Well, the Roush was 600hp... launch it in 4H and you'll be impressed.
The 6.2L was built to be a bulletproof workhorse, not a fire breather.
And I quoted OKRaptor, not you...
I see you had a Roush 6.2L... you had my fingerprints in your ECU (can't believe it's been a decade.)
I've moved on to a new... but... ahem... related employer, but it was a good gig.
none of the Australian Market development was on the 2.3...
You can trust what I say... If you read into my post history on here, you can probably deduce why.
A ballpark of development:
Stock tune: 10,000+ hrs, 100+ vehicles, all conditions.
FP Tune: 100’s of hours, 5-10 vehicles, all conditions.
Dyno tune: 45 minutes, 1 car, whatever the weather report says for Wednesday.
That's the point of the CARB E.O certification... it's proven to be identical to the factory tune *on an emissions test trace*. More fuel burned on a test cycle means worse emissions (well not directly but for the purposes of comparing these tunes it's good enough.)
The pedal response will be...
Yes, the dealer isn't doing anything special really. You just need to go through them to get the warranty. That's the way it works.
If you buy the M-9603-REB kit specifically for the Ranger, it will come with the code to download the software. If you buy just the Pro Cal 4 separately for $450...
800 miles really should be fine. I like to do an oil change at the first 1000, but Ford doesn't even do that when they run their durability tests.
The exhaust likely won't do much, I don't think the stock is very restrictive. I bet it sounds good though :sunglasses:
You aren't buying the calibration that way. You're just getting a filter and the flash tool, which will be blank. The dealer won't flash it for free, you need a registered code/calibration from Ford Performance.
Ford's software compensates for altitude, up to the hardware limit (typically turbo speed.) They will increase turbo speed to deliver the same MAP/torque that you'd get at sea level.
The additional $325 buys you a warranty, but also gets you a 50 state-legal calibration. This means Ford has done a full emissions assessment (i.e. re-ran most of the emissions testing that the base truck went through) and worked with CARB to get legal emissions certification via CARB Executive...
You're talking about mechanical vibration noise, not wind noise. Any turbulence on the leading edge of the truck can cause wind noise. My Ranger had a poor/rough molded edge in part of the driver's mirror from the factory that whistled in the wind. Drove me crazy trying to find it. Ended up...