2011/12 5.0 owners - "ghost cam" tune?

[majorownage]

Fuck Ford. John Lund is straight baller.

[Badass2000GT]

Yep, I heard it at the meet. It sounds good, but I'm not sure the driveabilty seems all that good with it. I don't think I'm going to do it, in fact I think I'm going to keep this one on the quieter side for a change. I'm enjoying how refined this car is compared to my other cars. I'm going to do a mild axleback to give it a lil more muscle car rumble sound but nothing like that black car sounded like. I'm too old for that shit now.

Get the magnaflow's catback. You'll love it. It's nice and quiet with a little rumble at idle and sounds good at hwy speeds but when you get on it people notice it.

[turbos66coupe]

I don't think anything like that would ever hold up in court. Obd info and eec stuff has been mandated to be public info and freely accessible since its a government mandate that all cars have it. Its no longer propriatary info.

I would be more worried about a phaser failing orsomething along those lines.

[07Bluovl]

Some people with that tune experience shitty MPG from what I remember reading. Stupid IMO.

[Blackpony]

We put a nitrous kit on a '12 that had one of these tunes, he said that he diddent notice any change in driveability or mileage with the tune. It came from Lund.. I dono...

[mustang_marc]

I've had mine for about 2 weeks now. Driveability is more or less perfect, same as stock. It doesn't kick in until engine oil temp hits 140, but that's pretty fast, within a minute or so with the temps we've had here lately. Shakes the car just like a regular cam. I only have an o/r H with stock mufflers for now, so it's not all that loud. However, I have a GT500 axle back sitting at home that will go on as soon as I can figure out how to get around the hitch that I have installed. As for gas mileage, I haven't noticed really any decrease in overall mileage yet. I do smell more fuel though with my o/r h vs the regular performance tune. To me, it's pretty kick ass. Love the sound. To some, it may be rice, but at least the car has the performance to back up the sound. I got my tune through Shaun @ AED...definitely worth checking out.

[Steve]

I've had mine for about 2 weeks now. Driveability is more or less perfect, same as stock. It doesn't kick in until engine oil temp hits 140, but that's pretty fast, within a minute or so with the temps we've had here lately. Shakes the car just like a regular cam. I only have an o/r H with stock mufflers for now, so it's not all that loud. However, I have a GT500 axle back sitting at home that will go on as soon as I can figure out how to get around the hitch that I have installed. As for gas mileage, I haven't noticed really any decrease in overall mileage yet. I do smell more fuel though with my o/r h vs the regular performance tune. To me, it's pretty kick ass. Love the sound. To some, it may be rice, but at least the car has the performance to back up the sound. I got my tune through Shaun @ AED...definitely worth checking out.

Thanks for the feedback sir.

[Doug Hatton]

I've been kinda quiet about the fact that I've done a few more mods to mine... they're not really earth shattering mods, so here goes... I put the Jeg's cat delete pipes on mine and bought an SCT tuner from AM with a tune from Bama to turn off the O2's. I went ahead and had them burn me a 93 octane tune with cats and without for inspection time. I had already put the GT500 axlebacks on and let me say, it's pretty damn loud. I know I'm old, so that's a relative term, but the cats eat up a ton of sound. It's not too bad at cruising, but 1/4 throttle is LOUD but WOT sounds pretty good to me, but still pretty loud. I'll eventually let one of the local shops put a real dyno tune on it, but figured since I had to buy a tuner anyways for the cats, why not let them go ahead and send me some lifetime tunes. Car feels quicker, but I couldn't put my finger on how much. I just have a K&N panel filter, so I'm not sure how much I'm leaving on the table by not using an aftermarket CAI. Either way, it should have picked up at least 30rwhp so MAYBE I'm close to Danny's stock one now! LOL!

[mustang_marc]

I just have a K&N panel filter, so I'm not sure how much I'm leaving on the table by not using an aftermarket CAI. Either way, it should have picked up at least 30rwhp so MAYBE I'm close to Danny's stock one now! LOL!

I don't know if you read Modular Ford forums or over at SVT Performance - but you should check out several threads over there regarding the effectiveness/gains of CAI on these cars. Needless to say, I too have a K&N drop in and won't be changing anytime soon.

[Doug Hatton]

Yeah, I definitely think most of the gains are in the tune... I've definitely done what I would consider the most effective bang for the buck mods. I guess we'll see! LOL!

[Steve]

Yeah, I definitely think most of the gains are in the tune... I've definitely done what I would consider the most effective bang for the buck mods. I guess we'll see! LOL!

What are those mods you chose?

[46Tbird]

Either way, it should have picked up at least 30rwhp so MAYBE I'm close to Danny's stock one now! LOL!

Maybe.

[Rick Modena]

I'm under the opinion that most CAI's are not going to be worth the money vs. power gained. I dropped a K&N in my stock box and gained some HP, not much but about as much as an aftermarket CAI. I raced a 03 Cobra and I left him til we hit 120. My car is stock aside from that one MOD.
N/A cars don't gain much from a CAI, sure it helps, but not worth the money.

[Doug Hatton]

Steve, I put a k&n panel filter, gt500 axleback, cat delete pipes and a 93 race tune from Bama on an SCT tuner. I haven't dyno'd it at all and eventually will have a local shop tune it.

[Steve]

Steve, I put a k&n panel filter, gt500 axleback, cat delete pipes and a 93 race tune from Bama on an SCT tuner. I haven't dyno'd it at all and eventually will have a local shop tune it.

Cool. Did you notice a big difference with your seat of the pants dyno?