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The tune is done!! :happy feet: and the car runs great The results of the Granatelli tune on 91 octane gas with his Mustang AWD Dyno. No tune with mods 276 hp at wheels -- Tuned gain of 85.6 hp total 361.6 HP at wheels No tune with mods 314 tq at wheels -- Tuned gain of 102.3 tq total 416.3 TQ at wheels ** These were the best numbers over several pulls on the dyno. The average was less. -

I found this and thought I would share: Damage from gapping, Some people knock the iridium welded tip off because it is extremely brittle and soft. If you knock it off you have a dead plug. If you bend it, you have a dead plug. If you make the gap too tight and you have to open it back up you can weaken the ground strap weld and or mar the ground electrode . If you mar the ground electrode it won't cause a dead plug but will cause inconsistent spark as it will be igniting off the side of the ground electrode. The channel on the bottom side of the ground electrode is raw - no plating, so when you create more raw spots on the ground electrode you are making it hard for the plug to generate a straight spark between the gap. If the plug starts igniting anywhere BUT the channel in the ground electrode you get weak spark and can cause spark blowout. And direct from NGK: ADJUSTING THE ELECTRODE GAP NGK does not recommend gap adjustment for precious metal spark plugs. A variety of techniques are used to adjust electrode gaps. An appropriate method and tool should be used for gap adjustment although it has come to our attention that a variety of improper methods are used that lead to complications. When adjusting the electrode gap, the gap may commonly be made too small, as such, the gap may need to be opened slightly. Typically some customers use a lever such as a flat screwdriver to pry open the gap. Traditional Nickel plugs have a solid piece Ø2.5mm centre electrode that may withstand such force. Precious metal spark plugs however have Ø0.6mm fine tips that are laser welded to the centre electrode. These tips are very fragile and not designed to withstand any force. As such NGK will not provide warranty for the breakage of precious metal centre electrode tips. It is possible to adjust the electrode gap on precious metal spark plugs using an appropriate method that will not place any force on the centre electrode tip.

This is very true. I do not intend to use them for 50,000 miles, only 10 thousand and then replace them. I hope that this short service schedule will prevent any problems.

Stock gap is .032 I went tighter because I may run a 3 bar boost. At those pressures a tighter gap will give a more reliable spark. EDIT: I ended up with a 1.3 bar boost .

Took the car in for service and had new wiper blades installed all around, tire rotation, oil change and oil filter then had it washed and waxed. Getting it ready for the tune.

At long last I got around to installing the Reische Performance 170F TStat . Got it done before the custom tune .

I just installed the NGK 6510 plugs in my car. I decided to gap them at .029 despite that it is not recommended to gap them that tight. It is only .003 more than NGK recommends, about the thickness of one sheet of yellow legal pad paper.

Not sure that you have a 3.5 Ecoboost in that car. Is it an Edge? It is probably the naturally aspirated 3.5 V6. Sorry you were the bowling pin and got hit.

Just received a case of 6 - 32oz cans of Torco octane boost today.

Pre tune with 265R21 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires. While you were moving at 30mph?

No WOT runs untuned after adding the new turbos, don't want the Zoom zoom BooM! It has more torque than before with good low and mid range. This is the car untuned and it is not easy to hear but if you listen close you can hear the 4 tires as they break loose in this clip as it gets enough gas to downshift. No tire smoke or rubber patches just enough to break them loose. So far the new turbos make lots of TQ.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kItJA9umOGc

Yes they do and they are only 40 min away.

Scheduled dyno time for next Tuesday and have a tuner :happy feet: . I am taking to a performance shop best known for their indy cars. I am excited that J.R. Granatelli will be tuning the car. I will post results next week You might remember this car Granatelli built a few years back .

Call now!!! You just might make it under the wire, it will be close

SP 534 is the exact plug that NGK calls LTR6CI-11 stock #97177. It is NGK's best plug. It's double precious metal meaning it has iridium on the electrode and the ground strap. Which gives it the 100k service life compared to the single precious metal plugs such as the Iridium IX which is also a really good plug which NGK said is good for 40-50k. The stock LTR6CI-11 is gapped by NGK at .032" and is stock heat range. They don't offer 1 or 2 step colder in the OEM double iridium plug. The 6 designates the heat#, 7 would be 1 colder. the 11 is the gap designation. If you want 1 step colder goto the LTR7IX-11 stock 6510. The problem is that plug is gapped by NGK at .044" and NGK recommend only gapping down a maximum of .012" or you risk weakening the weld of the ground strap. Then it could break off in the cylinder. So that means that they only recommend gapping that plug down to .032" Anyone running the LTR7IX-11 which is a recommended part for popular 3 bar tunes and gapped at .028"-.030" are running a little less than NGK recommends for that plug. f you want to gap down that far I'd run the stock plug but then it's not colder. Or you run the iridium IX line gapped down to a minimum of .032" and you can be colder but also have an inferior plug. But be careful when gapping down you don't go too far and have to go back up...You still over extended it in that case. **** Source AJP Machine

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Not confirmed yet ...but $43,350 is the expected price. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2019-ford-edge-st-price-report/?wc_mid=4035:12767&wc_rid=4035:672167&_wcsid=54781A38DCF3A4CA087BDB2EF9577EEF4273BCE5F05F0974

Looks good , I like it .

Thanks

I thought that Dub IR had a 95% but the lightest they have is 70%. 70% might be to dark for the front windshield though it would work there.

90% IR block Dub IR Nano Ceramic Tint http://www.dubirtint.com

It is not just the UV that the Nano Ceramic blocks it also blocks IR quite well.

I have the nano ceramic 95% on my vista roof, it is almost clear and it works great at keeping the heat out. It is not as good as the solid retractible roof liner so I doubt it would replace the sun shade completely . After reading this thread I think I will add it to the front windshield. It may not replace a sun shade when parked but when on the road on a hot summer day it should help a lot. *** It may have been 70% not 95% not sure

Very soon within 2-3 weeks I just found someone with the skills and the equipment to do the job today.

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