SCT Tune is worth it!

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

I just got my car SCT dynotuned and I am happy with the numbers. My performance mods are off-road h, flowmaster, pulleys, and 4.10s basically.

After a couple hours of tuning www.fordpartsnetwork.com got 258rwhp and 296 ft-lbs of torque.

I know there are alot of you guys getting lower numbers with LTs, plenums, and throttle bodies, but it doesn't help much with out a real tune. I am a believer now.

Go HoTO! · Aug 18, 2004

What were your before numbers w/o the tune?

98SteedaStang · Aug 18, 2004

Yeah how much of an improvment is that?

GreekStang85 · Aug 18, 2004

thats a lot of damn torque just with those mods, nice job man

JayC · Aug 18, 2004

Here's my results from my SCT mail order tune.........

Made 3 pulls at full temp with MD/SCT tune. Engine mods are listed.......................

Modular Depot mail-order tune (SCT Flasher)
Steeda Pullies
K&N w/ no airbox
Denscharger MAF to TB only
MAC o/r x-pipe
Welded in Flowmaster mufflers

Previous Dyno run with timing adjuster @ 15*
249.29rwhp 291.76rwtq

SCT mail-order tune
257.76rwhp 301.57rwtq

Gains of 8.47rwhp and 9.81rwtq

Jay

mrvax · Aug 18, 2004

Try an EEC adaptive tune reflash. Big difference! Any modded car needs a tune to get that A/F just right.

GTsleeper · Aug 18, 2004

JayC nice numbers on the quarter, proven fact you don't necessarily need hp to run good numbers (but hp helps). Also trueblue I have been debating on what tune to go with and wasn't sure if I should just wait until I get my headers and so forth. But I am now convinced after reading up on the SCT tune on getting the SCT dyno tune, there is a shop here that charges around $300 for the whole tune. Plus I can go back when I make changes in the future. Money is always an issue though. That's hella torque with those mods nice. Torque wins those light to light races and among others as well.

DiabloRojoStang · Aug 18, 2004

That's what, a 35 rwhp gain? Quite a bit for H pipe and pullies. Very nice. I'd like to see what you gain from LTs

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

Here is the graph...

My buddy with basically the same mods as me, but long-tubes, got 263/302.

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

DiabloRojoStang said:
That's what, a 35 rwhp gain? Quite a bit for H pipe and pullies.

I didn't care about a baseline pull. The stock tune probably was crap to begin with. My first pull with a "mail order" SCT tune showed 252rwhp, but the a/f was all over the place. It was mostly 15:1 and dipped down to 12:1 near redline. This was because of the C&L MAF. I swapped in the stock MAF and got 253rwhp at 12:1 all the way across. My tuner then got the curve to 13:1 and played with timing a bit. After a dozen pulls, we ended up with the 258/296.

DerekStangGT · Aug 18, 2004

:OT:
what does SCT stand for?

Rio97GT · Aug 18, 2004

DerekStangGT said:
:OT:
what does SCT stand for?

Superchips Custom Tuning

DerekStangGT · Aug 18, 2004

Rio97GT said:
Superchips Custom Tuning

thanks. so you just tell these guys your mods, and they send you a custom burned chip? doesnt the chip have to be re-burned after every new mod added?

Jackie Chan · Aug 18, 2004

where did you have that done?? is it a new dyno up there. i know a couple of guys that were putting one in and using the sct stuff.

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

Jackie Chan said:
where did you have that done?? is it a new dyno up there. i know a couple of guys that were putting one in and using the sct stuff.

Yup, its a brand new dyno here in Saint Augustine. The guy who runs it is Torrie from www.fordpartsnetwork.com

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

DerekStangGT said:
thanks. so you just tell these guys your mods, and they send you a custom burned chip? doesnt the chip have to be re-burned after every new mod added?

www.fordpartsnetwork.com can send you a custom chip when you send them your mod list. A lot of guys get big gains from the mail order chip, but getting it dynoed is even better. I picked up 6rwhp over the mail order chip by getting it tuned. I wouldn't doubt if I picked up 15rwhp over the stock tune.

Jackie Chan · Aug 18, 2004

Ryan L said:
Yup, its a brand new dyno here in Saint Augustine. The guy who runs it is Torrie from www.fordpartsnetwork.com

cool i spoke to his friend kurt at ffw gainesville and he said he was putting it in, i need to get up there and check it out after i fix the stripped out stud on my passenger side manifold

StngStr · Aug 18, 2004

bout time you showed up round here. Power back on?

MustangLife · Aug 18, 2004

I guess thats good, but i put down 256 rwhp and 302 rwtq with a off-road x-pipe, flows, pulleys, 4.10's and a mail order diablo that cost me $300.

Ryan L · Aug 18, 2004

MustangLife said:
I guess thats good, but i put down 256 rwhp and 302 rwtq with a off-road x-pipe, flows, pulleys, 4.10's and a mail order diablo that cost me $300.

Yup. Sounds about right.

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