I talked to my dealer the other day about tuning and my warranty and they said that they will look the other way if I return the ECU to stock before I bring my car in for service. The service guy also gave me a recommendation of Alternative Auto Performance for my tune. Heres a link http://www.alternativeauto.com/Home.html. Anyone have experience with them? They seem like their geared more toward mustangs but from reading everything about his attention to detail I think he could make a good tune. If I didn't go with his tune I would most likely go back to my original plan of LMS tuning since I live in the area. What are your thoughts on Alternative Auto?
Alternative Auto Performance
- Thread starter sunwolf
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Man, you hit the dealership lottery!sunwolf said:
As far as tuning, I can only recommend Livernois or Unleashed, these are the ONLY folks I would trust to tune the SHO. (If Mountune USA ever throws their hand in I would recommend them also)
Too many blown up ECO's to let someone learn about tuning EB's with YOUR vehicle.
At about 1k i put a air cai,then about 2k i put an LMS tune,then i started to get an itch for sound and went with Corsa Xhaust and PPE Downpipes and hardpipes from ECOPOWER PARTS and love the whole setup,all i have to say is every part from ECOPOWER PARTS IS exclusively and engineered,precisely for your vehicle,so support the forum.
from first glance that looks like a ok tuner shop via the website and what they have done but i dont see any turbo cars or ecoboost whatsoever. so i would think going with shops that specialize in the ecoboost(turbo) would be more logical.
and what would be the best wording to ask a dealer about the tuning? would it be a service advisor telling me this?
something tells me once a claim goes over certain amount they really pull out the big guns. Im perfectly fine tuning the vehicle just i cant void the powertrain. i still got 5 years left (3 years extended). like if my ptu fails or my transmission goes am i SOL with a tune?
and what would be the best wording to ask a dealer about the tuning? would it be a service advisor telling me this?
something tells me once a claim goes over certain amount they really pull out the big guns. Im perfectly fine tuning the vehicle just i cant void the powertrain. i still got 5 years left (3 years extended). like if my ptu fails or my transmission goes am i SOL with a tune?
PokerMunkee
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Get your money back from the extended warranty and tune it. *If* something fails, get a shop to fix it with the money from the warranty. Chances are you will be fine or have less than $1k in repairs over next 4 years.
PokerMunkee said:
How would i get the money back?
im one year in the bumper to bumper. Ive actaully had quite a few repairs. i had a problem with the rear park aid that wouldnt work for 2 weeks at a dealership. I asked how much it would have costs it was around 1700 bucks. i had the rear sunshade also fail that would have been 200-600 atleast. The blend door also went. I know these arnt with the powertrain but it still worries me to death. lol
wasinger3000
New member
All the little stuff I covered by the 3 year 36k mile factory warranty.
Just depends how long you want to keep the car. It's just like the lotto. Sometimes you win, most of the time you lose.
Just depends how long you want to keep the car. It's just like the lotto. Sometimes you win, most of the time you lose.
Yeah I want to keep the car really forever but something tells me ill want the new f-150 in the winter where i live you need the clearance i was plowing snow/ice all winter it sucked lol. Im really interested how the 2.7 and 3.5l ecos will be in new f-150 with the weightloss they should get off the line great.
