Just wanted some feed back or to know if this has happened to anyone else.
I took my 03 Redfire in yesterday to Alternative Auto to be pullied and tuned by Lidio. I bought the car in June off a guy who bought it from a Ford dealership. He bought it as a certified Ford vehicle. It had a JLT CAI, JBA Xpipe and JBA catback with front and rear strut tower braces and a short throw shifter when he bought it. It was not pullied to his knowledge.
When they took off the pulley cover they thought the stock pulley was on backwards and that it had obviously been pullied before. This was also confirmed when they went to get the pcm prepped for the tune. It took some time to get the pulley off and when they put the 2.8 pulley on it would not spin when it was flush with the retaining bolt. They pulled it back ever so slightly and it spun just fine. Lidio said it would be fine and it seems to be.
The first run on the dyno tune dyno was 430 rwhp and he thought that was pretty low. My tires are pretty much gone so he aired them down to 18 psi and made another run. Second run was 442 rwhp and 430 rwtq and he thought the tires were still slipping. Third run was almost exactly the same and he thought the tires were still slipping. He really thought with good tires it would have made 450 rwhp at least.
I was just wondering if anybody out there has ran into this type of situation and if I should be that worried. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Go Lions!
I took my 03 Redfire in yesterday to Alternative Auto to be pullied and tuned by Lidio. I bought the car in June off a guy who bought it from a Ford dealership. He bought it as a certified Ford vehicle. It had a JLT CAI, JBA Xpipe and JBA catback with front and rear strut tower braces and a short throw shifter when he bought it. It was not pullied to his knowledge.
When they took off the pulley cover they thought the stock pulley was on backwards and that it had obviously been pullied before. This was also confirmed when they went to get the pcm prepped for the tune. It took some time to get the pulley off and when they put the 2.8 pulley on it would not spin when it was flush with the retaining bolt. They pulled it back ever so slightly and it spun just fine. Lidio said it would be fine and it seems to be.
The first run on the dyno tune dyno was 430 rwhp and he thought that was pretty low. My tires are pretty much gone so he aired them down to 18 psi and made another run. Second run was 442 rwhp and 430 rwtq and he thought the tires were still slipping. Third run was almost exactly the same and he thought the tires were still slipping. He really thought with good tires it would have made 450 rwhp at least.
I was just wondering if anybody out there has ran into this type of situation and if I should be that worried. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Go Lions!
