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No as in it will burn up your cats.
I wonder if the TK tune will shorten the cats life as well?
I wonder if the TK tune will shorten the cats life as well?
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CoolTechLLC said:Shaun, I really enjoy reading your posts and your honest, straightforward responses. It is easy to tell that you have a great deal of maturity when it comes to tuning. I applaud your honesty and approach.
I have TK on our 2012 LS and really like it. Admittedly, driving it around town with TK is all grin and giggles because of the decel feature which induces quite a bit of snap, crackle pop that's not there on the normal key. (This is amplified with headers/exhaust mods.) The TK DOES have some small driveability issues occasionally - all of which are "don't cares" on the track which is why I suppose that Ford left them there. Lumpy idle is there and fun - but very watered down as pointed out by others. Track Key is "scarey lean", IMO for how hard we push this car on the track. Honestly, after dyno'g a few of these cars, I feel much safer with the richer, less aggressive timing of the black key.
Just recently added a 2013 LS to the stable. 1.) Do you think your tune is OK with the 2013's? 2.) What is cost of tune + SCT3 to load it?
I'm interested to give it a whirl on the 13 if you are.
Shaun@AED said:All of the NA Ford Racing tunes I've seen run lean with a lot of ignition timing.
I do not know why they did this....maybe they used a different fuel?
The Boss does put the power down and I'm not sure it's all about measured hp #s. At Road America the last couple days I had the opportunity to 'drag race' all kinds of cars down 1/2 mile straightaways after catching them in the corners. I was suprised how well the Boss pulled against some of these cars. There were 4 CTS-Vs in the A/B groups (Think ZL1 guys ) One of them was race prepped with a full cage. After I would reel them in through the corners, they would give me a point by at the beginning of these long straights and usually NOT lift. Normally that would be a little irritating since you have to drag race them down the straight, but at RA they are SO long it's not that big of a deal. What SHOCKED me was that I would eventually pull them with my stock Boss (engine) on TK. Same thing with C6 Vettes and a C5 with a procharger. The C6 Z06s could pull me with their extra hp and big aero advantage obviously. Oh and there was that '01 Cobra with a 2.3L whipple and 14 psi of boostCaliMR said:Shaun@AED said:All of the NA Ford Racing tunes I've seen run lean with a lot of ignition timing.
I do not know why they did this....maybe they used a different fuel?
I'm sure they know something I don't, but it makes me wonder what in the tune is holding the hp down if it is leaner and more timing... I don't know that much about tuning, just a little playing around on my old turbo car though.
A couple gallons of 100 per tank at the track has always seemed like cheap insurance to me, especially on CA's weak 91 octane.
5 DOT 0 said:Shaun, do you have a HP increase estimate with an intake, X pipe and tune? 30-40?