Yea he's been chatting with me about that, going to ask his dealer. I may go there if they'll do it.
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Yea he's been chatting with me about that, going to ask his dealer. I may go there if they'll do it.
he was able to get my turbo done… i think you'll be fine!Quote:
Originally Posted by DLYDRVN
question, when I plug the harness into the guardian angel, the red light comes on, but when I start the car I don't see the light come on. Is there something I didn't do guys?
Why haven't I done this yet? Wtf. Heading to the dealer when I'm done work!Quote:
Originally Posted by loki
*jumps in air and pumps ginger fist*
Tuned 3 cars today at APH. Lots to share. Stay tuned! =)
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Originally Posted by Fobio
I tuned a MS6 with low comp today. That one might have to wait til tmr. =)Quote:
Originally Posted by murdaspeed
So i will assume that was the ^ that showed up when i was there. what was the deal did he have low across all 4 or just a couple. was it a stocker or has he done mods. and did he even get a base pull?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fobio
I'll start it off here.Quote:
Originally Posted by MS3Edge
I typically do not tune cars that have low compression. For many and various reason, top of which is liability for guys with higher mileage cars. The last thing I need is some dude with a shitty engine and coming for a MSpeed tune, only to turn around and blame us for his shot engine. Our name, "MSpeed Tuning & Diagnostics" really means that...we provide calibrations and diagnostics services, and this was planned in light of the fact that these cars require "informed ownership" but may pass from 1st to 2nd to 3rd owners and beyond. Conversely, this diagnostic service is also provided to mindful owners who just want to make sure their ride is in good shape.
The MS6 has been contacting me for well over a yr. Firstly for minor things like a MAF calibration and then for load caps and boost cuts....then he got a new engine...supposedly a new long block from a dealer replacement engine. As of last night, the new engine supposedly only had 25K on it...this is a 2006 MS6. When it came in yesterday, the engine looked like a well used engine with 100K of dirt and oxidation around it...surely didn't look like a new long block, etc.
Going thru the tests, this also gave him an opportunity to opt out of tuning since his engine has low comp...weirdly enough tho...160-120-170-160...yes, cyl-2 failure. He also came in on a Stg 0 map. If you wanna have a chuckle, keep an eye out on the baseline and dyno plots I'll post later. After discussing the test results, the owner asked me to proceed.
The value that I delivered to him was that his car can't cope with a OTS map for his mods with its rather aggressive targets. So he'd buck, cut and cap... By recalibrating his MAF/AFR, timing and boost, we were about to get it back to appropriate, albeit lowered than full compression, power levels.
At the end, I'm not very happy I pushed a car with low compression. But given the situation, the MS6 now drives regularly and the owner wouldn't really have known any difference if he we didn't do the test, but now we know what's up and what to look out for for his car. This was the only reason why I helped the guy out. We continue to recommend compression test and boost leak test for each and every car we tune.
I'll have more to share when I post it up.
You are very knowledgable Vince and I hope the guy took any of your advise. I will look for the updatesQuote:
Originally Posted by Fobio
Thanks Steve, for the kind words. I am but one part...the most vocal part of a larger machine. =)Quote:
Originally Posted by MS3Edge
@MajesticBlueNTO has been and continues to be my peer review. A mechanical engineer by training, most of our technical findings are reviewed and vetted by him. In fact, we're deep in discussion over yesterday and we may have more to share in the very near future.
@-cj- has been playing with cars just as long if not longer than I have. His insight into matters of the MS3 and beyond is invaluable. Right now, eventho he's playing with N54's, he always shares his experience with the MSpeed crew so we're not just tunnel-visioned with the MS3.
@BlueStreak has a wealth of hand-on technical knowledge about the drivetrain, built my engine and even has a sense of humour about it afterwards. Dave is also "Gearhead" status on MSF and have pioneered hardware solutions for our platform.
@CelestSpeed3 has injected a sense of get 'er done into our team. He's built my racecar when it was a racecar and with his diverse...yet particular skill set, he's provided insight and solutions to challenges we have all experienced with this platform.
Without these guys, MSpeed would just be a dude with a laptop...and a lot of shit to say, and not much to back it up...well, with over 700 logs pulled, I kinda learned a few things. =)
What are you guys running/recommend for manual tranny fluid? I know redline, and amsoil have the 75w80 GL-4.
I was recommended GM synchomesh from my friend who works at a dealer
Pretty sure most (if not all) run the Motorcraft XT-M5-QS.Quote:
Originally Posted by greyseason
Or MT90. Either or is good.
Mt-90 for regular 3's...ford unicorn jizz for speed 3's.
MT90 will work just fine. Unless you are making mad power, clutch kicking the shit out of your car on a track, Or dumping the clutch with slicks on a drag strip, you aren't going to hurt the tranny or syncros with MT90 lol.
Should I be swapping out my stocker fluid now ?Quote:
Originally Posted by tanspeed3
What is your mileage?
You just got your car, you should be good for a while
The Ford stuff smooths up the shifts and gear engagement at the expense of a bit of diff noise, regardless of mileage it's worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by MS3Edge
I'm at 40000 already. I do about 75000 a year and have had it running some form of tune since day 1 85 km. but if you think I'm good then I'm cool with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by tanspeed3
I had it in my car with under 30,000km on it...it's just like synthetic oil, it's never too early to swap.
I'm not sure of the "recommended" service interval. Sometimes I hear 100k. Sometimes I hear 60k.
This is true. Fresh oil will never hurt anything lol. I change my oil every 4-5k. Mr lube and Mazda think I'm nuts. But I say nay nayQuote:
Originally Posted by SomeGuy
I say nay nay too. Lol. I'm going for another and it has only been 2500Quote:
Originally Posted by tanspeed3