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Do you tune differently for an intake or intake+intercooler or is it the same tune? Trying to decide if I should add those mods before getting the tune?
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Do you tune differently for an intake or intake+intercooler or is it the same tune? Trying to decide if I should add those mods before getting the tune?
I make custom tunes for the parts that you have. Each truck is different so I make sure to tune each one as a different vehicle.

I do NOT send out the same tune
 

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I make custom tunes for the parts that you have. Each truck is different so I make sure to tune each one as a different vehicle.

I do NOT send out the same tune
How do you tune accurately without the car being on a Dyno? Every remap I've ever had on all my cars has been with the car on a Dyno while the tuner makes adjustments. My second question is what spark plugs would you recommend after the tune and what gap to use?
 

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How do you tune accurately without the car being on a Dyno? Every remap I've ever had on all my cars has been with the car on a Dyno while the tuner makes adjustments. My second question is what spark plugs would you recommend after the tune and what gap to use?
He has you do real world pulls (on a private road of course) while logging. You send him the logs, he analyses, tweaks, sends you a new file to log and you keep doing that until he is happy (and you too!).
 
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How do you tune accurately without the car being on a Dyno? Every remap I've ever had on all my cars has been with the car on a Dyno while the tuner makes adjustments. My second question is what spark plugs would you recommend after the tune and what gap to use?
This is a great question!

I invest in the cars/trucks I tune in order to put the proper development time into learning the platform, hands on! My truck has been on the dyno for hundreds and hundreds of pulls.

I've tested various fuels, environments, mods, etc. Once I have collected that data I know what the trucks will take and what they won't so a dyno is no longer needed.

This is why I call my work safe/reliable, because I've proven it on MY dev trucks. Most others cannot say the same.

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https://www.goosetuned.com/product-page/ngk-ruthenium-hx-spark-plugs-ltr7bhx-20-23-ford-explorer-st

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He has you do real world pulls (on a private road of course) while logging. You send him the logs, he analyses, tweaks, sends you a new file to log and you keep doing that until he is happy (and you too!).
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This is a great question!

I invest in the cars/trucks I tune in order to put the proper development time into learning the platform, hands on! My truck has been on the dyno for hundreds and hundreds of pulls.

I've tested various fuels, environments, mods, etc. Once I have collected that data I know what the trucks will take and what they won't so a dyno is no longer needed.

This is why I call my work safe/reliable, because I've proven it on MY dev trucks. Most others cannot say the same.

I recommend these:

https://www.goosetuned.com/product-page/ngk-ruthenium-hx-spark-plugs-ltr7bhx-20-23-ford-explorer-st

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Thank you kindly! What can one expect on a stock vehicle with no mods whatsoever? Hp and torque. I'm not ready to start swapping out all these parts. I'm not all that impressed with the results of the FP tune either.
 
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Thank you kindly! What can one expect on a stock vehicle with no mods whatsoever? Hp and torque. I'm not ready to start swapping out all these parts. I'm not all that impressed with the results of the FP tune either.
310-330whp is what they make stock. Pretty low.

Tuning will net you 100-110whp safely when you go with a tune like mine.

Safe AND reliable!
 

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@Goosetuned is it safe to brake boost with all that extra torque? Thanks for improving the power on this platform.
 
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Plenty of people have snapped rear axles brake boosting with just the FP tune.
 
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Yeah doesn't seem to be a problem
 
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This is a great question!

I invest in the cars/trucks I tune in order to put the proper development time into learning the platform, hands on! My truck has been on the dyno for hundreds and hundreds of pulls.

I've tested various fuels, environments, mods, etc. Once I have collected that data I know what the trucks will take and what they won't so a dyno is no longer needed.

This is why I call my work safe/reliable, because I've proven it on MY dev trucks. Most others cannot say the same.

I recommend these:

https://www.goosetuned.com/product-page/ngk-ruthenium-hx-spark-plugs-ltr7bhx-20-23-ford-explorer-st

026-028 gap

At what point should someone upgrade plugs? Its my first ford/ecoboost, but ive read these engines are hard on spark plugs and the replacement interval is like 30k miles for plugs? is this accurate? Would it be worth upgrading plugs on the FP tune or just custom tunes?

I wish this whole ecu unlock had been announced just 2 weeks sooner i would have went custom vs FP.
 
 







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