Nothing on it so far but a Mustang tune!lol
I'm gonna send it to Doug@FPS or let a local friend who is really sharp with the SCT stuff do it.
Ill have a few different tunes done....1 for 93 octane/daily driving,1 for 87 octane daily driving,1 for race,1 for race n2o.
I know the LpM stuff is tried and true for the SHO but the SCT stuff has also been used very successfully too....mainly by Doug@FPS on the 89-95's but there were some guys also having great luck doing the v8 SHO's.
My tuner,James Henson,has always done me right using SCT equipment on both GM's and Fords. On most Fords,the trans can be setup to shift like a full race unit if the tuner knows what he is doing.
I had a 96 Thunderbird with a 98 Cobra engine swapped in with all the bolt ons and tuned via SCT(stock 96 Tbird EEC IV)Car only made 295rwhp NA and 382rwhp on a 100hp wet shot but man did it drive FANTASTIC!! The trans was the stock 150k mile AOD-E and Henson had it shifting right there with the best "built" trans I've had.....easy shifting aif just putting around but put your foot to the floor and it'd lay rubber in 2nd and 3rd when it shifted.....i had the multi position selector on my SCT 6600 and ran around on an 87 octane tune that still made 275rwhp. I put over 100k on that car in less than 2 years and it just kept on kicking.....till an ex totalled it. Then sold the drivetrain setup for a guy wanting to do a Cobra swap into his v6 Mustang.
That car is what sold me on cheap Fords for drivers and why I ended up with the SHO. The early modular type engines dont crank out a lot of HP/TQ but they do ok and they are dead reliable.....at least in my experience.
The SCT 6600 is actually the same chip used in 86-98 Mustangs,Lightnings(till 04),89-95 SHO's,89-97 Thunderbirds,and I'm sure several more.
Doug told me it's $500 for a tune or $250 and I bring my SCT 6600. I bought my SCT 6600 chip used for $35(that was a steal) but I've seen many on ebay and craigslist in the $50-$100 range.
I'm gonna pick up a used/locked SCT x3 handheld and see if I can use it for datalogging. I used one on my Thunderbird and it worked perfectly.....I'm thinking it might work on the SHO which would be perfect for datalogging(like the tweecer)
I'd look at it like this.....SCT has all the abiltys of a Tweecer but is meant for professionals to sell and write a custom tune for there customers car. But the SCT chip is like an LpM in that only an "authorized" tuner can alter the chip.
I'm hoping the SCT x3 can be used to datalog via LiveLink. That way I can datalog with the x3 and can have custom tunes via the 6600. It would also allow for custom remote tuning......
I've messed with the Tweecer software some years back on a friends turbo 95 Cobra....I liked it but it's a bit over whelming.....SCT has so many competent tuners,it's not worth learning how to program with Tweecer IMO. I'm a DIY person myself but SCT really offers a nice product.
To give you an idea just what the SCT can do on a SHO in competent hands,Doug@FPS has actually gotten 285hp/365tq at the wheels on a stock ATX trans!! Granted it was using nitrous but still,stock trans......
I didn't hear that from Doug's mouth either,I saw it on this forum 1st. A blue 95 with a direct port kit like Doug used to run on his car. I don't know if the trans ever died but I'm sure it did!
Trans tunabilty with the SCT tuning is probably the biggest +++ for my needs.
