Lol well that sucks what most people don't know is that cylinder usually goes because it's running to lean or the global spark has been advanced beyond the knock sensors ability cough cough bama although they have done what Traxxas did on the rc world turn around and make good products I like my tunes from them they do run rich and are conservative.
But that's fine with me

 

^ and it also runs between 220-240° there is nowhere for the coolant to go once it hits the back of the block and head.. it runs the hottest compared to the rest of the block and cylinders.

 

The coolant travels up the rear of the head then toward the front of the head and out the intake cross over tube.

 

I forgot about that right you are lucky the issue has been resolved but my guess is he used brenspeed or bbr for a tune

 

Punctuation. Heard of it?

 

What did Ford do about this ?

 

Its a forum post who cares

 

People that read your posts.

 

Girly? I just ordered an auto. I can'twait for some d-bag to claim it's girly.

Anyway that's what I'd like to do. I don't mind the higheroctane because I drive very few miles to work but I do want better shiftpoints. I'm reluctant to anything to the car because of the warranty though.

 

Sentence fragment.



(Irony intended)

 

Fought me tooth and nail, put a motor in the car. I was a bone stock car at the time of the failure.

 

Do you know if your strategy was ZFK0 ???

 

The code on the computer I gave my tuner? If so I honestly think it was, I don't have my car or access to it. It's in my shop right now but I can confirm.

 

Yes .. the sticker on your PCM you would have given your tuner ... I believe the #8 failures had to do with the ZFK0 calibration .. I think the latest and greatest is revision ZFK2.

 

so was it a local tuner or mail order?

 

I will look to confirm, I have since tuned the car so at this point I am hopeless!
They do both.

 

what i'm trying to ask is if it's local or??

I might be making some future changes in a few k when my 3/36k ends, and I'd hate to go to the one "local" tuner I know of that seems to service MD/VA/DC/DE/PA folks

 

He is local yes, but have NO fear about the tuner. This failure was hardware related and not tuner related. I have an inside line and know the guys and so much so he is going to do my E85 tune and tune my buddies 1000+ auto/turbo cobra. I have not lost faith in said tuners ability.

 

I would think that Ford updated your calibration to the latest and greatest when they replaced your engine. Or is your tuner still using ZFK0 for the base tune?

 

Math not your strong subject in school?

$.45 x 14 gallons = $6.30 per fill up.

I have money so no worries there. I was sick of putting the "required premium" in my Trans Am for 20 years just to go back and forth to work. Even $6.30 per week doesn't sound too bad but I hate to pay it. What I do not understand is why 93 is now 45 cents more per gallon than regular. It was 20 cents up until a few years ago. I guess that octane is part gold?