Hi, Guest
I've been doing a lot of development tuning for my Escape with a tuner out of Florida. He's wicked, really. He just plain loves to tune cars and trucks however you want - power, economy, both! A link to his site is in my sig.
A setting for my Escape that I found as a user-adjustable option on my XCal2 (don't recall it being there for the FoFo) - Speed Limiter: OFF. :lol: :lol:
The Escape's shift scheduling and lockup schedule has been altered quite a bit and although it's far too early to boast numbers... based on the instant fuel economy/consumption gauge in the dash cluster, I'm expecting a serious increase in about-town fuel economy.
Lockup in 3rd before: 55 KM/H, not much gear holding.
Lockup in 3rd now: 50 KM/H, holds gears much longer before downshifting under increased throttle/load
Lockup in 4th before: 76-80 KM/H (including a shift from 3rd to 4th), held 3rd all the way to 76 KM/H, fairly resistant to downshifting
Lockup in 4th now: 55-60 KM/H (wicked setup), quite resistant to downshifting - you've gotta be insistent with your throttle position for a downshift, but it's easy to learn the new traits of the shift logic.
My reason for this - most of my driving in town is 50-60KM/H driving. With the stock Escape shift patterns and logic, it's quite a chore to get into the higher gears and save gas.
Now, it's intuitive for the driving I want to do 95% of the time and it won't impact my highway runs negatively either. I don't trailer yet, but this actually would let the shift detents (D, O/D off, 2, 1) act as they were meant to when needed.
I got a hold of Mike at MorePowerTuning via the help techs at SCTFlash.com when I was inquiring about the how-tos regarding re-using my old XCal2. Yeah, I got it back from Oscar. :)
He's wicked... very wicked. He's been cobbling together tune files from my LiveLink datalogging sessions in a matter of hours... on average, 2 hours from the time he gets a new log from me. He answers all my stupid quiestions and has been doing exactly what I want with the truck in terms of economy and driveability.
From the experience I've had so far, I'd definitely recommend that anyone wanting to get more out of any vehicle that can be tuned with a SCT product talk to him. His priicng is SUPER reasonable as well. Two thumbs way up. :)
A setting for my Escape that I found as a user-adjustable option on my XCal2 (don't recall it being there for the FoFo) - Speed Limiter: OFF. :lol: :lol:
The Escape's shift scheduling and lockup schedule has been altered quite a bit and although it's far too early to boast numbers... based on the instant fuel economy/consumption gauge in the dash cluster, I'm expecting a serious increase in about-town fuel economy.
Lockup in 3rd before: 55 KM/H, not much gear holding.
Lockup in 3rd now: 50 KM/H, holds gears much longer before downshifting under increased throttle/load
Lockup in 4th before: 76-80 KM/H (including a shift from 3rd to 4th), held 3rd all the way to 76 KM/H, fairly resistant to downshifting
Lockup in 4th now: 55-60 KM/H (wicked setup), quite resistant to downshifting - you've gotta be insistent with your throttle position for a downshift, but it's easy to learn the new traits of the shift logic.
My reason for this - most of my driving in town is 50-60KM/H driving. With the stock Escape shift patterns and logic, it's quite a chore to get into the higher gears and save gas.
Now, it's intuitive for the driving I want to do 95% of the time and it won't impact my highway runs negatively either. I don't trailer yet, but this actually would let the shift detents (D, O/D off, 2, 1) act as they were meant to when needed.
I got a hold of Mike at MorePowerTuning via the help techs at SCTFlash.com when I was inquiring about the how-tos regarding re-using my old XCal2. Yeah, I got it back from Oscar. :)
He's wicked... very wicked. He's been cobbling together tune files from my LiveLink datalogging sessions in a matter of hours... on average, 2 hours from the time he gets a new log from me. He answers all my stupid quiestions and has been doing exactly what I want with the truck in terms of economy and driveability.
From the experience I've had so far, I'd definitely recommend that anyone wanting to get more out of any vehicle that can be tuned with a SCT product talk to him. His priicng is SUPER reasonable as well. Two thumbs way up. :)
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.