Hello everyone! This is my first post on this Forum and would just like to say hello and share my honest impressions of the Livernois Motorsports custom tune!
I have tried several custom tunes over the past couple of months since SCT made the tune available for the 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0.
First off, I own a 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 with six speed manual and 3.73 rear axle gear ratio. I had a custom 93 octane dyno (Mustang DynoJet Dyno) tune performed by a local Mustang performance shop (JMS Chip & Performance, LLC) which installed my additional performance modifications which consist of the MagnaFlow Street series 3” Cat-Back exhaust with Tru X-Pipe and the Steeda ProFlow CAI along with their custom 93 octane tune. The car baselined at 363 rwhp in fourth gear which is NOT ideal or optimal for accuracy since fifth gear is a 1:1 ratio for the Getrag MT-82 six speed manual transmission. Since the car only had 200 miles on the ODO at the time the car was baselined on the dyno I didn’t want the car to endure the 5th gear pull on the dyno which I have been informed would have increased the rwhp numbers. After the mods were installed total rwhp jumped to 393 rwhp in fourth gear.
Since my initial modifications were installed a couple months ago I have tried several custom tunes with my current set-up. I have tried the Jon Lund custom 93 octane tune and it had positive performance results but lacked a little bit on the top-end and wasn’t as responsive as I had hoped for.
Then after reading so many great reviews about Brent White and Brenspeed I tried their custom 93 octane tune as well. Again, a step-up from the Jon Lind custom tune and it REALLY woke the car up I must say! However it still wasn’t the true BEAST I was really looking for although at the time I believe it was the best tune and match for the Ti-VCT modular motor’s broad powerband.
And then I read about the work that Livernois Motorsports (aka Detroit Speed Shop) had done for a customer’s car (Shaun’s – aka Username - Stinger 1982 - Grabber Blue 2011 Mustang GT 5.0). Their results sounded really impressive going from a totally stock 375 rwhp baseline after 50 miles on the ODO to 390 rwhp after 2,000 hard break-in miles and NO modifications other than Shelby GT500 mufflers…and then after 5,000 plus miles on the ODO and a Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune, Steeda ProFlow CAI and Shelby GT500 mufflers (no power gain with Shelby GT500 mufflers) and no additional mod’s at all the car made 430 rwhp / 410 rwtq!. Now that’s REALLY impressive!
So two weeks ago I received my Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune pre-loaded onto the SCT X3 tuner and began testing the car for that seat-of-the-pants BEAST like acceleration and responsiveness that I have been endlessly searching for…well after two weeks and nearly 150 miles later I can honestly say the Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune is the VERY best custom tune for the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 currently on the market! PERIOD! There is NO COMPARISON!
Livernois Motorsports’ customer service is absolutely impeccable! Mr. Rick LeBlanc is VERY helpful, insightful, professional and VERY knowledgeable about the new ‘Stang and their product line!
I hope this helps those that may be on the fence regarding which custom tune works the best for the manual transmission 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0.
I am VERY proud to say my car is not truly a BEAST and after owning three stock Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’s (2009 500 hp – 2010 Shelby with 540 hp) over the past two years this car is just as quick as they were…PERIOD!
Thank you for your time and attention and I apologize for the lengthy review/background but I thought it might be helpful.
Sincerely, Jack
P.S. I am NOT affiliated with Livernois Motorsports in any way and had never heard of the company before three weeks ago when I first started researching the best custom tune for the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 on the Internet. I also plan to have the car re-dynoed later this year after I have at least 2,000 miles on the ODO.
I have tried several custom tunes over the past couple of months since SCT made the tune available for the 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0.
First off, I own a 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 with six speed manual and 3.73 rear axle gear ratio. I had a custom 93 octane dyno (Mustang DynoJet Dyno) tune performed by a local Mustang performance shop (JMS Chip & Performance, LLC) which installed my additional performance modifications which consist of the MagnaFlow Street series 3” Cat-Back exhaust with Tru X-Pipe and the Steeda ProFlow CAI along with their custom 93 octane tune. The car baselined at 363 rwhp in fourth gear which is NOT ideal or optimal for accuracy since fifth gear is a 1:1 ratio for the Getrag MT-82 six speed manual transmission. Since the car only had 200 miles on the ODO at the time the car was baselined on the dyno I didn’t want the car to endure the 5th gear pull on the dyno which I have been informed would have increased the rwhp numbers. After the mods were installed total rwhp jumped to 393 rwhp in fourth gear.
Since my initial modifications were installed a couple months ago I have tried several custom tunes with my current set-up. I have tried the Jon Lund custom 93 octane tune and it had positive performance results but lacked a little bit on the top-end and wasn’t as responsive as I had hoped for.
Then after reading so many great reviews about Brent White and Brenspeed I tried their custom 93 octane tune as well. Again, a step-up from the Jon Lind custom tune and it REALLY woke the car up I must say! However it still wasn’t the true BEAST I was really looking for although at the time I believe it was the best tune and match for the Ti-VCT modular motor’s broad powerband.
And then I read about the work that Livernois Motorsports (aka Detroit Speed Shop) had done for a customer’s car (Shaun’s – aka Username - Stinger 1982 - Grabber Blue 2011 Mustang GT 5.0). Their results sounded really impressive going from a totally stock 375 rwhp baseline after 50 miles on the ODO to 390 rwhp after 2,000 hard break-in miles and NO modifications other than Shelby GT500 mufflers…and then after 5,000 plus miles on the ODO and a Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune, Steeda ProFlow CAI and Shelby GT500 mufflers (no power gain with Shelby GT500 mufflers) and no additional mod’s at all the car made 430 rwhp / 410 rwtq!. Now that’s REALLY impressive!
So two weeks ago I received my Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune pre-loaded onto the SCT X3 tuner and began testing the car for that seat-of-the-pants BEAST like acceleration and responsiveness that I have been endlessly searching for…well after two weeks and nearly 150 miles later I can honestly say the Livernois Motorsports custom 93 octane tune is the VERY best custom tune for the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 currently on the market! PERIOD! There is NO COMPARISON!
Livernois Motorsports’ customer service is absolutely impeccable! Mr. Rick LeBlanc is VERY helpful, insightful, professional and VERY knowledgeable about the new ‘Stang and their product line!
I hope this helps those that may be on the fence regarding which custom tune works the best for the manual transmission 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0.
I am VERY proud to say my car is not truly a BEAST and after owning three stock Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’s (2009 500 hp – 2010 Shelby with 540 hp) over the past two years this car is just as quick as they were…PERIOD!
Thank you for your time and attention and I apologize for the lengthy review/background but I thought it might be helpful.
Sincerely, Jack
P.S. I am NOT affiliated with Livernois Motorsports in any way and had never heard of the company before three weeks ago when I first started researching the best custom tune for the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 on the Internet. I also plan to have the car re-dynoed later this year after I have at least 2,000 miles on the ODO.
