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7/21/10, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 11CaliSpecGT

You can use a tune only, and/or you can have a tune built specifically for the mods on your car. Last car I had a Superchips 91 Tune, then added an AEM Brute CAI, then Superchips provided a 91 Octane/AEM CAI Tune. I didn't go further than that, but is my understanding you can work with your tune build with what you have on your car and they can "personalize" your tune to your vehicle...

Thanks! I thought that was the case but wasn't quite sure having not done it. So I can simply order the SCI tuner with the 5.0 tune and then plug and play? That's way cool!

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7/21/10, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RoyBatty

I really want to get a tune but I keep hearing that the computer will log any time it has been flashed. If the tech sees it has been flashed in its datalog, bye bye warranty. Can someone please clarify this?

The computer will only log the last time the computer was RESET. Meaning you could yank the power, and RESET the computer, and they'd have no idea if you had a tune.

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7/21/10, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DontShoot

The computer will only log the last time the computer was RESET. Meaning you could yank the power, and RESET the computer, and they'd have no idea if you had a tune.

So....to reset to factory tune, you'd download that back in, then pull the battery power, and that would mask that there ever was a 'tune' ?

The only thing that would show was that there had been a 'reset' ?

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7/21/10, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Double-EDad

Interestingly, direct injection adds about 10% more power (in general), but I read in my Car and Driver article that Ford saved $200 per engine by not going that route on the 5.0 - just yet. Of course it would cost FAR more than that to add DFI. I think that may be Ford's next step since the V6 already has it.

The 5.0 uses a near, or perhaps more correctly, virtual DI injection scheme. The gains seen in a regular port injected engine probably wont be as much if/when Ford goes with an actual DI setup.