Hodumgone Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I will be tomorrow TJ. Thanks for following up. I wanted to get all or most of the 87 octane out first. I want to get the springs soon!!! I still have to put in my motor mount...:-/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Focus Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 oh dude cant wait to hear your results...last time I was on this forum there was no tuning...I got a 2011 fusion sport awd and I just picked up a 2012 dodge avenger R/T the R/T is alot faster as it is FWD and has about 20hp diff but the fusion is def more refined and is a better all around car I just couldn't afford another one as my DD. I picked up the avenger for 20,700 out the door! The wife has the sport now and I cant wait till she gets tired of it so I can make it my project car like I made her old focus my project car...keep me posted as I will be living vicariously through you for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodumgone Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Put in my 93 octane sleeveless tune. New Steeda motor mount, and I have Steeda Springs on the way! Went to local drag srtip and ran a 14.5 @99.8mph!!! Hopefully these springs will plant the front end and I won't spin off the line anymore than it does already! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinals4505 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I added the Steeda CAI on my 2010 Sport and did an SCT re-flash with the 89 octane tune. I noticed an improvement all across the rpm spectrum and firmer faster shifts. I tried a Magnaflow catback on the car, but the only thing it did was make the car louder, no documentable improvement in performance. There was an annoying drone at about 1500-1800 RPM cruising. I did see an improvement in mid range on up power with another mod I performed with the assistance of a good friend here locally who owns and runs a high performance exhaust shop here in town. We "fixed" the y-pipe on the car by removing it and getting rid of the D-shape in the tube running between the front and rear cylinder banks and also in the tube from the Y back to the flex pipe. It worked better than I expected. Oh yeah, on a 1600 mile round trip back in Summer I was routinely getting 29 MPG average at 80 MPH on the interstate. I agree the car needs more grip, as I can easily roast the tires off the line (traction control off obviously.) I think I'm going to try Eagle GT's on it. I have them on my son's 2005 Focus ZX5 (5-speed stick), and they do a much better job than the OEM tires did. TKtrain, Could you send a picture of the reworked exhaust? I am interested in doing something like that instead of a Magnaflow exhaust, and was hoping to take the mod to a local shop in STL to have done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 point 5 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Put in my 93 octane sleeveless tune. New Steeda motor mount, and I have Steeda Springs on the way! Went to local drag srtip and ran a 14.5 @99.8mph!!! Hopefully these springs will plant the front end and I won't spin off the line anymore than it does already! Do you have a pick of your time slip? That time seems pretty low for the mods done. Another member has a little more done and he could only get a 14.65 same outside temp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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