This past Saturday, Jeremy Formato of FasterProms Tuned and Ported my SSR….. The car is running GREAT The power delivery band has expanded significantly into the low and midrange, were one uses it the most….It has gained an unbelievable amount of power and torque in the low to midrange….The car is now far more responsive, lively and fun to drive….
Jeremy ported my Throttle Body, removed the MAF Screen and reprogrammed my ECM with his custom tuning settings….
Our cars are drive by wire; our gas pedal is not connected directly to the throttle, but rather to the computer…When we press down on the pedal, the computer reads pedal position, and accordingly manages the engine to deliver power…. The Factory ECM setting, Dials up the power gradually, ramps it up, as to make the vehicle easier to control…(But Less FUN)……Obviously some Lawyers played a part on how the vehicle is tuned from factory… Tuning the car to deliver power on command bypasses the factory ramp settings and instead of dialing up the power gradually, the computers now manages the engine to give you the power on command….WOW
If you have an Automatic, same thing with the shifting… With factory setting, the computer shifts like Grandma ….With FasterProms settings the cars shifts like a serious driver would…..
Be WORN, that the car can become a handful under aggressive acceleration, for instance second gear shifts with traction control off, under aggressive acceleration produce enough wheel spin to provoke the car to fishtail at over 30 miles per hour…..Yupieeee….
The recalibration of the cooling fan setting makes for a much cooler running car…
In short, if you want a faster, more responsive and more fun to drive Roadster, this is the thing to do…..It’s not only how much power you gain, but how it’s delivered that makes such a great difference….
Thank You Jeremy
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Originally Posted by JFormato
Here is some information to share:
Past tuning events attended by SSR Fanatics:
Those concerned with high coolant temps - factory fan settings are adjusted to come on as early as 180 degrees F and typically the vehicle never reaches over 205F. The hotter the coolant temps the more the computer takes away spark advance lowering the performance, throttle response, and fuel mileage.
The factory tune / program has very conservative timing curves and a typically rich fuel curve. There are many electronic throttle torque limiters and down shifts are typically very poor form the factory - we can adjust all of these and keep the truck in its power band. We can firm up the shifts and quicken them as well. Many automatic SSR owners have complained about the vehicle not being in the "right gear" when accelerating heavily. We adjust that to be much more aggressive under heavy throttle and will correct that issue.
Manual Trans owners have fuel and spark delays as well as torque limiters that curb overall performance. I would like to give you the full potential of the motor and you use it how you desire.
When porting the SSR's throttle body you will feel greatly improved throttle response and in the bottom end and mid range with a strong "seat of the pants" gain. There is a very large lip that shrouds airflow up until about 50% throttle, we remove this and you will get much more airflow at lower throttle positions. Many liken the difference to taking about 350lbs out of the vehicle. It truly makes the truck much more fun to drive. There are many out there that can testify that the ported TB made a huge difference!
The cost of a street tune is $300 w/ Wide Band o2. We work very hard on each and every vehicle until every customer is happy and the vehicle is spot on.
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The DickTator is asking that those of us who are installing Mirrors, to be there Saturday First Thing in the morning: 9:00 am...It takes about 3 hrs to do the Mirrors and the insulation per Roadster....
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Originally Posted by Dicktator
Need Favor, Would you contact the ones that have signed up for Mirrors and ask them to be there EARLY on Saturday.
We have two signed up for Mirrors and as you know, it takes about 3hrs to do mirrors and soundproofing per SSR.
Dicktator
NOTE: If my instructors are there and we have some average machanics we can do two SSR's in two hours for mirrors and soundproofing.
Hey Guys & Gals...seems I left out a few important details about Tech day. Like, um where it is?
ADDRESS of the garage is :
East Coast Truck Accessories
1748 Aurora Rd Melbourne Florida 32935
The ADDRESS for dinner is:
1865 Oakwood Trail Melbourne Florida 32934
(only about 1 1/2 miles away)
The BEST HOTEL PRICE I have found is: 52.95 for folks with triple A or AARP or 55.00 without
AMERICA's BEST VALUE HOTELIntersection of John Rodes Blvd and 1-92 just a couple of blocks off of I-95
and less than five miles from our house and 7 miles from the Tech day site. They have plenty of rooms
Available as of this post
Phone of the hotel is: 321-768-8439
Another reminder of the addresses and start time Saturday is 9am!!!
My SSR: 03 Slingshot Yellow,# 2119, Born on Nov. 26, 2003--BLT4FUN
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Dick, I am in going to the Daytona show on Saturday. If I come down on Sunday do you think you will have time to install mirrors and blinking taillight. Also do you take the door panels off to install mirrors? If so, I might as well have soundproofing put in them also. Thanks, Walter
Fortunately I have an extra set of mirrors and one Blinking tail light available.
I do not have any extra soundproofing, so if you want to do this let me know right away.
There will be a Tech Day in Pittsfield, Mass. on Four of July weekend. We can do it then.
Dicktator
Dick, Can you install just the blinking brake light on Sunday? If you can, call me at 570-954-3207 ( we have bad internet service here) and I will paypal you the money. Thanks, Walter
10. Ruby2 -to watch and it will be good to see them.
11. Dan, Danssr, - Brake Light and Crossmember, TUNE
12. Mike and Corrie - to watch
13. Wayne Dunham, Wayneman, - Radiator Support and Cross Member.
14. Carl/Judy, Cool Blue - Radiator Support
15. Beach Potato - TUNE
16. Tinyssnowplows/Walter - Late Saturday afternoon, Mirrors/Brake Light/Soundproofing.
I am very glad Jeremy is coming to Tech Day. He is a wealth of knowledge on tuning our SSR. He will be arriving about 10am on Saturday, so those signed up for Tunes should get there early.
NOTICE: The extra Radiator Supports (4) and the Extra Stainless Tips (5 sets) are not going to make it in time for Tech Day. I have two Radiator Supports, one for Beth, (Paid) one for Wayne Dunham (Paid). Raul (OctagonMan) already has his. Carl/Judy,Cool Blue, I will have to ship you one. Sorry.
I have plenty of Soundproofing, 7 sets of Mirrors, two sets of Stainless Tips, 5 Chrome 10" Fire Extingushers, 5 Blinking Brake Lights.
Kathy and I are leaving about 12:30pm on Friday along with Alex/Cheryl (Largossr05) and should arrive in Melbourne late afternoon.
Fortunately I have an extra set of mirrors and one Blinking tail light available.
I do not have any extra soundproofing, so if you want to do this let me know right away.
There will be a Tech Day in Pittsfield, Mass. on Four of July weekend. We can do it then.
Dicktator
Dick, I am going to the Daytona show in the morning and then I will down in the afternoon to get the mirrors and blinking brake light installed. Also the roof soundpfoofing if you have time. Thanks, Walter
Hey guys! A little bird (Mike in Orlando) just told me the Daytona contingent is coming to Melbourne Saturday afternoon to join us for Tech Day and Dinner!!!! Well...I DID say the more the merrier......remember to bring your own 'beverages' other than soda and
H20 and coffee, which we will have at the house Saturday night. Here's the menu:
Mozzerella/Basil/&Tomato on Baquette Appetizer
3 Redline Red Lasagnas
'Chevy Bowtie' Pasta & Meatsauce
Antipasta Salad with meat & cheese wraps & Smoking Asphalt Olives
Sausage & Peppers (Thanks Linda SSRFather)
Slingshot Carrot Cake (Thanks again Linda!)
Coke Diet Coke Sprite H20 Southern Sweet Tea (that means REAL sweet!) Coffee
Anything else anyone else wants to bring since we're having extra folks!
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A Real Transformation
The car is running GREAT
The power delivery band has expanded significantly into the low and midrange, were one uses it the most….It has gained an unbelievable amount of power and torque in the low to midrange….The car is now far more responsive, lively and fun to drive….
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Who has Tuned their SSR?
I'm curious to know who has Tuned their Roadster besides DickTator 
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