This is how the 2018+ mopar cars were unlocked and can be tuned.
For Ford, here is the exact technical reason why you cant tune an S650.
1. Secure Gateway & Controller Locking
Starting with the S650 (2024+ Mustang GT), Ford moved to an enhanced cybersecurity architecture under what’s...
Tuning access will need to be leaked by someone within Ford, or cracked by someone with deep pockets. Thats what happened for the 2018+ mopars. Ford isnt going to "give access" to the aftermarket unless you are a Ford contracted partner like Whipple, Roush and now Procharger.
Aftermarket...
For the record, my comment was a back handed shot at your break in method and the fact that a easy broken in engine usually consumes more oil than one broken in hard. We break them in on the dyno making WOT pulls and heat cycling the engines. Once we make several passes and heat cycles, the...
Its "designed" to run on e10 fuel. Octane is a variable. If it sees low octane, it will adjust spark down. If it sees higher octane and no knock, then it will add spark to a limit. But the factory stoich point is 14.08 in the tune. Thats e10 which most stations have in 87, 89, 91 and 93.
Nothing you said was confirmed. If a stock car was never tuned and drove for 100k miles on 87, the only issue it would have had was not making the advertised power consistently. No engine damage would have been done in most circumstances. Knock retard is not hurting the engine, it’s only...
When you are seeing KR, its about 5-10 hp per degree pulled. And you might see 2-3 degrees come out at 91+ from time to time. With 87, could be more. So I bet on 87 in poor conditions, you would see -40 to -50 hp. Dont forget about cat over temp that runs you down to .70 lambda in full...
None of what you said is factual in any way.
Coming from someone who tunes these cars professionally, the stock tune "rides the knock sensors" just about every time you drive if you are running anything less than 91. If you run 87, you are getting KR on every spirited run. If you run 93...
This. I run e30 in mine, but its a pure pleasure car. I've datalogged it with E30 and its adding about 15% on average of fuel volume to keep stoich. So its well within the fuel system limits to be able to sustain the e30, and I'm not getting a hint of KR anywhere at any RPM or load with it...
Nothing on my S650, but I fubar'd my 24 Bronco WT something fierce trying to enable the amber DRLs...lol That was not fun. I had to upload a forscan user guide I found online to my AI platform and it was able to walk me through doing what I wanted... Spoiler I was WAY off with the direction I...
that depends on the level of hack used. If it’s all software then sure. If it’s firmware level then maybe? If it’s a real hardware hack like on the mopars, then absolutely not. Currently on the 2018+ mopar cars you have to send in your PCM to be hardware unlocked to HPT then you also need...