I need to buy a tuner Help

[shogansta]

I heard that doug's is the best but how much is it and how much hp can i squeze out of the sho!!!!!!

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

depends on how out of tune your SHO is right now.

And how acurately the tuner can tune.

 

[DavidT]

he had a GB a few mos. ago for the X-Calibrator, using SCT software. Price was under $400. However, I have heard that X-Cal. 2 is now out. Contact him. I bet he would have a GB for it. I assume the programming would be the same, but The newer one has an lcd screen iirc
As far as HP gains... I would GUESS 10-15 HP He does alot in his programming... improving overall driveability.
My favorite is the MUCH firmer shifts. His programming performs as good or better than a shift kit.

 

[shogansta]

i have a cone filter and flowmaster 50's on right now i love my car and i know these tuners dont hurt it why doesnt doug sell on ebay?

 

[Mr Anonymous]

Doug is not a hard guy to get a hold of, just pick up a phone and call him. All his contact info is on his website: http://www.fordspecialists.com There are a lot of companies who don't sell their products on eBay.

Tuning on the V8 SHO is not going to be a great HP gainer. It's more about driveability. There are very slight power gains to be had from tuning, but I don't think it would be more than 10HP even pushing advance to the limit.

BTW, your cone filter, if it's in the engine compartment and not in the fender, is actually robbing you of power. There are not a lot of bolt-on mods for the V8 engine that give measureable power increases, which is why nitrous is a common choice.

 

[Silver95]

heres a lil more info about the xcal2 tuner-

http://www.fordpartsnetwork.com/sct1-X2.html