I'm 6'4" and have broad shoulders and my FoST is very comfortable, no issue with head room at all. I do have the recaro seats as well which I love.
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I'm 6'4" and have broad shoulders and my FoST is very comfortable, no issue with head room at all. I do have the recaro seats as well which I love.
Seems like all the tunes just create more bottom end and take away more top, which is the opposite way id like to go. I am staying stock for warranty too anyway.
just picked one up as well. Im 6'5 240# and its not too comfortable . right leg rests on center console/ dash merge area. also have to have the seat back all the way so your head is mostly/closely behind the door pillar . another negative is cant get a good steering wheel location so my left arm feels in a natural position. I test drove a vw gti and should have went with that but the ST felt livelier in the mid rpm range as well seemed better when stuck in traffic (less shifting) Like the car well enough though i do regret buying it, but it was cheap.
oh if you buy it new you get to go to st driving academy so thats something to look forward too.
From what I've seen ford racing say about the power packs in regards to the mustangs at least, the ford racing parts are 3/36, if anything happens powertrain wise during the 5/60, the dealer would have to prove the issue was caused by the power pack. It doesn't shrink the warranty.
Only thing im worried about is catastrophic engine or tranny falure, dont know how they couldnt pin that on a tune easily enough, even being their own work. Once car is out of warranty ill do the steeda tune, i hear they dont bump the torque up as high and keep the power longer. Seem to be the only ones not just looking for impressive numbers rather than an honest good tune
Steeda tune? Best of luck then.
Ive never seen one negative comment about them. The mountune 275 kit seems nice too
After some binge reading on focusst.org nobody likes the cobb canned tunes or the frpp. And nobody says anything about livernois either which suprises me.
I got you mixed up with the OP. As far as which tuner to use, Steeda should be fine. You certainly could do worse, so I'll leave it at that.
The Focus ST has such a small turbo that the only thing you're really going to gain from a tune is a mountain of torque. HP increase will not even compare. Either way, tuned will make it a while lot more fun and the sooner you do it, the happier you'll be.
I'm curious why, a co-worker of mine is running a cobb accessport on his 2013 ST3 and he likes it.
Its one of those things that is probably fine BUT if you read up on cobb problems on the forums there are a lot of blown motor claims from them.
I’m running the Cobb stage 1, 93 octane tune, green filter, and motor mount. I’ve been really happy so far. Definitely made it more fun to drive. Also changed my plugs to Denso ITV22 which is one step colder, gapped to .026. I’ve been monitoring everything through my Accessport.
I have heard that, I think its mostly people ripping around on the stage 3 tunes though if I'm not mistaken.
We actually have a really strong tune for these vehicles that pick up great power on 93!
I dont doubt it, I know your stuff is regarded as the best I was just suprised to not see many people talk about it with the ST's (ive sent a couple f150 guys your way btw)
We really appreciate that, glad to see the support! We have done alot with these ecoboost vehicles and its really amazing what kind of gains we can get
Must be an ST thing. I have had a tweaked Cobb AP tune on my MS6 for years without issue. Also had a Cobb AP OTS map on my old 335xi.
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