L99 Torque Management System

[rodimus prime]

I had my tuner go a little more agressive with backing down torque management than my previous tune. Trust me when I tell you that you dont want torque management removed completely. My car seriously feels like it wants to rip in half on down shifts. Im going to add some back next week.

As far as tuning for different modes, you can change the transmission properties for D and M seperately and you wont really notice the TM because shifting is so smooth in D.

[MikeW]

Originally Posted by bws_82

Great advise thanks!!

Who is HPE and what was the cost and time of that tune if you dont mind me asking?

Also what do you have to do in order to turn off the AFM? (can you do it with buying a programmer or do you have to take it to the dealership)

I live in Illinois. I went to Straightline Performance in New Lenox.
My Dyno numbers before were 319hp/331tq.
Kooks LTH hi flow cats and a Corsa catback were installed.
Afterward the Dyno numbers are 355hp/365tq.
That is on a Mustang Dyno which is more conservative than some others.
My Dyno charts are on the L99 Dyno thread.
Mike Hornbeck in the tuner. Super knowledgeable and a great guy.
Check out their website for more info.

[axis]

Originally Posted by rodimus prime

I had my tuner go a little more agressive with backing down torque management than my previous tune. Trust me when I tell you that you dont want torque management removed completely. My car seriously feels like it wants to rip in half on down shifts. Im going to add some back next week.

As far as tuning for different modes, you can change the transmission properties for D and M seperately and you wont really notice the TM because shifting is so smooth in D.

I have a friend running the hypertech programmer, beta tune, and he says the same thing about downshifts. If the roads are wet and TM is off, it will downshift 2 gears and make the rearend squirelly. It's a beast in the midrange though.

Axis

[Wacker]

Originally Posted by mlee

Wacker... from earlier threads I thought we could tune out TM in M mode and leave it pretty close to sock in D. I know the overall tune will affect all but thought you could Tune TM in M only

Did something new come up that I missed??.. or did you get TM mixed up with AFM

Yeah unfortunately so far TM is affected in all modes. I have mine completely removed and love it. I'm going to try a tune with 10% and see how that feels but previous attemps gave me a "double shift" feel.

[se7en]

I live in Benton (close to Mt. Vernon and Marion)
How about u?

[se7en]

Can anyone please tell me what these tuners are actually doing to these engines and how long it takes?

Sounds like everyone is getting great results..... just makes me curious

[kelley@vectormotorsports]

Originally Posted by Wacker

Unfortunately TM is all or nothing. By this I mean on in all modes or off.

We can adjust TM differently by percentage in all three modes.

[Wacker]

Originally Posted by Kirk@VectorMotorsports

We can adjust TM differently by percentage in all three modes.

Interesting...Can you turn it off in one mode and have 100% in the other?

[kelley@vectormotorsports]

Originally Posted by Wacker

Interesting...Can you turn it off in one mode and have 100% in the other?

Yes. There is a slight bleed over though. If it is zeroed in Sport mode the Normal mode is slightly affected. We usually use a 50% Normal & 25% Sport/Manual calibration.

[MikeW]

Originally Posted by bws_82

I live in Benton (close to Mt. Vernon and Marion)
How about u?

I live in Frankfort. New Lenox is right around the corner for me.

[MikeW]

Originally Posted by bws_82

How old are you? Whats your name?

My name is Mike and I'm old enough to know better!
Actually I'm 47

[rodimus prime]

Originally Posted by bws_82

I live in Benton (close to Mt. Vernon and Marion)
How about u?

Well your about an hour away from st louis correct?


If your looking for a tune I suggest Performance by Joe. Most tune shops will have you in and out in a few hours. I was seriously there from 9am till about 4pm with him going over everything. He charges $400 which is pretty good for the amount of work you get from him. What I liked is that its just him at his shop and he explains things to you and is always asking for feedback on how you want the car to be set.

[Tanner]

Originally Posted by Scott@Bjorn3D

Tanner,

Any other modes to the car? If that is a stock car doing that with a tune that is great. You should beat LS3's with that tune easily if you are not spinning the rears all the time.

Yeah, I have a Roto-Fab CAI, American Racing long tube headers with high flow cats , X-Pipe and Borla S Type axle back mufflers.

[Wacker]

Originally Posted by Kirk@VectorMotorsports

Yes. There is a slight bleed over though. If it is zeroed in Sport mode the Normal mode is slightly affected. We usually use a 50% Normal & 25% Sport/Manual calibration.

Thats my experience also. That is why I said if you want it totally off it has to be off in all modes. I tried different percentages on and got "double shifts" as the TM was trying to come on. The best setup I've tested is TM all off with 200 PSI going to the shifts.