What have you done to your Ecoboosted vehicle today?

[5ohSHO]

Nice!  Please ... do tell!

Went from 405whp to 486whp and from 447wtq to 488wtq. Tuner said there is quite a bit more power left in the car, but he didn't want my transmission or ptu to blow up so he left it at that. This is right about where I wanted to be until some drive train upgrades are available, if that ever happens. The turbos spool up very fast now. Money well spent in my opinion.

 

[SHOdded]

Movin' and groovin' :thumb:

 

[ZSHO]

@ 5ohSHO Awesome numbers indeed !  :thumb:
What would that roughly equate to the wheel & torque (whp- (wtq) !  Z

 

[5ohSHO]

@ 5ohSHO Awesome numbers indeed !  :thumb:
What would that roughly equate to the wheel & torque (whp- (wtq) !  Z

Sorry. Those are wheel numbers. Should've added the w. Haha.

And fixed.

 

[SHOdded]

Interesting that hp went up more than tq, usually other way round.  Does the needle sweep keep up after 60 mph?  It slows markedly stock or tuned from what i have seen.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

@ 5ohSHO Awesome numbers indeed !  :thumb:
What would that roughly equate to the wheel & torque (whp- (wtq) !  Z

Sorry. Those are wheel numbers. Should've added the w. Haha.

And fixed.

Who is doing the tuning?


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[5ohSHO]

@StealBlueSho, Positive Pressure Tuning. It's a local shop.

@SHOdded, I'm not really knowledgeable about the tuning aspect, but he said he had to make a lot of adjustments to keep torque in a safe area. He claims wheel torque on the initial run on the dyno was mid 500's. I wasn't there to see it so I'm going off of what he told me.

 

[SHOdded]

. Would love to see some dyno charts on this beast!  The CHRAs really came thru it seems.

 

[ToMang07]

. Would love to see some dyno charts on this beast!  The CHRAs really came thru it seems.

 

[ZSHO]

Its probably a safeguard on the TRANS since my Torque numbers were @ 465wtq! 
X2 would love to see a Dyno chart!
Feel free to start your very own Topic! Z 

 

[shoNoff]

Yup now I want to do the CHRA's before I install my turbos. There goes $1600 more. My wife is going to hate you 5ohSho cause im fully blaming you for this $1600 lol.

 

[5ohSHO]

I'll just post the chart here if that's ok.

 

[SHOdded]

a bit peaky around 3K, but very impressive nonetheless :thumb:

 

[lamrith]

Today I learned that the PTU in a SHO is just fine, they are not weak and have never broken do to too much power and are not a weak link in the drivetrain.

 

[SHOdded]

Oooook

 

[askoncemore]

Lamrith,

Where is this info from?

 

[lamrith]

People on facebook SHO group.  A post was made about interest in bigger turbos, then a comment was made turbo's are last concern since PTU cannot handle power the stock components can put out when dialed up.  a couple people jumped in saying prove it, and one which could be part of a big tuning Co said it is a non issue.  problems are all improper maintenance, not power related.

for those with FB:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/2254469276/permalink/10156434109609277/?comment_id=10156434651799277&notif_id=1534463671824293&notif_t=group_comment_reply

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

People on facebook SHO group.  A post was made about interest in bigger turbos, then a comment was made turbo's are last concern since PTU cannot handle power the stock components can put out when dialed up.  a couple people jumped in saying prove it, and one which could be part of a big tuning Co said it is a non issue.  problems are all improper maintenance, not power related.

for those with FB:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/2254469276/permalink/10156434109609277/?comment_id=10156434651799277&notif_id=1534463671824293&notif_t=group_comment_reply

I haven't seen BPD's blow apart...

 

[SHOdded]

Improper maintenance?  of ... the trans, ptu, engine ...?

So much misinformation in that thread I don't even have time to begin addressing it.  Who exactly is "Jessica Livernois" and why is she "the authority", obviously not a Livernois insider, but probably a Livernois customer.  How many PTUs has she seen from each generation?  Simply pointing to a shop manual doesn't exactly inspire confidence.  But experience dictates that the PTU is failure prone.  In fact, later generations of the PTU seem MORE failure prone than earlier and this is not only a SHO problem but on the Edge as well.  At least they started putting in drain plugs in the Edge starting in the 2015 MY

It does fine under all highway cruise type conditions where exhaust temps are low to begin with, there is good airflow, etc etc.  But regularly subjecting it to slowngo or hard acceleration will greatly decrease lifespan unless maintained fanatically like bpd does.  Fluids gotta hold up to high heat, and it's gotta be refreshed on a regular basis.  No way around it.  "Lifetime" CAN be true, but under very strict conditions.

 

[lamrith]

Improper maintenance?  of ... the trans, ptu, engine ...?

So much misinformation in that thread I don't even have time to begin addressing it.  Who exactly is "Jessica Livernois" and why is she "the authority", obviously not a Livernois insider, but probably a Livernois customer.  How many PTUs has she seen from each generation?  Simply pointing to a shop manual doesn't exactly inspire confidence.  But experience dictates that the PTU is failure prone.  In fact, later generations of the PTU seem MORE failure prone than earlier and this is not only a SHO problem but on the Edge as well.  At least they started putting in drain plugs in the Edge starting in the 2015 MY

It does fine under all highway cruise type conditions where exhaust temps are low to begin with, there is good airflow, etc etc.  But regularly subjecting it to slowngo or hard acceleration will greatly decrease lifespan unless maintained fanatically like bpd does.  Fluids gotta hold up to high heat, and it's gotta be refreshed on a regular basis.  No way around it.  "Lifetime" CAN be true, but under very strict conditions.

Thanks.  I knew someone else would get a kick out of it.  I do not have the technical expertise, or time to go digging up "cold hard facts" to counter them and show that the unit do pop under heavy loads, regardless of maintenance.  FB honestly has become more and more of a trash heap the last year, you would think with people having real names and family/friends seeing their comment they would be less a55holes, but I am finding the exact opposite these days.

But enough about that!!  Today I once again enjoyed driving my SHO to work, and re-affirmed that I much prefer the stock PP suspension to the lowered H&R setup.  I pulled the H&R's out Sunday and put the stock springs back in.  I will tell you, I have gotten pretty good at it now as I had to do the drivers front 2x because I did not get the top nut on the strut tight enough so the hat was a hair off the strut.  "rattle rattle rattle" pulling out of driveway. DOH!
I know many people say the H&R is not much/any harder riding than PP, but mine sure is/was.  I could feel it either hitting coil bind or hitting suspension bumpstops all the time.  It was not slammed honda ride by any means, but was not comfortable with our roads here in WA and would bottom over the plethora of speed bumps I deal with daily.

So back up in the air, and the good news is to compensate baby gets new shoes as I ordered a set of the 275/40-20 G-max AS-05 posted the other day.