Sniper Tune Problems

htrdlincoln98

htrdlincoln98

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I've been running the sniper tuner for two years now. No real complaints except for the speed limiter. I've tried a couple different original tunes that should have fixed this but NO luck. Now that I should be trapping over 110 mph at the track this is killin me. At 110 mph the car mis fires and breaks up. It's hitting the limiter. she pulls hard to that speed but whats up. If this tuner is only for slow lincolns then whats the purpose. Now if i'm on the high way and a little rice eater wants to play all I can do is 110. That sucks! Does anybody have a fix for this. Last year I thought that sniper Pat had this fixed but no his tune didn't fix It. ANYBODY HELP!!!!!!! Its opening week-end at the track.
 
if you already tried stock tunes on it, theres something else wrong with your car............i hit 130 on my car the first day i had it, completly stock.......
 
Your right I've gone in the 130's with the stock Lincoln tune. The problem is the sniper tuner. Lincoln does a few thing different that all other ford motor company cars. The anti theft and speed limiter are two of these issues. Sniper hasn't fixed their software to work on these cars. The tuner says it works for these cars but why is this happening. Do you use sniper on your mark? Has anybody gone over 110 mph with sniper tuned?
 
i havent tried going that fast with the tune, maybe im gonna have to see its working right....
 
You know what, I would hit the top speed limiter at 97mph with the 4.30's and then I put the base tune I sent you and was able to go above that, like 100-105mph but I have never taken it above that on the street.
 
I know for my anti theft light you send the tune to them via email and they turn it off and send it back, all the stuff should be adjustable by them they just need to do it for you. Post on thier forum they are pretty helpful.
 
I will contact Pat again about this issue. This is a big problem IMO when you get a tuner to make your car faster and this is what you get. The only way to car my car faster now is to return it to stock tune. Not good! This maybe the last of sniper for me. I will see how long this takes to get fixed if it does ever get fixed. Does anybody here have a base sniper tune that really removes the speed limiter!
 
I just sent this original tune to Pat at sniper. If he gets this fixed I would be happy to send to any sniper users. I will test the tune first to see if it works.
 
No luck with the sniper guys. Has anyone been able to delete the speed limiter with the sniper tuner. What should I do. Buy a base modle mark trans gear to try and trick the pcm. Whats the deal with these gears any ways. Don't they need to be replacedafter a few thousand miles. Any ideas?
 
I dunno. In Advantage all one does it remove the rev limits on each gear thus removing the speed limit. At least thats what I have been able to figure out.
 
I'm not sure what will solve this. I cann't be the first to have this problem with sniper! I've talked to others with the same issue. When I make a tune I normally set the rev limit 1000 above stock and set the speed limit to unlimited.
 
unity said:
I dunno. In Advantage all one does it remove the rev limits on each gear thus removing the speed limit. At least thats what I have been able to figure out.
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nah there IS a speed limiter in there based on drive shaft/oss speed.
On yours it should be under rev/speedlimiters then in the "scalars" section.
Speed_limit_stage_1
Speed_limit_stage_2
Speed_limit_stage_3
follow the directions in the description for the scalar and you will have "no speed limiter"




SCT has no issues with speed limiters in ANY of the mark 8 PCM's.

People have gone back and forth on the sniper vs sct debate..and this is one case where SCT is a clear winner, since they had alot of help from "the man" when they were setting up the program.

Sniper is cheaper no doubt.. but in tuning "cheaper isn't always the best solution", as you can see.
 
htrdlincoln98 said:
Buy a base modle mark trans gear to try and trick the pcm. ?
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no you dont want to feed "garbage information" to your PCM

G.I.G.O.

this will fubar more than you realize.

do it right, or not at all......

I'd be vying for a refund at this point, you've suffered with this issue for "far too long".

get a refund and get the "right stuff" to do the job "right".

Sniper may have been attractive at the time, but if it "cant control" the PCM then what's the point?????
 
XLRVIII said:
no you dont want to feed "garbage information" to your PCM

G.I.G.O.

this will fubar more than you realize.

do it right, or not at all......

I'd be vying for a refund at this point, you've suffered with this issue for "far too long".

get a refund and get the "right stuff" to do the job "right".

Sniper may have been attractive at the time, but if it "cant control" the PCM then what's the point?????
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You are exactly right on!!! As if you all reading cannt tell I'm frustrated with sniper at this point. Just today I was told when I called that they don't have time to track this down in the software. I actually liked that answer. Fine the cars over 10 tens old not made any more.OK At least their not wasting my time any more. I was told to either deal with it or use a different tuner! Since then I went to their web forum and was told by (not a sniper tech) that Oh all 96-98 mustangs need speedcal to fix this. If thats it why wouldn't the manufacturer tell me this. I'm going to research this.
 
I LOVE my Advantage III software from SCT. XLRVIII has very much helped me out and I have learned a lot by playing with it. I dont have much time to work on it, so a little here and there each week. But there is so much you can control versus pull down presets, etc. Its really THE solution for DIY but its IS complex and not for your basic novice, which Sniper is for.
 
Well I think i'm done with the talk of this product. It is what it is!
It works but has limitation more than other tuners. The tech support on all other issue was more than good.IMO
 
yea i'd be pissed if i tuned my car and it was slower top speed wise.....all i could do with mine was put in a chip since its obd 1, but atleast it raises the limiter
 
I bought one in the 'group buy' from Gino but have yet to install it...still in the package, maybe I don't want it? I have not changed out the gearset so it still has 3:07's-your saying I will suddenly have a limit around 110 with this?
 
I'm pretty sure my top speed limiter is removed with my custom SNIPER tune, will test at the track tomorrow.
 
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