SCT Tune is worth it!

[Ryan L]

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!]

What were your before numbers w/o the tune?

 

[98SteedaStang]

Yeah how much of an improvment is that?

 

[GreekStang85]

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

 

[JayC]

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]

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

 

[GTsleeper]

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]

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]

Here is the graph...

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

 

[Ryan L]

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]

:OT:
what does SCT stand for?

 

[Rio97GT]

:OT:
what does SCT stand for?

Superchips Custom Tuning

 

[DerekStangGT]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[MustangLife]

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]

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.