Help! Ford Racing tuner not working
08-05-2010, 10:31 PM
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Help! Ford Racing tuner not working
Today I installed my Ford Racing CAI. I went to install the tune and just a blank screen appeared on the calibration tool. Initially the red light came on indicated a firmware update, but no words on the screen. Any idea what's wrong?
08-05-2010, 11:10 PM
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Did you get the sd card from FRPP with the tune for your car? It's sent seperately after you register the tuner. I hope it's as easy as this.
08-05-2010, 11:35 PM
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08-05-2010, 11:39 PM
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Pretty much. It's been about a year since the last time I did a pro-cal tune. Card goes in the bottom. Plug the tuner in to obd and follow the instructions. FRPP will take care of it. Sucks that you will have to wait a few days though.
08-05-2010, 11:52 PM
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I'll give them a call tomorrow. Thanks for the info.
08-06-2010, 11:43 AM
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Being from Ford, I'm sure they'll tell you "that's the way it's designed and it's normal."
Since the Ford tune is lame (basically it's the tune they load in the Bullitt and only yields an extra 15 crank HP with the CAI which is what the '10 GT is equivalent to), you're probably not missing much compared to a good aftermarket tune.
Regardless, let us know what your outcome is with getting your issue resolved. Until it's resolved, don't run the CAI on the stock tune. You'll likely throw a lean code.
Since the Ford tune is lame (basically it's the tune they load in the Bullitt and only yields an extra 15 crank HP with the CAI which is what the '10 GT is equivalent to), you're probably not missing much compared to a good aftermarket tune.
Regardless, let us know what your outcome is with getting your issue resolved. Until it's resolved, don't run the CAI on the stock tune. You'll likely throw a lean code.
Last edited by Nuke; 08-06-2010 at 11:45 AM.
08-10-2010, 05:39 PM
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Being from Ford, I'm sure they'll tell you "that's the way it's designed and it's normal."
Since the Ford tune is lame (basically it's the tune they load in the Bullitt and only yields an extra 15 crank HP with the CAI which is what the '10 GT is equivalent to), you're probably not missing much compared to a good aftermarket tune.
Regardless, let us know what your outcome is with getting your issue resolved. Until it's resolved, don't run the CAI on the stock tune. You'll likely throw a lean code.
Since the Ford tune is lame (basically it's the tune they load in the Bullitt and only yields an extra 15 crank HP with the CAI which is what the '10 GT is equivalent to), you're probably not missing much compared to a good aftermarket tune.
Regardless, let us know what your outcome is with getting your issue resolved. Until it's resolved, don't run the CAI on the stock tune. You'll likely throw a lean code.
OP: Glad to hear everything worked out. The Bullitt cai is one of the better looking ones imo.