What have you done to your Ecoboosted vehicle today?

[ZSHO]

Forgot to post this the other day... swapped out the factory SP-534's for the SP-542's. Got a great deal from Auto-Zone.. $5.99 per plug plus 7 dollars off the total price. ended up paying $29 for all 6 plugs...

My 2016 has 11,500 miles on it and all 6 plugs had a perfect gap of .030 according to my feeler tool. I swapped them anyway because after talking to Matt Robinson he highly recommended the SP-542's set to .026 for my setup with the HPFP and E30. Torrie has also moved to the SP-542's but he recommends .028 from what I understand.

Car feels smoother for sure and not getting any KR... I wasn't before either, but it has smoothed out the over RPM band.

Still on the fence on the MSD coilpacks.. I can cash in some employeer rewards for Amazon gift cards so I could pick them up for free. But I want solid data that they actually perform better than stock besides a one off dyno session.

Also, if you do have the HPFP.. you will need to remove it to pull the plug on Cylinder 1. A bit more a of a PIA but not horrid.

I thought Gearhead recommended the MSD Coils along with the MC-542'S based on the article posted by bpd1151!  Z

https://www.drivingline.com/articles/new-product-spotlight-msd-performance-coil-packs-for-ford-ecoboost-engines/

[StealBlueSho]

Forgot to post this the other day... swapped out the factory SP-534's for the SP-542's. Got a great deal from Auto-Zone.. $5.99 per plug plus 7 dollars off the total price. ended up paying $29 for all 6 plugs...

My 2016 has 11,500 miles on it and all 6 plugs had a perfect gap of .030 according to my feeler tool. I swapped them anyway because after talking to Matt Robinson he highly recommended the SP-542's set to .026 for my setup with the HPFP and E30. Torrie has also moved to the SP-542's but he recommends .028 from what I understand.

Car feels smoother for sure and not getting any KR... I wasn't before either, but it has smoothed out the over RPM band.

Still on the fence on the MSD coilpacks.. I can cash in some employeer rewards for Amazon gift cards so I could pick them up for free. But I want solid data that they actually perform better than stock besides a one off dyno session.

Also, if you do have the HPFP.. you will need to remove it to pull the plug on Cylinder 1. A bit more a of a PIA but not horrid.

I thought Gearhead recommended the MDS Coils along with the MC-542'S based on the article posted by bpd1151!  Z

https://www.drivingline.com/articles/new-product-spotlight-msd-performance-coil-packs-for-ford-ecoboost-engines/

They do recommend the MSD coils... but I would like to see technical evidence showing that MSD coils produce a bigger spark than stock...

Also remember that Mike has been setting the record on stock coils too.


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[Jordan]

Matt at gh posted a graph of the spark comparison one day what really sold me on them. No clue where it's at now... However it is a mod that is on my car.

[ZSHO]

@- SBS Agreed! But in my case they were indeed warranted,especially with the current mileage on the original stock coil setup ....
BTW - I did update my post on my initial overall impressions on the MSD'S.  Z 

https://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,299.5505.html

[shoNoff]

Soooo... my buddy just picked up a car trailer... then graciously offered to tow my car to LMS for a dyno tune and some other planned goodies...

Calling tomorrow to start the wheels moving on that...

He also offered to trailer my car when I go to the track as to avoid heat soak upon arriving... my first response was "WTF would you trailer a mid 12 second 4 door sedan to the track" he's was response was "F'em, who cares what anyone else thinks..."

Would be nice to get this E30 tune dialed in, LMS said that the remote tunes for E30 on the SHO are not optimized to take full advantage..


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When I was a younger I once trailered my high 13 second fox body to be track. We told everyone it ran mid 10's that asked then proceeded to unload the car and run 13.8's all night.

Lmao, did you get any dirty looks after a few passes?

"Oh we're just shakin' er down. Takin' it easy, don't wanna break anything."

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It was on the trailer because I blew the overdrive servo that week in the transmission. And if anyone knows about the old AOD it was common. After overdrive goes you slowly start to lose all gears. Well that night I entered the bracket race and ended up winning. The transmission was so bad by the final round I had to stomp the pedal on the first Amber to get it to move by green. It was like having a built in delay box. So after taking the picture winning the transmission was so bad the car wouldn't drive up the trailer. And being a poor young kid I had no winch. So I had to back the car onto the trailer since basically no forward gears were working at that point lol. My buddy kept telling everyone "the timing is off so we haven't turned on the bottle tonight." Well there was no bottle lol

[shoNoff]

Forgot to post this the other day... swapped out the factory SP-534's for the SP-542's. Got a great deal from Auto-Zone.. $5.99 per plug plus 7 dollars off the total price. ended up paying $29 for all 6 plugs...

My 2016 has 11,500 miles on it and all 6 plugs had a perfect gap of .030 according to my feeler tool. I swapped them anyway because after talking to Matt Robinson he highly recommended the SP-542's set to .026 for my setup with the HPFP and E30. Torrie has also moved to the SP-542's but he recommends .028 from what I understand.

Car feels smoother for sure and not getting any KR... I wasn't before either, but it has smoothed out the over RPM band.

Still on the fence on the MSD coilpacks.. I can cash in some employeer rewards for Amazon gift cards so I could pick them up for free. But I want solid data that they actually perform better than stock besides a one off dyno session.

Also, if you do have the HPFP.. you will need to remove it to pull the plug on Cylinder 1. A bit more a of a PIA but not horrid.

I thought Gearhead recommended the MDS Coils along with the MC-542'S based on the article posted by bpd1151!  Z

https://www.drivingline.com/articles/new-product-spotlight-msd-performance-coil-packs-for-ford-ecoboost-engines/

They do recommend the MSD coils... but I would like to see technical evidence showing that MSD coils produce a bigger spark than stock...

Also remember that Mike has been setting the record on stock coils too.


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I agree and the 7 or 8whp or whatever they are showing on the dyno would be damn hard to prove at the track on a back to back run.

[Colorado-SHOBro]

Been busy detailing everyone else's car but my own lately. nice to finally have time to give her some quick tlc!




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[ZSHO]

Been busy detailing everyone else's car but my own lately. nice to finally have time to give her some quick tlc!




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Its Gleaming from A-Z! If I'm ever in CO I will shoot you a pm. Z 

[Colorado-SHOBro]

thanks Z and please do!


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[nickstewartroc]

Damn that Tuxedo looks good!

Been busy detailing everyone else's car but my own lately. nice to finally have time to give her some quick tlc!




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[jbrown9999]

Wow!  That looks beautiful!!  Good job!!

[Colorado-SHOBro]

Wow!  That looks beautiful!!  Good job!!

thanks guys. metallic black looks like a dream when done right!


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[802SHO]

Sort of late for a wash but that means I'll start off tomorrow fresh like some baby powder lol Looks really mean in the shadows

[ZSHO]

Sort of late for a wash but that means I'll start off tomorrow fresh like some baby powder lol Looks really mean in the shadows

That's one Sweeet looking SHO there 802SHO!  BTW had to enhance the ^^^ PICS for ya. Z   

[ZSHO]

Don't you hate when it rains the next day after washing your car!
It's dirty now,but its unfortunate they cannot predict mother nature.  Z