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[AL Cx5]

As promised...so we are having a wind event here in the dessert SW and after getting home yesterday, I took this pic. It clearly shows bits of tumbleweed and 2 other intrusions, one of which broke thru the material. Apparently, it was enough to slow down the rock, or whatever, since inspection with a flashlight shows no fin damage. Mission accomplished!
Should be easy enough to pull that hole out to make it even with the rest...
BTW, if the mesh was up against the IC, damage would have occurred for sure. Instead, it must have lost energy and fallen down before hitting the IC.

Well you put the mesh to the test and it passed.

We are getting severe weather in AL. Driving home from GS today the head wimd know knocked 2 or 3 tenths off my LOM on another platform.

How stable was you SUV in the wind storm?

 

[a69mach1377]

Well my wife was driving the Mazda that day and I the Stang. She thought it was pretty stable but reported a weird noise thru the drivers door seal maybe? I think with the 40+ mph cross wind, a Helmholtz resonance set up and was messing with the door seals.
Here is a pic of the Stang front end...and both cars are coated with dirt and dust.

 

[AL Cx5]

Well my wife was driving the Mazda that day and I the Stang. She thought it was pretty stable but reported a weird noise thru the drivers door seal maybe? I think with the 40+ mph cross wind, a Helmholtz resonance set up and was messing with the door seals.
Here is a pic of the Stang front end...and both cars are coated with dirt and dust.

Yikes that environment is tough on the finish!!

 

[a69mach1377]

Sure is...clear bra on all my cars for the last 30 years...

 

[surftoad]

Note...My CX-5 2.5T is my least modded, mod-able and motivating vehicle that I own.

Tried DrTuned but found it to be too time consuming and difficult for my abilities.

Justin as Sauce may provide a better flash but I haven't followed through with trying his. I may end up leaving it stock, since Sauce is still done through MazdaEdit, which I find lame AF.

 

[N7turbo]

Note...My CX-5 2.5T is my least modded, mod-able and motivating vehicle that I own.

Tried DrTuned but found it to be too time consuming and difficult for my abilities.

Justin as Sauce may provide a better flash but I haven't followed through with trying his. I may end up leaving it stock, since Sauce is still done through MazdaEdit, which I find lame AF.

Justin provides tried and true results. Haven't seen a bad review.

There is another option now through VF Tuner, but it looks like it might cost more and is newer and untested by the community. There are some claims made (by them) that it is technically superior.

 

[surftoad]

Justin provides tried and true results. Haven't seen a bad review.

There is another option now through VF Tuner, but it looks like it might cost more and is newer and untested by the community. There are some claims made (by them) that it is technically superior.

Thanks, for the info. I've heard good things about Justin as well. I may pursue a Sauce tune in the future.

 

[AL Cx5]

Note...My CX-5 2.5T is my least modded, mod-able and motivating vehicle that I own.

Tried DrTuned but found it to be too time consuming and difficult for my abilities.

Justin as Sauce may provide a better flash but I haven't followed through with trying his. I may end up leaving it stock, since Sauce is still done through MazdaEdit, which I find lame AF.

I agree MazdaEdit is not intuitive. I messed around with it and kept rereadimg the instructions. At last it became clear how to save a log.

Mazda Edit is like other tuning software like HP Tuners. One has to put in the time to understand it.

If I had know you were struggling, I would have walked you through it over the phone using Team viewer if needed.

If you want to try it again, pm me.

We are still enjoying our ride. After grounding the trans the down shifts a wicked quick. The CAI.damper opens and the engine revs quick. I love this performance when merging into traffic.

At 10,000 miles the engine is broken in. It used a quart of oil in 5k miles between 5k and 10k. Now the oil level is steady. We have been carring a quart of oil, funnel and rag incase...so far all is well...

 

[surftoad]

I agree MazdaEdit is not intuitive. I messed around with it and kept rereadimg the instructions. At last it became clear how to save a log. Mazda Edit is like other tuning software like HP Tuners. One has to put in the time to understand it. If I had know you were struggling, I would have walked you through it over the phone using Team viewer if needed. If you want to try it again, pm me.

Thx. Your offer is much appreciated. At the moment, I have completely lost interest and will likely leave it stock. I am not interested in the time and effort required with multiple back and forth logging/flashing, so if I regain interest, I'll have Justin(Sauce) make one that I can just install once and enjoy.

My post wasnt meant to bash DrTuned, but merely to inform that the process may not be for everyone. In my old age, I feel I've lost the patience and require instant gratification, which is ironic because I'm becoming like the people I often complain about, lol.

 

[AL Cx5]

I hear ya, my bandwidth is much less than a few years back. I turned 72 this year. I'm still putting cars/trucks on jack stands and working on them. I'll be installing an engine in two weeks in my race car. I wonder sometimes, how many more engines/transmissions I can take swap in and out.

I was surprised David wanted to go through 6 logs/tunes as well. I was able to have my bolt on engine mods incorporated in the tuning process, so that made it worth the extra time and effort.

I take it that DRTuned is playing with the edge more than the other tuners. I compared my log files and talked with him between tunes. He would add more timing or more boost and watch the knock sensors and AFR for feedback. On one tune, based on my encouragement, he went a little over board. The next tune, he pulled the power back. Since this is mostly my wifes DD and we are not racing I was happy to put the tune in the safe zone.

This process is like doing a chassis dyno tune. The tuner keeps adding timing/boost/fuel. He will go right up to the edge, then turn down the tune a bit so the owner can go beat on it safely.

You have his tune, I would send the tune file/log to David and ask him if it's safe to run. Load it up, enjoy and forget about it.

If the other tuners don't want to see a log, then we know they are sending a conservative tune that covers all the conditions and leaving performance/power on the table.

I like being able to use Mazda Edit, that came with DRTuned, for future trouble shooting. We can see and log every pid and error code the dealership can see. If some tech is blowing smoke, I can quickly check it out...