increments (i.e. 740, 750...). I'd set the gears to exactly what you have and then adjust the tire revs per mile to get you as close to true (GPS) speed as possible.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
baddog671
Archive - Parts For Sale
20
Jul 26, 2016 01:20 PM
TCStangerv6
Street/Strip
12
Oct 11, 2015 05:57 PM
UrS4
S197 Handling Section
10
Oct 3, 2015 06:23 AM
winner99
S197 Handling Section
3
Sep 30, 2015 07:04 PM
nmra1965
Other Professional Racing
0
Sep 26, 2015 10:46 AM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:55 AM.