Bought A Used 2015 Taurus SHO And I Think It Might Be Tuned...

[Soccerelvn]

Oh and some pictures of the car and engine bay. I noticed the AirRaid filter as the most obvious thing that was done by the previous owner.

These cars are really sharp looking in my opinion, I like it so far!

 

[OmaHahn]

Your car should make 350 ish hp and 390 ish tq to the tire. Calling my shot.

SM105K is absolutely dead on here! My new tune from Gearhead made more power than my LMS tune and my results were 347 WHP and 398 WTQ on a conservative Mustang AWD Dyno.

 

[FREAK_SHO]

Good looking car. Now go clean the top of the battery off.

 

[SM105K]

SM105K is absolutely dead on here! My new tune from Gearhead made more power than my LMS tune and my results were 347 WHP and 398 WTQ on a conservative Mustang AWD Dyno.

Just wait until I go bottom 12's at full weight, with just a click of switch and tune only. Prepare for glory!

 

[Scott Milligan]

So I bought a used 2015 SHO the other day and it felt very fast compared to what I had been seeing online for a stock SHO. I notice an Air Intake from AirRaid was installed and didn't think too much of it since that is usually the first mod a person would do outside of a tune. Well at this point I'm pretty confident it has a tune and maybe some other stuff done to it. I recorded a video of a quick 0-60 run with traction control off on a flat road.

Let me know what you think and any thoughts would be great, thanks!

I had the same question on the 2011 I bought a few weeks back. The general consensus was that if it had a 3 bar map sensor it was an tuned car. Although I know some of the tuners do offer 2 bar tunes as well. You can look up the map sensor (the one on the top of intake) and if it has a 3 bar type then based on what others said on here its tuned. If you have the previous owner name livernois can see if it's their tune. They do not keep records by vin, which surprised me.

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[Lostneye]

I had the same question on the 2011 I bought a few weeks back. The general consensus was that if it had a 3 bar map sensor it was an tuned car. Although I know some of the tuners do offer 2 bar tunes as well. You can look up the map sensor (the one on the top of intake) and if it has a 3 bar type then based on what others said on here its tuned. If you have the previous owner name livernois can see if it's their tune. They do not keep records by vin, which surprised me.

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3 bar on the top of the intake is definitely tuned.

 

[Soccerelvn]

I'll check the Map Sensor ASAP. I mostly wanted to make sure the previous owner did all steps when putting a tune on if that did happen and I was going to make any upgrades that were needed to help the car along if needed. Unfortunately I bought it from a dealership so I don't know who had it previously. Thanks!

 

[Soccerelvn]

I grabbed a picture of the Map Sensor here.

 

[jman1200]

Be aware that most tunes require higher octane gas, 91 or 93. I have and regularly use an 87 tune to save a bit at the pumps, there is a huge difference performance between the 87 and 93 octane tunes.

 

[Lostneye]

I grabbed a picture of the Map Sensor here.

I think that is a 3bar.

 

[Sgtmeatsauce1]

3 bar definitely tuned. 2 bar could or maybe not, there are 2 bar tunes but not full out ones. By sound it did not sound tune whete Omaha sounded tuned, winds up fast. Next purchased that new gearhead CAC....50 hp no meth hassle etc....(or meth also heh heh)

 

[Kenpachi]

I'm located in northern Maryland right next to Delaware. I'm probably 45 minutes from Philadelphia and I figured there is probably a Dyno there somewhere.

Rising Sun MD?


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[Soccerelvn]

Rising Sun MD?


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I'm about 20 minutes from Rising Sun in Maryland.

 

[rubydist]

the problem with the "timing the speedometer needle" method of timing is that the needle is damped, and you don't know how much delay there is to move it from rest v. how much delay there is as it is rising. so at best its a guess.

 

[SHOdded]

I'm about 20 minutes from Rising Sun in Maryland.

Howdy, kinda neighbor

 

[SHOdded]

So how would this work? Get a new tuner, that downloads the "stock" flash (tuned) and be able to switch back and forth?

BUMP

 

[Kenpachi]

Howdy, kinda neighbor

Yep, I lived about 10 minutes from Rising Sun in PA. Parents are still in the area.


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[CCXVI]

SM105K is absolutely dead on here! My new tune from Gearhead made more power than my LMS tune and my results were 347 WHP and 398 WTQ on a conservative Mustang AWD Dyno.

You been liking the tune overall? I'm shopping around for a new company, I'm tired of the LMS shift issues and useless customer support.

 

[Lostneye]

You been liking the tune overall? I'm shopping around for a new company, I'm tired of the LMS shift issues and useless customer support.

I switched to Gearhead this weekend from LMS. I did not have 2-3 shift issues just the 1-2 if I did not turn TC off and also some hesitation in cold weather. Gearhead shifts are a big improvement in smoothness in normal driving and no 1-2 issues so far. Really liking it so far.

 

[SM105K]

I switched to Gearhead this weekend from LMS. I did not have 2-3 shift issues just the 1-2 if I did not turn TC off and also some hesitation in cold weather. Gearhead shifts are a big improvement in smoothness in normal driving and no 1-2 issues so far. Really liking it so far.

This seems to be a trend....