• Sign Up! To view all forums and unlock additional cool features

    Welcome to the #1 Fiesta ST Forum and Fiesta ST community dedicated to Fiesta ST owners and enthusiasts. Register for an account, it's free and it's easy, so don't hesitate to join the Fiesta ST Forum today!


Unlocking the RS' Full Potential!

Messages
155
Likes
40
Location
Dearborn Heights, Michigan
#1
We are very proud to announce the release of our MyCalibrator tuning device for the Focus RS!





Livernois Motorsports & Engineering has long been world renowned for our unparalleled results with custom tuning of all of the vehicles we support. We have taken great pride in offering many ?World Firsts? resulting from our tuning. Not only being First To Market on many of the vehicles we support (including the all-new Focus RS), but often setting World Records as a result of the quality and dedication put into each and every tuner we sell. Our MyCalibrator tuner has been developed to allow people around the globe to have access to these amazing results.





Our Focus Rs Stage 2 93 Performance Tune features stout 55awhp and 70awtq peak gains. With gains as high as 68awhp and 90wtq in spots on an otherwise stock vehicle!


I know, you want me to stop talking already, and show you the good stuff right?





Watch the dyno run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgtfVa-Do4
 


OP
Livernois Motorsports
Messages
155
Likes
40
Location
Dearborn Heights, Michigan
Thread Starter #4
Great gains! You guys are killing it for the Fiesta and now with the RS!
THANKS! [like]

We kill so much more than them too! We build DD 10 second Corvettes, 9 second Camaros, DD 720+RWHP Mustangs and even set records with 4500# turbocharged family sedans! This is what we mean when we say that we are far more experienced than any other vendor. We do not only do X car, or specialize in Y make. We set records with all domestic performance vehicles. We even kill the truck market! We build SC/TT Raptors and 608RWHP LT1 GM trucks!
 


Messages
170
Likes
41
Location
Miami Beach
#10
Something for me to consider in the near future. I had a MP215 on the FIST to maintain the warranty, but I felt captive to them.
 


Messages
80
Likes
10
Location
Atlanta
#11
Just out of curiosity, is it typical to push out a tune, for sale to the public, on a brand-new platform in four days? Does four days give you enough time to properly understand what's going on with the OEM calibration, dyno/street tune, test, and feel confident in the tune?
 


MKVIIST

5000 Post Club
Staff Member
Premium Account
Messages
5,768
Likes
1,031
#12
Just out of curiosity, is it typical to push out a tune, for sale to the public, on a brand-new platform in four days? Does four days give you enough time to properly understand what's going on with the OEM calibration, dyno/street tune, test, and feel confident in the tune?
Great gains indeed. I had the same thought as [MENTION=5061]stormcrow[/MENTION]

Care to elaborate on the testing or did you guys have another tester before?
 


fST

Member
Messages
279
Likes
71
Location
Maryland
#13
Just out of curiosity, is it typical to push out a tune, for sale to the public, on a brand-new platform in four days? Does four days give you enough time to properly understand what's going on with the OEM calibration, dyno/street tune, test, and feel confident in the tune?
Are we saying they only had the car for 4 days? How do we know this? Couldn't they have received one earlier?

And it's my understanding, especially since they've said over and over that they took a ton of time over the years to figure out the Ecoboost platform, that maybe the bulk of the tuning doesn't change too much across the Ecoboost platform? No idea, just putting that out there. Looking forward to Livernois' response.
 


Messages
80
Likes
10
Location
Atlanta
#14
Are we saying they only had the car for 4 days? How do we know this? Couldn't they have received one earlier?

And it's my understanding, especially since they've said over and over that they took a ton of time over the years to figure out the Ecoboost platform, that maybe the bulk of the tuning doesn't change too much across the Ecoboost platform? No idea, just putting that out there. Looking forward to Livernois' response.
Livernois stated, in this thread http://www.fiestastforum.com/forum/threads/9882-German-Engineering-Invading-Michigan, and I quote, "Not even 24 hours in our possession we took our new Focus RS out to enjoy this great event." when referencing the Saturday, July 9th M1 Concourse event in Pontiac, Michigan. Simple math gives them Sunday-Wednesday to develop and release the tune today. So best-case scenario is that it has four days of R&D given to it.

Yes, there could be things that translate from prior tuning of the EcoBoost line. However, just as with the Nissan tuners who had developed for supercharged and twin-turbocharged Nissans found out when the R35 GT-R was released, many, many things change when you start tuning for an AWD car. Most likely what you see above is simple timing, boost, and fuel adjustments. And if this is the case, this is far from a proper tune. But, of course, I await Livernois' response.
 


OP
Livernois Motorsports
Messages
155
Likes
40
Location
Dearborn Heights, Michigan
Thread Starter #15
There is actually a ton of testing that goes on behind the scenes long before platform launch. We have had OUR privately owned car for 4 days. We actually have had a line of about 9 local patiently waiting clients for some time now. We even have a repeat client that we are working on a complete overhaul for. We have done several EcoBoosts for him, and all of them are at the further reaches of modification. Not only have we been doing a ton of R&D on the RS' 2.3L, but we have been in on the skunkworks missions for the RS. We actually had some of our RS engineering displayed at SEMA this past year. So, have no fear. We are well aware of what we are doing.
 


Messages
80
Likes
10
Location
Atlanta
#16
There is actually a ton of testing that goes on behind the scenes long before platform launch. We have had OUR privately owned car for 4 days. We actually have had a line of about 9 local patiently waiting clients for some time now. We even have a repeat client that we are working on a complete overhaul for. We have done several EcoBoosts for him, and all of them are at the further reaches of modification. Not only have we been doing a ton of R&D on the RS' 2.3L, but we have been in on the skunkworks missions for the RS. We actually had some of our RS engineering displayed at SEMA this past year. So, have no fear. We are well aware of what we are doing.
Honestly, I don't understand what any of this means. Are you saying you've tuned 9 Focus RS cars for clients? Or are you saying that you've had 9 clients awaiting their Focus RS vehicles to be delivered so that they can run your tune? What is all of this about a repeat client and what does it have to do with the question of how long you R&D'ed the tune for the Focus RS? SEMA displays are parts, no? Not calibrations. So, the question remains - how long was the R&D for the tune you are now selling? If not derived during the short time-span that you've had your own Focus RS, when was the R&D done on an actual Focus RS? When was the testing performed? And for how long?
 


OffTheWall503

1000 Post Club
Messages
1,991
Likes
455
Location
Memphis, TN
#17
Considering it has the Ecoboost Mustang engine, it probably didn't take a lot to tweak it specifically to the RS.
 


Messages
210
Likes
59
Location
Metro Detroit
#18
Honestly, I don't understand what any of this means. Are you saying you've tuned 9 Focus RS cars for clients? Or are you saying that you've had 9 clients awaiting their Focus RS vehicles to be delivered so that they can run your tune? What is all of this about a repeat client and what does it have to do with the question of how long you R&D'ed the tune for the Focus RS? SEMA displays are parts, no? Not calibrations. So, the question remains - how long was the R&D for the tune you are now selling? If not derived during the short time-span that you've had your own Focus RS, when was the R&D done on an actual Focus RS? When was the testing performed? And for how long?
What it means is you're not privy to their proprietary intellectual property, and your not-so-subtle implication of incompetence is hardly a way to get a full-disclosure answer.

Consider that a Cobb et al "custom tune" takes at most a couple hours. They do a couple baseline pulls, look at the datalogs, adjust some load, torque, and boost settings, do test pulls, make more adjustments, confirm gains, and wrap it up. Your comment about "properly understand" implies there's something witchcrafty going on that's beyond their wisdom, which is obviously false if you had any real tuning experience on the Ford EcoBoost platforms. Add in their already extensive experience with the Mustang EB and dialing in an FoRS tune on stock hardware is more an exercise in verifying prior wisdom than breaking any new ground.
 


Messages
210
Likes
59
Location
Metro Detroit
#19
Nice job, thanks for sharing! It looks like the RS changes versus the Mustang EB net about 10 more HP and LbFt after your tune. Admittedly that's less than I expected given Ford's claim about a bigger turbo and the Cosworth head. Perhaps the turbo and head flow only slightly more?
 


fST

Member
Messages
279
Likes
71
Location
Maryland
#20
Honestly, I don't understand what any of this means. Are you saying you've tuned 9 Focus RS cars for clients? Or are you saying that you've had 9 clients awaiting their Focus RS vehicles to be delivered so that they can run your tune? What is all of this about a repeat client and what does it have to do with the question of how long you R&D'ed the tune for the Focus RS? SEMA displays are parts, no? Not calibrations. So, the question remains - how long was the R&D for the tune you are now selling? If not derived during the short time-span that you've had your own Focus RS, when was the R&D done on an actual Focus RS? When was the testing performed? And for how long?
Man, you really dislike Livernois and their methods, huh? lol

I do appreciate someone challenging them because I enjoy getting more insight into how Livernois works from their perspective.
 




Top