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2025 car. What mods should I avoid because the ECU hasn’t been cracked

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As the title states, what mods should I NOT do until the ECU is cracked?

In the mean time, what mods should I be doing?

In just my brief driving, it feels soft, body roll and some slack in the driveline. I’ve heard/ rear sway bar, trans mount insert, diff brace, subframe insert, diff bolts, rear vertical links, subframe lockout. Besides stiffening things up, they could be reenforcing weak points for the future

I just ordered the UPR catch can and hitch cover from Zeus

Thanks to @2020FordRaptor for the advice/suggestions

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/explorer-st-modding-101-guide.7324/

Thank you in advance
 

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ForzaMotorworks for parts - excellent experience working with Alec from there on all of my aftermarket parts.

I think you are off to a good start so far. I'd also add the fenfab v2 intakes and the Thermal 3inch catback. Eariler today I noticed Forza is still running their holiday sale on Thermal.

Enjoy your new ride!
 

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Ldstang50 said:
As the title states, what mods should I NOT do until the ECU is cracked?

In the mean time, what mods should I be doing?

In just my brief driving, it feels soft, body roll and some slack in the driveline. I’ve heard/ rear sway bar, trans mount insert, diff brace, subframe insert, diff bolts, rear vertical links, subframe lockout. Besides stiffening things up, they could be reenforcing weak points for the future

I just ordered the UPR catch can and hitch cover from Zeus

Thanks to @2020FordRaptor for the advice/suggestions

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/explorer-st-modding-101-guide.7324/

Thank you in advance
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Glad I could be of assistance. There’s no parts you’ll need to avoid, none require tuning,
 

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You can add pretty much anything you want excluding fuel system or turbo upgrades. It won’t make any more power to speak of but the car will run just fine.
 

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Suspension parts will help with how it rides. Fenfab makes a lot of parts to help the suspension. A rear sway bar will also help.
 

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