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Ford tune just got updated to 2023 models

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I got it, I couldn't tell the difference in driving. Its probably the worst $ ive spent on a car.
 

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Sorry to hear that. I was going to install it just for the supposedly improved transmission shifting, was that any better? I don't really care about improved speed performance, still running on regular gas and i'm ok with it.
 

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I got it, I couldn't tell the difference in driving. Its probably the worst $ ive spent on a car.
Sorry to hear that. I was going to install it just for the supposedly improved transmission shifting, was that any better? I don't really care about improved speed performance, still running on regular gas and i'm ok with it.
 

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Sounds like a troll post at #21
 

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I got it, I couldn't tell the difference in driving. Its probably the worst $ ive spent on a car.
I find it hard to believe that even the least inclined "car guy" around couldn't feel, at a minimum a 30 HP kick in the pants.
 

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I was talking to some Engineers at Police Fleet Expo, one of them used to work Ford Performance he said I should be going in and checking to see if FP has updated the tune version I have.

I wanted to know if anyone here who installed the tune at the beginning of the release has gone in since tuning and pulled down a new version of their tune?

Apparently its refined all the time.
 

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I was talking to some Engineers at Police Fleet Expo, one of them used to work Ford Performance he said I should be going in and checking to see if FP has updated the tune version I have.

I wanted to know if anyone here who installed the tune at the beginning of the release has gone in since tuning and pulled down a new version of their tune?

Apparently its refined all the time.
I’m curious as well. I do know they added the feature where the car will remember if you turned auto start stop off or on.

I haven’t plugged my tuner in to see if there is an update though. Mainly because not sure I want to pay another $150 to have it installed. Although I haven’t contacted the guy who did mine. Maybe he’d cut me a deal.
 

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I got it, I couldn't tell the difference in driving. Its probably the worst $ ive spent on a car.
If you can't feel the 1/2 sec improvement in acceleration that I documented (Dragy in warm/humid weather no less) then you need to reassess your skills.

Sorry to hear that. I was going to install it just for the supposedly improved transmission shifting, was that any better? I don't really care about improved speed performance, still running on regular gas and i'm ok with it.
Don't buy into that post. The second I drove away from the dealer after I had the FP tune installed I noticed an immediate difference.

Pulls harder, boost peaks at 21 psi (vs 18 stock), and the trans shifts a ton smoother. While not your 500 hp tune, it's also not your warranty voiding tune.

I was talking to some Engineers at Police Fleet Expo, one of them used to work Ford Performance he said I should be going in and checking to see if FP has updated the tune version I have.

I wanted to know if anyone here who installed the tune at the beginning of the release has gone in since tuning and pulled down a new version of their tune?

Apparently its refined all the time.
I never would've guessed that once the FP tune was issued that it would be updated.

Wouldn't there have to be a complete recert with CARB every time they updated it?
 

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Old thread I know, but it seems this tune is good to go for the 2023 STs now in Cali. It appears to be 50 state street legal!! This looks like good news...
 

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I run it in CALI no issues on a 21
 

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I run it in CALI no issues on a 21
Yup the 20,21 and 22s have been fine for a while. The 23s were just included recently


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