1.8 tune

[rdss]

The 10-15 stock with tune numbers from Vince seem spot on, I'm not sure how adding an intake and exhaust will more than double the power though. Not trying to crush your dreams, just trying to keep your expectations realistic. I would say maybe 3-5 HP extra for each for the addition of intake and exhaust. $ub$onic, throw your car on a dyno and then load the tune and see what you get. That's the only true way to know.

 

[$ub$onic]

That was the plan. The closest dyno(that Ik of) is a hour and a half away so not so easy

 

[rdss]

Get the tune, have Vince clean it up then head to the dyno. Take laptop and car to dyno, flash to stock and run a couple of pulls, flash Trifecta tune in and repeat. All in one trip and life's good, you get your numbers and people will have solid numbers for the 1.8 tuned. You can even go as far as throwing on the SAB for the stock/Magnaflow exhaust and then the Trifecta tune and then throw on a intake of your choice for round three producing more 1.8 performance data than anyone else has produced on the forum!!

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

I have a company that has a dyno machine in town that tunes and builds up Mustangs all the time. Now whether or not i would be able to get them to test out my car for me i dont know. but the last time i checked on their site they wanted $100 for a few good runs on the dyno and gets you all squared up. Like i said, if things play out right and i can come across some good money i will for sure do me a tune and let you all know how i make out. just dont expect to see anything about it til mid-late 2013.

 

[$ub$onic]

Get the tune, have Vince clean it up then head to the dyno. Take laptop and car to dyno, flash to stock and run a couple of pulls, flash Trifecta tune in and repeat. All in one trip and life's good, you get your numbers and people will have solid numbers for the 1.8 tuned. You can even go as far as throwing on the SAB for the stock/Magnaflow exhaust and then the Trifecta tune and then throw on a intake of your choice for round three producing more 1.8 performance data than anyone else has produced on the forum!!

I am running sab. I'm waiting for ddms intake . I sent out a email to the closest dyno so we will see

 

[rdss]

I am running the SAB. I'm waiting for DDM's intake .

I know.

 

[JimmyQ]

Fallen, where is that place located? Some mustang tuning place crashed my buddies teggy 2 times

 

[$ub$onic]

I know.

It kills me every day

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

Fallen, where is that place located? Some mustang tuning place crashed my buddies teggy 2 times

CRT Performance, LLC

 

[JimmyQ]

ill have to ask him where is was. I know it was a mustang dyno and they were supposed to tune his car. They ended up having it for 4 months and crashing it twice... yikes

 

[mitdr774]

I have a few places somewhat local to me. If I had the time to log and have the tune cleaned up I would see about scheduling some dyno time. Time is the issue though.

I would really like to have Vince work up a power tune and an economy tune to show the difference between them. As of now I just have a SLP cat back, but do plan on an intake eventually. My main goal is economy, well for now anyways. Once I hit my goal I may start looking into performance instead. good thing some of my plans will work for both.

 

[$ub$onic]

If we all do this together I think we can really fine tune the tunning and get some real numbers

 

[Blazin28]

well i just bought the tune 1 a.m this morning waiting for email ect. I cant wait to upload it ill let you guys know if i feel a difference so far before tune my car has the second cat removed, Resonator removed, K&N intake and magnaflow exhaust it is a 1.8 auto 6sp sedan im hoping for atleast 20hp to 25hp gains an of course better throttle response i could tell an improvement from removing resonator and second cat an than later getting intake and exhaust each one showed a slight improvement before the tune so i dont believe 20 to 25 horsepower is out of the question

 

[$ub$onic]

Bump. Any updates

 

[mitdr774]

well i just bought the tune 1 a.m this morning waiting for email ect. I cant wait to upload it ill let you guys know if i feel a difference so far before tune my car has the second cat removed, Resonator removed, K&N intake and magnaflow exhaust it is a 1.8 auto 6sp sedan im hoping for atleast 20hp to 25hp gains an of course better throttle response i could tell an improvement from removing resonator and second cat an than later getting intake and exhaust each one showed a slight improvement before the tune so i dont believe 20 to 25 horsepower is out of the question

I doubt you had any actual improvement with the intake and exhaust. The factory program dumbs back down to stock levels. I also have ahard time seeing a 20-25 HP gain on a N/A 1.8L from the tune. That would be a 14-18% increase.


Keep in mind that the butt dyno is know to be inaccuarate more times than not.

 

[rdss]

I doubt you had any actual improvement with the intake and exhaust. The factory program dumbs back down to stock levels. I also have ahard time seeing a 20-25 HP gain on a N/A 1.8L from the tune. That would be a 14-18% increase.


Keep in mind that the butt dyno is know to be inaccuarate more times than not.

I agree, the 1.8 is more likely to see 5-10 hp/trq max with tuning. Drive ability is improved though as well as being able to tune for the aftermarket parts vs the stock ECM learning down the upgrade.

 

[mitdr774]

chances are that I will have an economy tune worked up for my car. I expect a 10-20 HP loss from it though. If I am lucky improvements in intake and exhaust will somewhat limit the loss in power, but I do expect to still have an overall net loss. No select a tune for the 1.8.

 

[$ub$onic]

Bumping this thread for results of 1.8 tune

 

[stoopid]

My results have been fair. Transmission shifts more naturally and I definitely seem to notice more acceleration... although I'm still considering doing an intake. From what I gathered discussing this with a trusted friend 'in the biz', he feels the intake gains won't be enough to be justified and feels my greatest gain was with the K&N drop in and tune. That is definitely just his opinion, but he's more knowledgeable on the subject that I (and likely many of us). He also thinks I can get more from my stock setup by modifying the intake on the air box. I saw someone else has done this on the forum, using the fog light insert area to bring in air and increasing tube diameter into the air box.

I'd say that the overall improvement in the vehicle is worth the tune, but just barely.

 

[lambertsonic]

Thanks for the update ! I think I will keep my money and buy myself some new full tilt ski boots instead . I will probably enjoy those more .