Explorer Sport w/ Lund tune

bigmoneycloser · March 07, 2014, 10:58:49 PM

I heard people with surging issues and LMS tunes were related to colder temps and when notified, a revised colder temp tune was sent out that resolved the issue. I think a few people here needed a revised colder weather tune???
I'm lucky I guess as nj weather is similar to LMS area.

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Ryan327 · March 07, 2014, 11:05:30 PM

I live in Virginia and I had surging issues with my Lund tune. Lund was able to rework the tune and resolve it, but according to them, them temperature brought the tuning issue to light, but that it's not the scape goat of winter gas or running out of fuel.

I'm sure plenty of people are happy with the LMS tunes though so to each their own. Would be nice to get out to a track and run some heads up tuner races

bigmoneycloser · March 07, 2014, 11:14:37 PM

Well...
I was never really into going to the track. (I have never been before) But a friend talked me into it, and I will be making some 1/4 runs with my Xsport this spring and maybe in summer if I have fun..

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TouchOfEvil · March 07, 2014, 11:32:13 PM

Seen and talked to plenty who are unhappy with LMS. I have their tune, can't say i'm head over heels with it but i'll leave it at that.

commoncents · March 07, 2014, 11:44:34 PM

thanks for timely input everyone! I think I'll be happy w/ an Xsport replacing my 2001 durango hehe. I haven't heard of unleashed, i'll have to check them out.

I'm not a mechanic, how hard is it to apply these tunes? Is it a matter of plugging into a laptop? any known tuner shops in MN?? thanks!

explorergotoluvit · March 07, 2014, 11:49:45 PM

on the 93 sport tune are they going to make it work for the 91 user?

SwampRat · March 08, 2014, 12:20:29 AM

Quote from: commoncents on March 07, 2014, 11:44:34 PM
thanks for timely input everyone! I think I'll be happy w/ an Xsport replacing my 2001 durango hehe. I haven't heard of unleashed, i'll have to check them out.

I'm not a mechanic, how hard is it to apply these tunes? Is it a matter of plugging into a laptop? any known tuner shops in MN?? thanks!

Unleashed tuning .com

http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php?board=57.0

Livernois Motorsports

http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php?board=111.0

Both use different tuning devices .... several different ones for both TUNERS

BiGMaC · March 08, 2014, 12:59:06 AM

Quote from: bigmoneycloser on March 07, 2014, 11:14:37 PM
Well...
I was never really into going to the track. (I have never been before) But a friend talked me into it, and I will be making some 1/4 runs with my Xsport this spring and maybe in summer if I have fun..

Way cool BMC... Gonna find out what our mutual bad habit did for your ride!

SHOdded · March 08, 2014, 06:01:37 AM

bmc's gonna leave a black hole where the universe used to be

TSS · March 08, 2014, 08:01:59 AM

Torrie and LMS seem the most interested in the EB line to me. I picked LMS because they were local. If I lived in Florida, I would have gone with Torrie. Maybe Lund will become a major player too....but at this point the 0 Caused catastrophic failure rate of Livernois and unleashed speak volumes to me . if lund eventually does the kind of volume of those two across the Eco Boost line, it will be nice to have a third viable option. The only other alternative out there that I am aware of is Hennessy and I think most agree that is not really a good option.

Ryan327 · March 08, 2014, 10:02:00 AM

I know LMS really does control the market share and I can't say much about Unleashed because they are relatively unknown to me. While Lund is pretty new to the EB market they have been tuning huge power TT and Supercharged mustangs as well as a lot of other custom tunes for quite a bit and their numbers are some of the most impressive out there.

I decided it was worth taking a chance on them and overall have been pretty happy, just wish that SS tune would come out, but speaking of the devil, they responded to my email today so at least I know they are still alive over there! An ETA of soon is still better than an ETA of never.

One thing I really liked is that Ken over at Lund drives a Sport as a daily driver so stability and driveability is high on his list, and the fact that he's going to keep working on evolving it until he's happy!

bigmoneycloser · March 08, 2014, 10:37:59 AM

Sounds like your all set then..
That is also a big reason I chose LMS.. Their shop truck is an Xsport.
So everything they put out is extensive dyno tested and daily driven..
It's a little piece if mind.... I hope.. Lol

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SwampRat · March 08, 2014, 11:33:42 AM

Quote from: bigmoneycloser on March 08, 2014, 10:37:59 AM
Sounds like your all set then..
That is also a big reason I chose LMS.. Their shop truck is an Xsport.
So everything they put out is extensive dyno tested and daily driven..
It's a little piece if mind.... I hope.. Lol

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According to Lund's website there tunes are only available on a handfull of Ford products .

$250.00 for major tune revisions even octane changes ? OUCH ! !

Neither Unleashed or Livernois charge anything for any tune revisions when you buy a tuning device from them
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Torrie , the owner and Tune " artist " at Unleashed has a SHO , Focus ST and a Dodge Viper , all with aggressive tunes .

They provide extensive Tuning options for Many Ford , Dodge and GM vehicles .

Ryan327 · March 08, 2014, 01:16:21 PM

Most of the pricing stuff on their website is for custom tunes. The sport comes with 91/93/ and SS once it's released with no charge. Don't know what will be included/charged for special requests since they haven't even required/pushed the 3 bar yet.

I don't mean for any of this to be a Lund vs. LMS vs. Unleashed showdown, this was just a post I had started so that anyone who wanted to shop around could do so as I'm sure plenty of people love their tunes from LMS and Unleashed.

SwampRat · March 08, 2014, 02:52:35 PM

Quote from: Ryan327 on March 08, 2014, 01:16:21 PM
Most of the pricing stuff on their website is for custom tunes. The sport comes with 91/93/ and SS once it's released with no charge. Don't know what will be included/charged for special requests since they haven't even required/pushed the 3 bar yet.

I don't mean for any of this to be a Lund vs. LMS vs. Unleashed showdown, this was just a post I had started so that anyone who wanted to shop around could do so as I'm sure plenty of people love their tunes from LMS and Unleashed.

The point I was intending to make was that once you are a customer of Unleashed and I am fairly certain Livernois , that you are charged $0.00 for Custom Tunes ...