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I've been hesitant to make one of these considering the number of them already on the forum, but I have evidence to back it up. Everyone seems to think that the RS is fast and it just feels so planted that you can't "sense" the power. I have always thought that my RS felt slow. I read all of those comments in the past and thought maybe these people were right.
My car is a 2017 RS1, bone stock except for an AEM dry flow filter and a tune for 93 octane. Initially I was running one of the Cobb OTS tunes on the car and took it to a local 1/8th mile track. Needless to say, I was let down. This is not my first fast car by a very long shot. I am also not new to drag racing. The car ran a 9.3 ET in the 1/8th on a cool night in the 60's. I backed up this time a few times and never got any better. I was told by several people that it was the OTS tune and I should get a pro to tune it for me. I originally bought the Cobb AP from Tune+ who offers a free tune with purchase, so I hit up Adam. I sent him my logs and he sent me a tune back. I put the tune on the car and at first, it felt a bit better, but the car seems to have rendered itself back to low power. Yesterday, I raced a friend's completely stock Focus ST from a roll and we stayed neck and neck. Keep in mind, my car has a tune and is suppose to be making almost 100 more horsepower from the factory. I have no check engine lights and no other indications of a problem outside of it feeling like it's putting about 200 whp to the pavement. I talked to my local Ford dealer and they were absolutely no help at all. I have replaced the plugs with one step colder, replaced the accelerator pedal, and replaced the FPR hoping to find the issue by throwing parts at it. Also, the head and head gasket were replaced under warranty by Ford. Does anyone else have numbers to backup how slow their car is? Has anyone found a fix? I'm very frustrated with this car.
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My car is a 2017 RS1, bone stock except for an AEM dry flow filter and a tune for 93 octane. Initially I was running one of the Cobb OTS tunes on the car and took it to a local 1/8th mile track. Needless to say, I was let down. This is not my first fast car by a very long shot. I am also not new to drag racing. The car ran a 9.3 ET in the 1/8th on a cool night in the 60's. I backed up this time a few times and never got any better. I was told by several people that it was the OTS tune and I should get a pro to tune it for me. I originally bought the Cobb AP from Tune+ who offers a free tune with purchase, so I hit up Adam. I sent him my logs and he sent me a tune back. I put the tune on the car and at first, it felt a bit better, but the car seems to have rendered itself back to low power. Yesterday, I raced a friend's completely stock Focus ST from a roll and we stayed neck and neck. Keep in mind, my car has a tune and is suppose to be making almost 100 more horsepower from the factory. I have no check engine lights and no other indications of a problem outside of it feeling like it's putting about 200 whp to the pavement. I talked to my local Ford dealer and they were absolutely no help at all. I have replaced the plugs with one step colder, replaced the accelerator pedal, and replaced the FPR hoping to find the issue by throwing parts at it. Also, the head and head gasket were replaced under warranty by Ford. Does anyone else have numbers to backup how slow their car is? Has anyone found a fix? I'm very frustrated with this car.
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