I m going to try that. Thanks

 

Very good idea, last summer I was stuck in this predicament. Cai, Tune wasent working for me and I didn't have stock airbox with me to load trackey back in.
I have a revised tune for the CAI and Im planning on retrying it.But this time I'm bringing Stock Equipment

 

Kn,

That is interesting to hear form your feedback ... what kind of tune were you running?

Our dyno tells a completely different story in regards to numbers ... 5.0 Mustang had our CAI and Tune on it and it had pretty impressive numbers.



Just curious as to what tune you were running and how the stock airbox and tune were the same as the CAI/Tune.

Best Regards,

TJ

 

I was running a C&L performance custom tune with C&L CAI.

I m going to try a couple of runs this week completely stock and if I hit the same numbers or better. Then I m going to be looking for a new tune.

 

Those are impressive numbers.

Anyone have any 1/4 mile times with steeda cai and tune?

 

Not yet, will know in 40 days.

 

Swap higher gears in the rear end, it really wakes up the car. It is my next mod, i drove in one that had 3.73s with an auto.. plants u in the seat... hard.. remember that we have 3.15s stock for better fuel economy.

 

We have 3.15's because of the gearing in the transmissions. Anything over a 3.31 gear will have you shifting into 4th before the stripe. The fastest N/A auto runs 3.31 gears. You want to wake up your auto? Get a converter.

 

Here is a video that we did with an in-car camera


In car camera of Scott Boda at SGMP 9/3/10 in the Steeda sport 2011 Mustang 5.0. Steeda Cold Air, Tune and 17" Nitto's. Full weight, no skinnys, 6 speed manual with 3.73 gear
11.96 @ 115.18mph with a 1.724 sixty foot.

I am not telling you guys anything that you don't know ... but there are many variables that go into a 1/4 mile time including most importantly the driver.

Take this for example ... some may get better numbers on a stock tune because it makes less power and will have less wheel spin vs. a tune and CAI.

A 1/4 mile time is a real world example but there are many variables driver to driver to provide an accurate "norm".

Different day ... same car .. different driver and this is what was achieved:


11.88 Quarter Mile Run - 2011 5.0L Mustang - Steeda CAI and Mail Order

Best Regards,

TJ

 

TJ - I had Tunes from Steeda and American Muscle for the Steeda CAI, and Tune files from American Muscle for a stock car with no CAI. I ran each tune about 20-minutes apart, and while I was in disbelief myself from the times, the results confirmed what I felt on the street.

I would not expect any company that sells a CAI to give a non-CAI Tune as much attention and tuning time as a Tune that works with their own CAI. I'm not blaming anyone, it's just that in my otherwise stock car the AM Tune ran better than with any Tune and the Steeda CAI being installed.

One other thing, when I loaded the Steeda Tune I found that the my automatic shifted almost twice as hard as with the BAMA Tune during normal driving state, which made it almost unusable on the street, making the $60 I spent for a Tune from Steeda a one-time use. Overall this is a small price to pay for experimentation at the drag strip.

 

Be sure you're disabling traction control........ I have FRPP tune, GT500 axel-backs and a drop in k&n. Seem to be hitting 12.6 regularly.

 

It's an auto as well

 

I hope to be near mid 12's. A local car bone stock with a converter and tires ran an 11.9x so that has me hopeful.

 

Steeda Cai & steeda 93 tune here with drag radials 12.20s (12.18 best) back to back to back. Autos are extremely consistent and will beat the manuals 9/10 mod for mod. ...... tuned/ converter Autos with DR's are going 11.30s/11.40s at my track.

 

I usually drop the rear tire pressure down to about 27lbs on the stock tires. Seems to help some.

 

Good call. A GOOD tune from a reputable tuner will help a lot. Don't forget a good track tire will help as well.
Good luck and let us know who you went with for the tune and tire set-up, if applicable.

 

I was going to go this week but im going to have to wait till nxt because the track was closed. BUT, I got my M/T street radials for my stock 18s, so we ll see. I ll make sure to update asap with actual track times

 

I hope you dont have the same issue I had, when I tried loading stock tune back in, car was dead, woulndt start, woulndt let me do anything, Took 30 minutes before it would, I was stuck on the side of the road.

 

Call Steeda and get their 93 tune and load it on your SCT. No worries.

 

Already did, it was a SCT3 issue,maven after updating firmware I'm still havering issues.