Tuner@Straightline

No hard feelings here, I was just replying to the fact that although the stock rwhp numbers may seem low, they are infact very close to what we see through that transmission. Having a Mustang Dyno for about 7 years now, I've never been one to compete with rwhp numbers.

As far as manufacturer claims of horsepower, you have to be carefull as to what they're claiming. You can have a gain of peak to peak, or the largest net gain which may occure at a different rpm than peak. For instance, I have tuned cars where I have picked up 30rwtq at 3000rpm, but at the peak to peak comparasion only had a 12rwtq gain. I try to be accurate in claiming gains and comparing apples to apples.

If you tune 100 different cars, you will get 100 different gains. I routinely tell customers to expect anywhere from 10-20rwhp from a tune, but regardless it'll feel like more. It's nearly impossibible to tell what every individual component of a package netted you without testing them one by one. Who knows if our little package gained 8rwhp from the tune and 30rwhp from the exhaust or 8rwhp from the exhaust and 30rwhp from the tune.

I really think that a CAI will help, the Vararam on the G8GT's have had great results on our dyno even without a tune. I have seen 30+rwtq gains (peak to peak) with just the CAI change. I don't push products without personal experience with the products. That's why I sell the brands that I do.