Aipaloovik said:My understanding is that they truncate the power in first gear. It's even worse if you try to gun to car to about 4500 rpm in N, then throw it in first gear while WOT. The throttle will cut out, drop to about 1500 rmp and take off normally. It drives me nuts. The car has plenty of power. You can see this by simply gunning it from a dead stop in Reverse. They don't cut off the throttle there.
From what I hear, a good tuner will fix the problem. I have an STC X-Calibrator in transit and it is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I'll let you know how things go after I reprogram my stang.
deepinsleep said:I dont understand some of the GT owners either . A Mustang is a Mustang, v6 or GT, its still a sweet ride.
I love her.
Aipaloovik said:Yes, that first 2 seconds of sluggishness will vanish with the X-Calibrator. Mine ran $350 with 2 custom tunes.
I got mine from Justin Starkey at Velocity Mustang Performance. I'm sure if you wanted to contact him he would be happy to answer any questions. I know he answered all of mine.
http://www.velocitymustangperformance.com/
why don't you give the V6 owners a thumbs up cause without them stang sales would have been in the gutter and the stang would have been discontinued along time agostangscuba98a said:
Aipaloovik said:No, the X-Calibrator does not have to be kept connected to the car at all times. You connect the X-Calibrator to the car with the ignition off. Select which of the 3 programs you wish to use then turn the ignition on and begin the reprogramming. The unit will download and store the stock settings, then overwrite them permanently with new settings. Once the reprogramming is done, you turn the ignition off and remove the X-Cal. The car will have the new tune until you reconnect the X-Cal and reinstal the factory default settings.
As far as warranty issues, I believe it's kind of a gray area. Some service departments don't seem to care while others will argue it voids your warranty. Of course if you set it back to the factory tune before you take it in to be serviced, well, what they don't know won't void your warranty.
jayloo said:Thanks for the info. So when you order one you have to tell them all your mods on your car and they make some cusomized programs for you to upload to your car? If so, what if I make even more changes? Do I have to sent the X-Calibrator back to them and have them make some new programs.
Philstang said:Most people that I see driving V6 Stangs are not realy Stang enthusiasts...
they just came across a cheap sporty car that just happens to be a stang and don't have the slightest knowledge of them...
the other V6 owners are bent on making their car look like a GT, others try to rice it out...
Basically GT owners are more likely to be true Stang fans...
but hats off to those on here that are rocking the V6...