Re: Did my dealer slow me down?

From: Patrick Delgado (dadoctah@vitelcom.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 02:40:34 EDT


It is definitely possible. A mustang cobra went into a dealer with 252
dyno'd horses and for no reason the dealer switched his processor and
dropped him to 237.1. This was discovered later on when he went to get
more mods and another dyno run.
Dr. Pat
> Anyway, one thing that comes to mind is my MP PCM was in the truck
> at the time. Is it possible that they could have overwritten it with
> a stock program, or changed the timing back to stock specs??? I was
> going to try putting some low octane in to test it, but I don't know
> how conclusive that would be. I'm thinking of going to the dealer
> and letting them know that the truck is less powerful, but I'm only
> going to be able to tell them that it "feels less powerful" which they
> may just dismiss. Its not like I can tell them about the track times,
> as its still under warranty... Before going to the dealer, I figured
> I'd check here to see if my suspicion is possible, or if anyone had
> any other suggestions of things to check. ?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>



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