00BOLT
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Okay, I pick up my Ty tomorrow and have a few basic newbie questions. Excuss my ignorance, but for the past 2 years I have owned a Ford Lightning and it seems like things are slightly different.
with my L, i would take to the dyno and get A/F, RPM, etc graphs and my tuner would read those and get a precision tune... It took me about 3 trips to the dyno, but i finally got it PERFECT with A/F and timing exactly where I wanted to be "safe"... i had a flip chip that holds a "street" tune and then also a "race" tune... that way when im rollin on the street I can use regular 93oc gas and it be 'safe'.... then if i went to track, i would put in 100oc and flip over to 'race' and it would add a few degress timing, more air, etc and be a stronger tune....
the Ty i am buying seems to have all the basic mods that id like to do, but i dont know what kind of chip or who even programmed it... so id like to do that FIRST THING... i wanna play it safe. I dnt go to races very often, actually very seldom.... but id like the power to be there when I want it...
I dont have exact brand names, models, etc of the mods, but here is what I knwo the Ty has...
Upgraded Turbo (with twist knob inside to adjust boost)
Upgraded IC (black box by throttlebody)
upgraded injectors (i think 50# but not 100%, but upgraded over stock)
255 fuel pump
rebuilt tranny (built stronger, but im sure its not a bulletproof)
im sure a few other minor things.. he has a full reciept of all the stuff, basically alot of little bolt on stuff, but nothing major like rods,cams,heads,pistons, etc
he told me that ya keep the boost knob turned down when on the street, but if yu wanted to turn it up, just add race gas.... that sounds right to me, but i know in my Lightning, if I were to just 'add boost' by a bigger lower pully or something, id have to get a new tune because its gonna change the A/F ratio.... so im concerned with just 'turning up the boost' without a new tune....
so my questions are:
1. whats the BEST chip out there that can hold 2-3 tunes on it
2. who is the BEST tuner out there
ps. i pick up tomorrow, and at that time ill check it out and figure out what exact turbo, ic, etc it has...
with my L, i would take to the dyno and get A/F, RPM, etc graphs and my tuner would read those and get a precision tune... It took me about 3 trips to the dyno, but i finally got it PERFECT with A/F and timing exactly where I wanted to be "safe"... i had a flip chip that holds a "street" tune and then also a "race" tune... that way when im rollin on the street I can use regular 93oc gas and it be 'safe'.... then if i went to track, i would put in 100oc and flip over to 'race' and it would add a few degress timing, more air, etc and be a stronger tune....
the Ty i am buying seems to have all the basic mods that id like to do, but i dont know what kind of chip or who even programmed it... so id like to do that FIRST THING... i wanna play it safe. I dnt go to races very often, actually very seldom.... but id like the power to be there when I want it...
I dont have exact brand names, models, etc of the mods, but here is what I knwo the Ty has...
Upgraded Turbo (with twist knob inside to adjust boost)
Upgraded IC (black box by throttlebody)
upgraded injectors (i think 50# but not 100%, but upgraded over stock)
255 fuel pump
rebuilt tranny (built stronger, but im sure its not a bulletproof)
im sure a few other minor things.. he has a full reciept of all the stuff, basically alot of little bolt on stuff, but nothing major like rods,cams,heads,pistons, etc
he told me that ya keep the boost knob turned down when on the street, but if yu wanted to turn it up, just add race gas.... that sounds right to me, but i know in my Lightning, if I were to just 'add boost' by a bigger lower pully or something, id have to get a new tune because its gonna change the A/F ratio.... so im concerned with just 'turning up the boost' without a new tune....
so my questions are:
1. whats the BEST chip out there that can hold 2-3 tunes on it
2. who is the BEST tuner out there
ps. i pick up tomorrow, and at that time ill check it out and figure out what exact turbo, ic, etc it has...
