it comes with a 93 octane Performance Tune, which does your a/f and timing settings for you, (allows for user adjustment) and a 87 octane Factory Tune, which leaves your a/f & timing stock, but lets you adjust parameters such as 2-step rev limiter, speed limiter, gear ratio for speedometer correction, etc.
its a great tuner, it's just hardly anybody uses them it seems.
Can you adjust rev-limiter, speed limiter, shift points, etc for the 93 Perf tune? I really need to wake-up my auto tranny! I assume so...
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YELLOW JACKET = 1998 Chrome Yellow V6
POWER: BBK CAI, TB, UDPs; Bosch Platinum +4 plugs
BEAUTY: black projector headlights, taillights, and mesh grille; 5% tint; shorty antenna; interior billet
ROLLERS: XXR 006 black spoke with blue lip; 18x8.5 & 9.5; BFG KDW/2 245/40R18 & 275/35R18
DRIVER: Jonathan, 6'2, 190 lbs
RIDER: my wife, 5'4 brunette hottie and my 1st baby on the way...
My SCT LIVEWIRE is on the UPS TRUCK today on my way to my house. I ordered it from AM and am super excited!!! However - I was a bonehead and told them I use 87 Octane and not 93 octane. Is this easy to change within the tuner or do I have to get another custom tune built for that case.
Also wondering after I change my stock headers to BBK Shortys if I can make hte adjustment or not. I probably should have waited to get the tuner until I was done with my bolt-ons. The upgrade bug has definitely bit me hard this Summer!! I think I spent like over 1300 in the past week at AM. I should own stock in them by now
Anyone out there have the SCT Livewire and if so - any good tips?
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"MYTANG1"
2002 Mustang 3.8
5 SPD MANUAL
BBK CAI
BBK SHORTY HEADERS
FLOWMASTER 40 CATBACKS
SHORT THROW SPORT SHIFTER
SCT - Custom Tuned by AMERICAN MUSCLE
you can't change the octane on the tuner. you will have to get a whole different tune to run on 93 octane. trust me, a 93 octane performance tune is leaps and bounds better than an 87 octane tune. It is definitely worth every cent.
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2002 Auto V6 Mineral Grey Mustang:
Go mods: U/D Pulley, BBK CAI and 65 mm TB, Pypes Violators dual exhaust with stock cats and an h-pipe, upper intake spacer, j-mod, SCT X3 tuner, and 3.73 gears and t-lock.
Show mods: Sequential tail light kit, GT fog lights, 8" shorty antenna, hood shocks, HID headlights, 17x9 inch Mach 1 rims wrapped in Vredestein Ultracs, and a chin spoiler.
Contact AM as they offer free lifetime tunes that you download from the internet and load onto your tuner.
i was reading what they had to say about that and it seems like theyll only give you a new tune if u buy something else from them that requires it be retuned correct me if im wrong...
Also wondering after I change my stock headers to BBK Shortys if I can make hte adjustment or not. I probably should have waited to get the tuner until I was done with my bolt-ons. The upgrade bug has definitely bit me hard this Summer!!
Stock, our cars come with shorty headers. So unfortunately, replacing them with BBK shorties is only a cosmetic upgrade. Hate to be the bearer of bad news... (If our stock was a manifold, then headers would be an upgrade. Also, long-tube headers are a decent upgrade, but they are not emissions legal.)
That being said, there really isn't anything that changes, so you can't "tune" for the different headers. Again, I don't like bringing ya bad news...
On a good note: tuners are ever adaptable - so when you add stuff in the future, you should be able to change a setting to take advantage of it! And yes, it seems like you have to buy a part from AM that actually requires a new tune in order for you to get a new tune. But since they support you for the life of the car, you can still change stuff on your own, or you can take it somewhere to be dyno-tuned: you can't go wrong.
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YELLOW JACKET = 1998 Chrome Yellow V6
POWER: BBK CAI, TB, UDPs; Bosch Platinum +4 plugs
BEAUTY: black projector headlights, taillights, and mesh grille; 5% tint; shorty antenna; interior billet
ROLLERS: XXR 006 black spoke with blue lip; 18x8.5 & 9.5; BFG KDW/2 245/40R18 & 275/35R18
DRIVER: Jonathan, 6'2, 190 lbs
RIDER: my wife, 5'4 brunette hottie and my 1st baby on the way...
i want to upgrade stang as much as i can but my dad says upgrading isnt worth it because im going to college and my car is my daily driver. however i was checking my car over yesterday and noticed the throttle body isnt very smooth nothing is wrong with it.so i looked around and noticed i can get a 65mm throttle body from bbk does anyone else have this installed and did you see gains in power?
Nope not at all, your only as strong as your weakist point.. your manifold+splitter are only so big and they only create so much vacuum so unless you have forced induction your never going to see huge gains. you can clean up the path and shorten the span but in the end its not worth the 200-300 CAI + 200-300 TB + 200-300 manifold.. thats close too 1G for a max of 20-40hp.. witch isn't much. at that rate save for a low grade turbo kit or used pro-charger. and get 60-100hp from that.
Nope not at all, your only as strong as your weakist point.. your manifold+splitter are only so big and they only create so much vacuum so unless you have forced induction your never going to see huge gains. you can clean up the path and shorten the span but in the end its not worth the 200-300 CAI + 200-300 TB + 200-300 manifold.. thats close too 1G for a max of 20-40hp.. witch isn't much. at that rate save for a low grade turbo kit or used pro-charger. and get 60-100hp from that.
eeh i gave up on the tb when i can get port and polished heads for 200 im sure ill get more power out of that when i can combine it with a p/p intake manifold
eeh i gave up on the tb when i can get port and polished heads for 200 im sure ill get more power out of that when i can combine it with a p/p intake manifold
not rly as somone else posted stangs came with shortys anyway the only gain youll get wit headers is long tubes.. but then youd be catless....
and not only that but headers arn't all that visible in a stang so polished is just them chargering you extra for a 5min shine job..
if you got 200 to spend and need to buy somthing go for some rly good spraks and wires and new injectors now there you will def feel a gain. then look into tiers and springs, gata have a foundation before you can build..
Nope not at all, your only as strong as your weakist point.. your manifold+splitter are only so big and they only create so much vacuum so unless you have forced induction your never going to see huge gains. you can clean up the path and shorten the span but in the end its not worth the 200-300 CAI + 200-300 TB + 200-300 manifold.. thats close too 1G for a max of 20-40hp.. witch isn't much. at that rate save for a low grade turbo kit or used pro-charger. and get 60-100hp from that.
You would not see 20hp from that list of mods. Unless you are talking about porting and polishing the intake manifolds?? Even then you would be lucky to see 20hp... Just saying.
You would not see 20hp from that list of mods. Unless you are talking about porting and polishing the intake manifolds?? Even then you would be lucky to see 20hp... Just saying.
Thanks for the information guys. Myabe I will save the time and effort and pray that A M will take these puppies back.
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"MYTANG1"
2002 Mustang 3.8
5 SPD MANUAL
BBK CAI
BBK SHORTY HEADERS
FLOWMASTER 40 CATBACKS
SHORT THROW SPORT SHIFTER
SCT - Custom Tuned by AMERICAN MUSCLE
Oh you're funny! 
I assume so...
and my 1st baby on the way... 
(If our stock was a manifold, then headers would be an upgrade. Also, long-tube headers are a decent upgrade, but they are not emissions legal.)
And yes, it seems like you have to buy a part from AM that actually requires a new tune in order for you to get a new tune. But since they support you for the life of the car, you can still change stuff on your own, or you can take it somewhere to be dyno-tuned: you can't go wrong. 
