To tune or not to tune....

[Zim]

I’ve been getting ready to get my ST tuned for a while now, but since I’ve been waiting the more I’m hearing about transmission issues.

im starting to wonder if this is a good idea now... kind of a bummer because the reason I bought this thing was that I thought they had the power train down pact

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not freaking out about it by any means.. But it’s not a reassuring feeling lol.

 

[UNBROKEN]

The only trans issues have been from shitty tuning or the same issues even stock ones are having. ZFG when they return or PBD would be my only options.

 

[GalenaST]

It's always a risk to tune a car. With that said I buy a new car every 3 years max and all of them get tuned and I've never had one issue in 35 years of driving.

 

[sadeen]

To tune or not to tune....

Tune!

 

[Lightning Struck]

I personally won't tune a new car.. I have a quality background and in my experience most mechanical things follow a "bathtub" curve. Meaning you'll have failures at the beginning of the product life due to a varying number of failure modes, or at the end of life. Where that "mileage" marker is, isn't a concrete science, and really depends on where/when you feel comfortable.

 

[Honeybadger]

I am content with the power, I had my civic tuned due to the get up and go was delayed. Tuned helped with that, this vehicle it is good at downshifting in normal for when I need to get going. I will do some mods/adjustments but I will not be tuning this car, unless Ford comes out with something then maybe I will. Also don’t want to mess up the warranty, just ended up getting an extended warranty with Ford due to the weird issues some people have with the Explorer.

 

[GBVx]

I am more than happy with the power for daily use, if I decide to start taking it to the track, Ill flash a tune when I get there, and put it back to stock when I leave.

 

[mkuluz]

In my opinion, the people that are happy with the stock performance have not driven a tuned ST. The difference is significant. When I put mine back to stock it feels like a dog. Just my two cents, of course.

 

[Zim]

I’m definitely tuning this thing. Coming from an RS I know how much a tune can bring out of these ecoboosts. Just concerned about the tranny. I wish we got the same one from the f150/mustang.

 

[Muddydogs]

In my opinion, the people that are happy with the stock performance have not driven a tuned ST. The difference is significant. When I put mine back to stock it feels like a dog. Just my two cents, of course.

The people that are happy with stock performance realize that you can only go so fast on public roads, know that a stock ST has no problem hitting 80 plus on a short freeway on ramp or making a quick left turn. Get a tune if you want but in my opinion your wasting money getting the ST tuned for everyday driving. My Ram 2500 has no issue getting up to speed and it's a dog compared to the ST.

 

[mkuluz]

It's not really about going fast...it's about acceleration. The difference is striking. But...I get why you are saying what you are saying. I didn't realize that there was such a dramatic difference either until I tuned my ST.