CT's 2004 F150 Ford Racing 3V
Posted: 2021 Mar 17, 11:07
Good Morning, All,
New member here. I've recently stepped out of the shadows after lurking for many years.
My current test bed is my old super reliable F150 4wd, 4.6-2v. Its been from coat to coast and on top of ever mountain range in the contiguous states over the last decade+. It's basically paid for everything else that I own.
Last year I purchased a brand new Ford racing 3v still in the crate. The previous owner purchased it thinking it would fit into his foxbody without mods. Long story short- I got a great deal on it.
My intensions are to get the motor running reliably and broken in wherin which I can use my years of accumulated autosports experience to become proficient at ecm tuning. After I've progresses with step 2, I intend to begin collecting and fabricating components to install a mild single turbo for install, then self tuning. Of course, in the mean time, I've got a few other vehicles that I am constantly maintaining and improving.
17MAR21- CURRENT STATUS:
Engine is in and running. I've had many failed attemps to flash any files to the ecm other than the stock file using a Kess V2. It read and identified files easily but would never write. After 90 to 100 hours of experimentation over 2 weeks(and despite having a degree in microcomputer systems mngmt) the Kess has proven useless for this particular vehicle.this stage of the misadventure included familiarizing myself with RT, Winols, ECM titanium, and a few other tuning software.
Lastest action included temporarily replacing FRPP 30# injectors with some ebay ~20lb injectors to prevent drowning and reinstalling the original single blade throttle body on a milled aluminum adapter plate that I concocted. Though far from what i would consider "driveable", I was able to deliver a stove 30 miles away. I don't want to know what the insides of my newish Kooks Cats look like...if there is any inside left.
Next Move: figure out which tuning hardware actually works with my rig, then plan my next move.
After going the SCT email tune route on another vehicle, I still can't wash off the scent of violation after coming to the conclusion that i spent almost $1,000 on a canned tune and hardware thats locked to my vehicle/otherwise useless. This doesn't include my free time charge of $50/h for all the emailing back and forth, etc. I only spent $1200 on my giant turbo.
Based on Deciphas recommendation, I'm looking into the Drewtech. Problem is, usage examples on Yutoob shows individuals having to pay a vig to Ford to tune their own rig. Anything that says "subscription" or "License" is a non-start to me. I do cash and carry like good Americans use to lol!
If I have to spend $1,000 to overcome the extortion, it'll be for a premium membership here (where there have been incalculable hourse spent helping folks like me)or a standalone Ecm elsewhere. It will not be for a dongle, software and a few emails just to not be able to use my own dongle and software again until i pay someone else... lol. Adult movie genres come to mind. Please stand by for updates.
New member here. I've recently stepped out of the shadows after lurking for many years.
My current test bed is my old super reliable F150 4wd, 4.6-2v. Its been from coat to coast and on top of ever mountain range in the contiguous states over the last decade+. It's basically paid for everything else that I own.
Last year I purchased a brand new Ford racing 3v still in the crate. The previous owner purchased it thinking it would fit into his foxbody without mods. Long story short- I got a great deal on it.
My intensions are to get the motor running reliably and broken in wherin which I can use my years of accumulated autosports experience to become proficient at ecm tuning. After I've progresses with step 2, I intend to begin collecting and fabricating components to install a mild single turbo for install, then self tuning. Of course, in the mean time, I've got a few other vehicles that I am constantly maintaining and improving.
17MAR21- CURRENT STATUS:
Engine is in and running. I've had many failed attemps to flash any files to the ecm other than the stock file using a Kess V2. It read and identified files easily but would never write. After 90 to 100 hours of experimentation over 2 weeks(and despite having a degree in microcomputer systems mngmt) the Kess has proven useless for this particular vehicle.this stage of the misadventure included familiarizing myself with RT, Winols, ECM titanium, and a few other tuning software.
Lastest action included temporarily replacing FRPP 30# injectors with some ebay ~20lb injectors to prevent drowning and reinstalling the original single blade throttle body on a milled aluminum adapter plate that I concocted. Though far from what i would consider "driveable", I was able to deliver a stove 30 miles away. I don't want to know what the insides of my newish Kooks Cats look like...if there is any inside left.
Next Move: figure out which tuning hardware actually works with my rig, then plan my next move.
After going the SCT email tune route on another vehicle, I still can't wash off the scent of violation after coming to the conclusion that i spent almost $1,000 on a canned tune and hardware thats locked to my vehicle/otherwise useless. This doesn't include my free time charge of $50/h for all the emailing back and forth, etc. I only spent $1200 on my giant turbo.
Based on Deciphas recommendation, I'm looking into the Drewtech. Problem is, usage examples on Yutoob shows individuals having to pay a vig to Ford to tune their own rig. Anything that says "subscription" or "License" is a non-start to me. I do cash and carry like good Americans use to lol!
If I have to spend $1,000 to overcome the extortion, it'll be for a premium membership here (where there have been incalculable hourse spent helping folks like me)or a standalone Ecm elsewhere. It will not be for a dongle, software and a few emails just to not be able to use my own dongle and software again until i pay someone else... lol. Adult movie genres come to mind. Please stand by for updates.