Frank09GT
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Greetings!
I wanted to share this information with others who may be wondering what I had been wondering myself since I bought my GT.
Problem:
I recently replaced my 07 GT manual with an 09 GT automatic (don't ask). I had been seriously disappointed with the overall performance of this car in direct comparison with my 5 speed GT. It generally felt lethargic in spite of the C&L CAI and canned SCT tune which I kept from my 07. The transmission was the main source of the aggravation because it was stubborn to downshift when I wanted to accelerate hard, often making the car feel miserably slow. I tried tweaking the user settings in the SCT X3 canned tune to no avail; even with the user-adjustable shift settings all the way up the car would never shift quick or firm enough to chirp the tires during upshifts.
Solution:
I ordered the torque tune from Bamachips. In short, this was easily the best $50 I have ever spent!
The car feels like a completely different animal. The throttle response is amazing and there is an incredible amount of low and mid-range torque. The car easily breaks my 20" tires loose at part-throttle in first gear now (never did that before). The tires chirp loudly on both the 1-2 and the 2-3 upshifts, even at 3/4 throttle.
Most importantly, the transmission always seems to be in the right gear now. Regardless of the vehicle speed when the throttle is cracked open, the car accelerates smartly, no longer bogging like before.
Bottom line:
Bamachips has their tune strategy spot-on for the automatic S197 Mustangs.
I hope this helps some other automatic owners take the plunge.
Thank you Doug and Matt at Bamachips!
Frank
I wanted to share this information with others who may be wondering what I had been wondering myself since I bought my GT.
Problem:
I recently replaced my 07 GT manual with an 09 GT automatic (don't ask). I had been seriously disappointed with the overall performance of this car in direct comparison with my 5 speed GT. It generally felt lethargic in spite of the C&L CAI and canned SCT tune which I kept from my 07. The transmission was the main source of the aggravation because it was stubborn to downshift when I wanted to accelerate hard, often making the car feel miserably slow. I tried tweaking the user settings in the SCT X3 canned tune to no avail; even with the user-adjustable shift settings all the way up the car would never shift quick or firm enough to chirp the tires during upshifts.
Solution:
I ordered the torque tune from Bamachips. In short, this was easily the best $50 I have ever spent!
The car feels like a completely different animal. The throttle response is amazing and there is an incredible amount of low and mid-range torque. The car easily breaks my 20" tires loose at part-throttle in first gear now (never did that before). The tires chirp loudly on both the 1-2 and the 2-3 upshifts, even at 3/4 throttle.
Most importantly, the transmission always seems to be in the right gear now. Regardless of the vehicle speed when the throttle is cracked open, the car accelerates smartly, no longer bogging like before.
Bottom line:
Bamachips has their tune strategy spot-on for the automatic S197 Mustangs.
I hope this helps some other automatic owners take the plunge.
Thank you Doug and Matt at Bamachips!
Frank
