Roush Stage 2 Tune?

[torrin]

I have had my factory direct from Roush raptor for about a year and I love it. (yeah, yeah, whipple, blah blah blah). When I really get on it, the boost goes to 8ish and I assume this a very mild tune from Roush to insure there is zero impact to the rest of the drive train.

Once my warranty is closer to up, I was wondering if anyone had experience with a custom tune from one of the tune companies - 5*, SCT, etc?

If so, what performance yield did you see?

My Raptor is a cowboy Cadillac for me, any serious offroading is done in one of my jeeps, so I am only looking for some more straight line acceleration.

 

[JimIII@JDM]

We have tuned tons of the Roush Raptors. We generally see about a 50-60 HP increase, better throttle response, Much Much better shifting, and even 2-3mpg improved fuel economy (so it's going to pay for itself!) This is probably the best thing you can do to your truck for more performance and better all around driveability. Our tunes are safe and proven with over 500 Supercharged Raptors tuned to date! Call us anytime at 732-780-0770

JimIII@JDM

 

[torrin]

That was a straight tune, not the throttle body + plugs + tune? If is is just the tune, that is pretty darn good, with the additional torque, does the seat of the pants test produce noticeable gains? I currently am pushed back into my seat on acceleration, it would be nice to be slammed back into my seat on all out acceleration.

Additionally, do you know any members of FRF using this tune with a Roush?

 

[cayenne]

I completely agree, the factory Roush tune leaves ALOT to be desired. I'm waiting for my warranty to be up before proceeding as well.

 

[JimIII@JDM]

That was a straight tune, not the throttle body + plugs + tune? If is is just the tune, that is pretty darn good, with the additional torque, does the seat of the pants test produce noticeable gains? I currently am pushed back into my seat on acceleration, it would be nice to be slammed back into my seat on all out acceleration.

Additionally, do you know any members of FRF using this tune with a Roush?

That was just a tune on a Stock Roush Raptor we did for a local customer. We usually recommend the spark plugs for preventative maintenance. The Throttle body is another 15-20 RWHP gain on the dyno! The tuning not only adds this much power and extends the RPM range but removes the speed limiter, improves the throttle response, and everyone raves about our transmission tuning! On top of that your going to see 2-3 mpg increase which means the tuning is paying for itself! It's such a simple upgrade I would do the tune and at your leisure do the plugs and TB. We have a number of members here running our tuning but there are about 10% of the Raptor owners out there on this forum so I don't know how much response you'll get. But I'll guarantee you it is worth it and the first thing you should do for more performance. Our tunes are safe, reliable, and make power! Roush should have just had us tune the truck!!!

JimIII
732-780-0770

 

[raptor_qatar]

That was a straight tune, not the throttle body + plugs + tune? If is is just the tune, that is pretty darn good, with the additional torque, does the seat of the pants test produce noticeable gains? I currently am pushed back into my seat on acceleration, it would be nice to be slammed back into my seat on all out acceleration.

Additionally, do you know any members of FRF using this tune with a Roush?

i tuned my buddies roush raptor from TeamJDM, now at first we had some issues as the car would turn off as the rpm would go too low, then it turned out that in the 40000km lifetime of the truck my friend never changed his spark plug so we got some NGK's and the truck is running perfect.
much faster downshifts on WOT
faster shift response
faster throttle response
high gains in horsepower easily noticeable not that "yeah i think its a bit faster" bs
better idle rpm
all in all great tune and we didnt even have to do any datalogging