Have someone real tune it. I turn the fans on much faster and at 180 not 212 like stock is set. And whipple doesnt change that either in their tunes.
From the whipple tune.
Yep thats what mine did with my ESS car after about 800 hard miles. RIP stock cats.
Mine are hallowed out now. Car sounds good with the complete stock active exhaust. Stinks, but sounds good and isnt as loud as headers with no cats.
buy the puller from autozone. Done in 2 minutes. Or dont buy the puller and bend the shit out of the arm, lots of swearing and probably pry at it with a flat blade and ruin the plastic and scratch the arm and end up buying a replacement from ford for $90 because you're and idiot and didnt buy...
My P1 tuner brothers are going with a big booth. I wont be there, but Dan and Mark and a few of the other tuners will be there doing live demos and tuning cars in person.
8 hours is what a real shop that knows how to do them charges labor for.
$1200 is about average cost. Less is suspect and more means they dont want to do it.
If you arent getting a tune either for NA then sure get one. But any tuner should be able to change the pedal demand for you and its dramatic when its done right.
Dont get this.
The whipple tune completely changes pedal tq demand and the pedal demand ramp ups. That will severely ruin the drivability. You shouldnt run that anyway. Just get a tune if youre NA. Pedal demand ramp ups can be easily refined and should be.
Quick update. The stock cats lasted 800ish miles. RIP stock cats. The car started to blow smoke under boost and got a quite a bit louder and smellier after the last few rips last week. Figured they were going, so had to get them gutted. Car is perfect again now and rips HARDER than before...
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Ive tuned 267 of them since July of last year. There are tremendous gains in both performance and drivability getting a quality tune. I tuned my personal GT at about 100 miles on the odo and its the way it should be from the factory.
Discussed to death is the understatement of the centry.
As everyone eventually finds out, buy a bottle of Liquimoly Ceratec and dump it in after every oil change. It will remove the tick until you change the oil again. You're welcome.