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Old 02-15-2009, 10:47 PM
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i understand that but i have been told by many that even with a tune that the 94/95 comps don't take well to mods and even after a tune can still have kinks here and there
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Old 02-15-2009, 10:50 PM
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I have been told by many that the 94/95 comps don't take well to mods and even after a tune the car can still have kinks here and there just because of how the computers are
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Old 02-15-2009, 10:54 PM
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A GOOD custom tune will resolve any of those issues... The alternative to is that you swap YOUR ecu for a Fox ecu.
Not worth the time/money...
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 94mustang94
I have been told by many that the 94/95 comps don't take well to mods and even after a tune the car can still have kinks here and there just because of how the computers are
A computer is a computer, it does what is programmed to do....... the SN95 is no different in that respect. Are they different than the GUFB or fox units?... yep, and the tuner needs to know those differences. The SN95 ECM also has other features (like datastream capabilities) to help in the tuning process more effectively than a fox ECM. IOW.....all those "kinks" are the tuner's responsibility to iron out..... BTSTDT. It is easy to blame parts when they are not understood.
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Old 02-16-2009, 09:56 AM
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you know i heard about the horror stories as well.... but I was happily surprised when we put a 331 in my 94 and no codes at all! it adapted to all the differences beautifully! Hope it all works out!
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from what i understand you can't data log a 94 computer
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Old 02-16-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 94mustang94
from what i understand you can't data log a 94 computer
pms
tweecer
moates has a product that will be released in a week or so, which should work as well
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i don't understand what that last reply mean
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Old 02-16-2009, 04:40 PM
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man the 94/95 computers are not that big of a deal. The difference between the SN95 and fox computers is like the same thing as the sn95 vs foxbody weight differences. It's no big deal but people make it into something huge.

Just wondering, what do you mean you had "a chip burned for your car?" Was the car dyno tuned or logged while driving and adjusted, or did you tell the guy what your car had and he put it in a chip and said here you go? How much time was spent in the actual burning process?
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the car was logged with actually driving time and adjustments made. about 6 hours all in all was spent on the tune. no dyno tuning was done because that doesn't account for real time driving. and it was an sct 4 bank chip
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