Just tuned my SHO

[Livernois Motorsports]

We will tune for VP Racing fuel's C85 though. We do not tune specifically for E85 for several reasons, and the most important of which is that E85 ranges in mixture and quality greatly from station to station, even more from state to state and region to region. There are too many variables to take into account to tune successfully and safely on pump E85. VP's C85 is the exact same absolutely everywhere every time.

 

[bpd1151]

Not to mention that VP Racing Fuels is 100% spot on consistent, time after time after time.

Thus the operating under ISO9000 Certification Standards.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

That's what I said guy LOL!

 

[ChiveOn]

Hi guys,

New to the forum. Quick question as we seem to be on the topic of Octane of fuel. I have been running premium in my non-modded 2013 PP and I am getting ready to buy a tune. There is a mix here at gas stations that have 91 octane with no ethanol and call it premium, while others have 93 octane with around 10% Ethanol. Except for the stations around my house, I have no idea what I am going to get until I pull up to the pump. Which tune would I get? How easy would it be to carry the tuner around in my car and switch the tune based on what the pump offers?

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Your new MyCal tuner will hold 4 custom tunes PLUS your stock file. There's no need to choose which one tune you want! It sounds as if in your case using our 91 tune would be a better choice for you overall, because you can use either one of the 2 premium fuels that you say are available to you in your area. Keep in mind that you can always run more octane than what your tune was built for but never less! So if you run our 91 tunes you can fill up anywhere with any premium fuel. Whereas, if you load our 93 tuning you must use 93. 91 octane should never be used with a 93 tune.

 

[jtreber]

If you have the 93 tune and during your travels find an area where there is no 93 gas available, is an octane booster like 104 Plus or similar safe to use?

 

[SHOdded]

Octane boosters like 104+ are safe, but practically useless in highperformance applications, at least that's what one review had to say. Great with 87 octane gas, but not anything higher. Torco or Aces IV or something similar actually work to raise octane, but those are expensive, tho worth it in a pinch.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

If you have the 93 tune and during your travels find an area where there is no 93 gas available, is an octane booster like 104 Plus or similar safe to use?

Do not use any type of fuel system additives.

The EcoBoost platform as a whole are extremely sensitive to certain things that most people would assume make little to no difference like octane variance and spark plug gap. We have yet to find an additive that is exact enough to endorse for use in the EcoBoost motors. Probably about 40% of our EcoBoost tuner calls are because the driver hears pinging or knocking, and they immediately assume that it is because of the tune. Our 1st question (after years of freaking out on our end of the phone) is did you add any type of octane booster or other additives to your gas? And 99.999999999% of the time the answer is yes. So we tell them to just take it easy until the tank of fuel is gone, refill with the best fuel that they have in their area and then drive the additives out of the system. The other 50% is why is my car not running right after installing a 3 BAR MAP sensor. The last 10 or so % are calls asking if we have a faster tune because one of their buddies at work has a new Hellcat or new Z06.

 

[jtreber]

Good information to know. Thanks.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

No worries.

I would rather answer all of your questions here than have to answer phone calls filled with worry!

 

[LongNap]

Do not use any type of fuel system additives.

The EcoBoost platform as a whole are extremely sensitive to certain things that most people would assume make little to no difference like octane variance and spark plug gap. We have yet to find an additive that is exact enough to endorse for use in the EcoBoost motors. Probably about 40% of our EcoBoost tuner calls are because the driver hears pinging or knocking, and they immediately assume that it is because of the tune. Our 1st question (after years of freaking out on our end of the phone) is did you add any type of octane booster or other additives to your gas? And 99.999999999% of the time the answer is yes. So we tell them to just take it easy until the tank of fuel is gone, refill with the best fuel that they have in their area and then drive the additives out of the system. The other 50% is why is my car not running right after installing a 3 BAR MAP sensor. The last 10 or so % are calls asking if we have a faster tune because one of their buddies at work has a new Hellcat or new Z06.

Thanks as well... good information and I never use any kind of fuel additives (learn the hard way with STP back in the day), but I don't have two questions now:

1) How often should I change my plugs now that I'm running your V8 tune... 20K, 30K miles??
2) If I use a 4 BAR MAP, could I keep up with a Hellcat!? (JK)
2.1) Is the V8 tune your latest tune... I see others with a 4X tune?

When I installed your tune, I only had about 10K miles on that car so I elected to not change the plugs but now after reading your reply above, I'm really starting to worry about my gap and the age of my plugs... no issues BTW on the tune/performance of my car.

Thanks,
D.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Yeah unfortunately we all had to learn the hard way. Better a few of us than everyone having to learn the hard way.

1) Post tuning we recommend that you swap plugs every 10-15k. Basically the best common practice is to do all your preventative maintenance once a year.
2) You might need to use a 4 BAP and a hot air intake to catch a 911 Turbo!
3) The Version8 not (not V8 like the motor) tune is the latest tune for the 2013+. The 2010-2012 cars have differently named tunes.

 

[Joe Caughel]

If I come in to your shop and buy the Windstorm Tuner Package to have it all installed there?

-Joe Caughel

 

[sticks1680]

Do not use any type of fuel system additives.

The EcoBoost platform as a whole are extremely sensitive to certain things that most people would assume make little to no difference like octane variance and spark plug gap. We have yet to find an additive that is exact enough to endorse for use in the EcoBoost motors. Probably about 40% of our EcoBoost tuner calls are because the driver hears pinging or knocking, and they immediately assume that it is because of the tune. Our 1st question (after years of freaking out on our end of the phone) is did you add any type of octane booster or other additives to your gas? And 99.999999999% of the time the answer is yes. So we tell them to just take it easy until the tank of fuel is gone, refill with the best fuel that they have in their area and then drive the additives out of the system. The other 50% is why is my car not running right after installing a 3 BAR MAP sensor. The last 10 or so % are calls asking if we have a faster tune because one of their buddies at work has a new Hellcat or new Z06.

Ive used Seafoam in the past. In oil and fuel. Any thoughts?

Pohnz-1

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Ive used Seafoam in the past. In oil and fuel. Any thoughts?

Pohnz-1

Do not use any type of additives.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

If I come in to your shop and buy the Windstorm Tuner Package to have it all installed there?

-Joe Caughel

We can definitely install that pack for you Joe!!

 

[sticks1680]

Do not use any type of additives.

Its not really an additive. More of a cleaner. Kept my 2000 jeeps engine oil clean. Do you know of Seafoam?

Pohnz-1

 

[Joe Caughel]

We can definitely install that pack for you Joe!!

How much extra would that all cost?

-Joe Caughel

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

How much extra would that all cost?

-Joe Caughel

PM Sent!

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Its not really an additive. More of a cleaner. Kept my 2000 jeeps engine oil clean. Do you know of Seafoam?

Pohnz-1

I am, but we do not use any of these additive products in any of our builds.