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Old 09-26-2012, 06:48 PM
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Well it came..and it's loaded!

It does feel "snappy" and ready to go at the lower RPMs.

Took a little video. This is a 3rd gear roll from 40 mph @ 3000 RPMs. I wanted to test this specifically, because it felt a little dead until 3500-4000 RPMs before the tune. It felt better after the tune for sure.

I didn't "install" the air filter, btw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahRSIUVYiwc&sns=em
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Old 09-27-2012, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by UofHmustang
I am, but for some reason I still have to buy a scanner and then load the file. With my last car they just plugged directly into the computer and changed whatever they needed to.
that's no different than tuning by ear like we did in the carb days.

Nowadays, tuners ask you to datalog a set of parameters, so they can look at them and make changes based on real information of your engine in action.
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Old 09-27-2012, 09:00 AM
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Got a nice feel of the tune on my way to work this morning...this is EXACTLY what I was looking for!
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Old 09-27-2012, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MrSandman
Got a nice feel of the tune on my way to work this morning...this is EXACTLY what I was looking for!
Very cool. I noticed mine got better after a day or two. Guessing it took the computer a bit to learn everything. They did a great job on that tune!
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Old 09-27-2012, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudflap
Very cool. I noticed mine got better after a day or two. Guessing it took the computer a bit to learn everything. They did a great job on that tune!
For sure. When I started it up for the first time after loading the tune, the idle was too low.. and you could tell the computer was trying to figure things out. After I had some fun with it last night.. hotdogging it more than usual, the idle was nice and smooth.

I'm really happy that I don't have to adjust my driving habits in order to avoid skip shift. It rarely kicked in, but when it did... it was always at the worst time. Usually making a slow left turn at an intersection.

The car really feels "strong" now. It was strong before, but it just feels ready to go. Hard to describe. Im happy though, and I wasnt expecting much.
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Old 09-28-2012, 08:45 AM
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The stock tune was a bit of a disappointment to me. The car didn't really feel like 400-ish HP. It was sluggish off the line and had poor throttle response and too much rev hang. Plus the skip shyt.

The car would ultimately go well on the stock tune but in the 95% of the time off WOT, it kinda sucked.

PC fixed all of this stuff, plus chucked in way better mileage as well.
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