GoneFXcrazy's Ruby Red FX4 Build Thread
12-23-2013, 12:38 AM
#101
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Thanks! No pics with the new truck so far... Only on the old one..... Haven't even had a chance to take the bikes out. Too busy with school and work. And now that finals are done, I'm 600 miles away from home!!! No time to bike = sad sad FXcrazy......
12-23-2013, 02:37 AM
#102
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12-23-2013, 09:08 AM
#103
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My mom flew in to Greenville, SC and stayed with us a few days. Then we drove the 10+ hrs to New Orleans. My dad flew into New Orleans 2 days after we arrived here. On the 1st they both fly back to Calgary but we are headed to Florida to pick up a friend of ours from high school and bring her back to SC. She's my GF's best friend so I thought I'd surprise my GF cause they haven't seen eachother in person for over a year.... She still doesn't know!
12-23-2013, 01:19 PM
#104
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Haha ya they did! First day down here it was 27 C!!!!!!! We were in shorts! But yesterday was one of the craziest thunderstorms I've ever seen. Now we are down to about 15C but it's sunny. Still 35* warmer than Alberta. My mom flew in to Greenville, SC and stayed with us a few days. Then we drove the 10+ hrs to New Orleans. My dad flew into New Orleans 2 days after we arrived here. On the 1st they both fly back to Calgary but we are headed to Florida to pick up a friend of ours from high school and bring her back to SC. She's my GF's best friend so I thought I'd surprise my GF cause they haven't seen eachother in person for over a year.... She still doesn't know!
I'm down in SoCal with my parents. They bought a vacation place in La Quinta in 2010 when the economy was a mess so the market was way down. It was sad to see it that way, but it was good for the snowbirds looking to buy houses on the cheap somewhere other than Phoenix. Our house was a foreclosure. We come down every Christmas, it's almost a tradition. The weather is beautiful, car washes are cheap, and the Italian and Mexican restaurants around downtown Palm Springs itself are awesome.
12-23-2013, 04:59 PM
#105
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Hey I been off the forum for a bit. Good to see your mods are coming along and looking good. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I sent you a PM a few weeks back did you get it?
12-24-2013, 01:04 PM
#106
Have younthought about a programmer with custom tunes? You could make 400hp with a bbk throttle body, cold air intake an a sct livewire ts from morepowertuning.com if I am correct. Check it out, go to their site and they should have test results and such on there describing what they did and what custom tunes to get them close to 400. If i had an ecoboost, I'd be all over it.
12-24-2013, 01:17 PM
#107
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I've got mine tuned by SSI and love it. Easily the best mod for an EcoBoost.
12-26-2013, 01:15 AM
#109
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Your truck's new name is Cola. Ruby red is quite similar to the color on the new coke cans!
12-26-2013, 09:05 AM
#110
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I have the T4 Track 93 that I still haven't actually loaded up yet. Also the T4 Street 91 which is perfect as my daily driver. Then I had them custom design a T4 soft version 91 for me for when my GF or parents drive my truck. Little earlier shifting, softer throttle response, but with the same excellent driving dynamics and power.
People have posted up dyno runs with 80 hp gains and over 100 TQ gains. That's with the track tune I believe. You can feel every extra bit of it, especially the TQ. You could pull away in 6th gear I'm convinced if it would let you.
Numbers aside, the biggest improvement is in the drivability. Smoother gearshifts, better throttle control, easier cruising, it's fantastic.
Anyways that's enough praise for now. I'll be honest, SSI tunes are the only ones I've ever had, but I don't see anything that another company could do better and I'm happy. If someone gave me tuned from another company id be glad to try them out, but I wouldn't buy more.
Wow, I didn't think about that! Cool idea. That reminds me, I'm thirsty, time for a coke! At 8AM!? Sure why not.
People have posted up dyno runs with 80 hp gains and over 100 TQ gains. That's with the track tune I believe. You can feel every extra bit of it, especially the TQ. You could pull away in 6th gear I'm convinced if it would let you.
Numbers aside, the biggest improvement is in the drivability. Smoother gearshifts, better throttle control, easier cruising, it's fantastic.
Anyways that's enough praise for now. I'll be honest, SSI tunes are the only ones I've ever had, but I don't see anything that another company could do better and I'm happy. If someone gave me tuned from another company id be glad to try them out, but I wouldn't buy more.
Wow, I didn't think about that! Cool idea. That reminds me, I'm thirsty, time for a coke! At 8AM!? Sure why not.