Steeda - Performance Tune That Adapts
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First, y'all need to remember that Steeda has been in bed with Ford for a while (technology-transfer), and second, that Ford has been advertising that their tunings (including Steedas) are far superior to others. Me, I've got no problems with having my car tuned by Doug, even if its just by email. If I have any problems with my car, I'll just contact Doug or return it to stock and see the dealer, not going to pay $400 bucks to send out my PCM for a reflash.
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Its funny how they can say that they think the MAX is what everyone wants out there
Don't even get me started on the MAX transmission shifting pressures
No tuner purchase and for the S/C applications it only works with the Whipple. In other words its not as "Adaptive" as its being marketed.
No SCT calibration is going to automatically sense octane level and adjust timing properly. If you took your Whipplecharged car and let your wife borrow the car and she mistakenly puts 87 octane in the car without telling you, the next time you get on it with a custom SCT tune, you can say goodbye to that engine. Not so with our calibration as it can sense engine octane and compensate to save it from detonation. That is how powerful this system is.
It is so powerful and complex, the program will not physically run on an 05-06 processor. As I said in an earlier post Ford changed the internal hardware on the 07+ processors and only the 07+ processor will run the calibration.
You of all people should know that as many parameters as SCT controls it is only a small portion of the thousands of parameters in the modern processor. Even the average customer who has read a few books will know this. SCT software, as good as it is, and it is the best out there for custom tuning, does not and will not allow for what this system can do.
As for only working on Whipples, we are not going to say it works on other applications without having thoroughly tested it. We feel it will work with other applications, however until it is tested and verified dont expect us to make such claims.
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I look Forward to Customer Feedback on this Item. As an Fyi an 07 Processor Lists For $606.00. I wonder If a Guy Could Just Get an 08 Bullitt Processor If he Wants That Tune and and adaptive octane Capabilities????
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As for only working on Whipples, we are not going to say it works on other applications without having thoroughly tested it. We feel it will work with other applications, however until it is tested and verified dont expect us to make such claims.
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This was the information I got when I called this morning about it. I think it is a bold statement to say that a single calibration will work with all n/a and superchargers but thats what you say in the flyer, you don't it doesn't say that this is a multiple type flash, one for n/a and one for s/c, but rather only that it works on all 07 and newer cars.
Still, I look forward to seeing it on a few cars and comparing it to other tunes. Using the 08 calibrations on earlier model cars is something in the tuning world that we can all learn from.
Thanks, Doug.
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Hey Gus, is this for all model year 07's or calander year 07's? I picked my 07 up in december of 06 and it occurs to me (since I'm firmly in the "If I didn't have any bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all" crowd) that I'd probably be in the .0000099999% of 07's that would more than likely have to spring for a new PCM to take advantage of something like this.
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I personally prefer a hand-held tuner. So if you get this new gimmick from Steeda, and say 6mo from now you have 4.10's installed - do you have to have Steeda make an adjustment? How? You send them your car's main processor?
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This was the information I got when I called this morning about it. I think it is a bold statement to say that a single calibration will work with all n/a and superchargers but thats what you say in the flyer, you don't it doesn't say that this is a multiple type flash, one for n/a and one for s/c, but rather only that it works on all 07 and newer cars.
Still, I look forward to seeing it on a few cars and comparing it to other tunes. Using the 08 calibrations on earlier model cars is something in the tuning world that we can all learn from.
Thanks, Doug.
Still, I look forward to seeing it on a few cars and comparing it to other tunes. Using the 08 calibrations on earlier model cars is something in the tuning world that we can all learn from.
Thanks, Doug.
The supercharged tune is currently only tested on Whipple superchargers. But we have tested it with numerous injector boost, injector, exhaust combinations and it has worked on all of them.
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Hey Gus, is this for all model year 07's or calander year 07's? I picked my 07 up in december of 06 and it occurs to me (since I'm firmly in the "If I didn't have any bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all" crowd) that I'd probably be in the .0000099999% of 07's that would more than likely have to spring for a new PCM to take advantage of something like this.
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Sooo, this is just going to be another flash tool? I'll wait until the SCT software catches up with the new Bullitt tunings!! Doug will have something for us slush-box owners!!
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SteedaGus,
I would like to know how this part would work: "Specifically, your engine calibration will automatically adjust so that no horsepower/torque levels will be delivered that exceed the capacity of your fuel pump, injectors, or mass air meter"
I would assume it monitors the PWM drive to the pump and injectors and the voltage output of the MAF and reduces the throttle to prevent any of them from getting pegged.
Of course, the question I REALLY want to know is how does the system automatically know what the injector duty cycle SHOULD be given that none of these cars have a WB O2 sensor installed and there is no way to know what the actual A/F is without it. That makes automatically adjusting the fuel delivery a bit tricky.
I would like to know how this part would work: "Specifically, your engine calibration will automatically adjust so that no horsepower/torque levels will be delivered that exceed the capacity of your fuel pump, injectors, or mass air meter"
I would assume it monitors the PWM drive to the pump and injectors and the voltage output of the MAF and reduces the throttle to prevent any of them from getting pegged.
Of course, the question I REALLY want to know is how does the system automatically know what the injector duty cycle SHOULD be given that none of these cars have a WB O2 sensor installed and there is no way to know what the actual A/F is without it. That makes automatically adjusting the fuel delivery a bit tricky.
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The tool used to install the program has nothing to do with what the program is capable of. I've already given an example of what the programming can do. Show us "just another flash tool" that has a program that will do what I described. There isn't one out there that will.
Only thing I agree with is the fact you'll need to use an SCT tuner for automatics, as we are not offering this program currently for automatics.
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I would like to know how this part would work: "Specifically, your engine calibration will automatically adjust so that no horsepower/torque levels will be delivered that exceed the capacity of your fuel pump, injectors, or mass air meter"
I would assume it monitors the PWM drive to the pump and injectors and the voltage output of the MAF and reduces the throttle to prevent any of them from getting pegged.
Of course, the question I REALLY want to know is how does the system automatically know what the injector duty cycle SHOULD be given that none of these cars have a WB O2 sensor installed and there is no way to know what the actual A/F is without it. That makes automatically adjusting the fuel delivery a bit tricky.
I would like to know how this part would work: "Specifically, your engine calibration will automatically adjust so that no horsepower/torque levels will be delivered that exceed the capacity of your fuel pump, injectors, or mass air meter"
I would assume it monitors the PWM drive to the pump and injectors and the voltage output of the MAF and reduces the throttle to prevent any of them from getting pegged.
Of course, the question I REALLY want to know is how does the system automatically know what the injector duty cycle SHOULD be given that none of these cars have a WB O2 sensor installed and there is no way to know what the actual A/F is without it. That makes automatically adjusting the fuel delivery a bit tricky.
The biggest differences are the spark and air fuel ratio's we want to see between naturally aspirated and supercharged cars, hence the seperate programs for each application in order to achieve those conditions.
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Is the PCM module plug and play? Won't an 07 module throw some wacky codes in an 05?