Welcome to tuning. It's not just the Ecoboost platform being a problem. Check your fuel quality, if possible add a tiny splash of extra ethanol to your fuel and watch the spark values disappear for good.
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Patience? Here's what I was referring to... Cobb didn't roll out 2018 support until October of 2018. Pretty sure the 2018 model year cars hit the streets a full year or more before support was available. Maybe it's not as easy as you think?
2018 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Support Now Available
Giddy-upgrade your 2018 Mustang EcoBoost from pedestrian to equestrian! COBB is excited to announce support with the Accessport and full Stage 1, Stage 1 +, Stage 2 and Stage 3 Power Packages that maximize the potential for your 2018 Mustang EcoBoost! The appropriate Off The Shelf maps are...
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The changes made in '18 were real. The only thing that changed from '21 to '23 is the year of the car. I've been in communication with Cobb multiple times since early January. They've changed their story multiple times too... it is what it is. I'm not gonna argue over things I already know to be fact. Like for example, the fac that Cobb didn't even realize the '23 was still the S550 platform till I sent them a scanned file of my '23's ECU. Another example? The fact I offered my car as a remote testbed if needed to at least give me the ability to use the Accessport as a gauge cluster and at least get some use out of it. Which they didn't. I had one of the very first HPP's made for '23. My chassis # is: 0027. I was the very first owner to contact Cobb for support, I was told that. And yet Cobb wasn't interested in developing even the firmware to upgrade the software to allow the '23's to even communicate with the device. That was in February. Still isn't happening... Which leads me to regret ever leaving the SCT software and devices I'd been tuning with for years to try something different. I essentially own a $650 paperweight that I cannot even use as a gauge cluster because it doesn't even recognize my car. I know it sounds like I'm trying to hate on Cobb for no reason but that's not the case, they just don't seem interested in the Mustang platform at all any longer (from what I've gathered).Patience? Here's what I was referring to... Cobb didn't roll out 2018 support until October of 2018. Pretty sure the 2018 model year cars hit the streets a full year or more before support was available. Maybe it's not as easy as you think?
2018 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Support Now Available
Giddy-upgrade your 2018 Mustang EcoBoost from pedestrian to equestrian! COBB is excited to announce support with the Accessport and full Stage 1, Stage 1 +, Stage 2 and Stage 3 Power Packages that maximize the potential for your 2018 Mustang EcoBoost! The appropriate Off The Shelf maps are...
Not my intent to add any fuel to this fire, but for the first couple of years I debated about installing a Cobb AP on my 2017 vert. The car is just used for cruising and road trips, and I bought it as a CPO with 1300 miles on it and an extended warranty. Despite always modifying my cars, bikes, sleds, and boats to make more power for many years, my older self resisted. I decided to keep the stock tune and made some mild mods (street IC, Airaid intake tube, high flow filter, resonator delete, etc.) for a bit better response and longevity. Those mods were still fun to do though, and now I just drive the car, enjoy what it is and does, and don't worry about how much power it's making, 0-60 times, whether it is running optimally and safely, and so forth. It was actually kind of liberating once I decided my course of action and the car still brings plenty of smiles every time I drive it.
Definitely the right decision for me, but I still understand those with the desire to tune for more power though.......
Definitely the right decision for me, but I still understand those with the desire to tune for more power though.......
Yeah no worries, you're not adding fuel by commenting. I went from a '21 HPP to my '23 HPP pretty much to get my '23 exactly the way I wanted it and to have one of the last of the S550's since I decided not to get into the S650 (due to many, many different reasons, one of which was a locked ECU). The difference in the tune vs stock on my '21 was profound. Almost as profound as when I went from stock to E85 on my '18 GT. Never woulda thought buying and trying a Cobb for the first time and trading up to exactly the same car my device would no longer work. That aside, the fact that Cobb literally had multiple things wrong when I contacted them, and have morphed over months what they've been saying about support for my '23 has caused me to really regret trying the Cobb out. SCT currently supports '23 Mustangs. I've been told by people "in the know" (not naming names) that my ECU is identical to my '21. So all the fussin' and jive is just Cobb not being willing to write a few simple lines of code to allow the '23's to communicate with an Accessport. But hey they've supported the 2.0 Ecoboost in a '23 Maverick truck (something you literally can't buy or order right now) since January when I first contacted them and shared a scan of my '23's ECU for comparison. The part that's made this test my patience, is the narrative from Cobb has changed over multiple conversations with them. In January they weren't even aware the '23 Mustang existed. Pretty funny stuff, since I had one that I special ordered in September 2022. LOL. Oh well. Guess I just need to get off my butt and take the loss and sell the device and go back to an X4 SCT again.Not my intent to add any fuel to this fire, but for the first couple of years I debated about installing a Cobb AP on my 2017 vert. The car is just used for cruising and road trips, and I bought it as a CPO with 1300 miles on it and an extended warranty. Despite always modifying my cars, bikes, sleds, and boats to make more power for many years, my older self resisted. I decided to keep the stock tune and made some mild mods (street IC, Airaid intake tube, high flow filter, resonator delete, etc.) for a bit better response and longevity. Those mods were still fun to do though, and now I just drive the car, enjoy what it is and does, and don't worry about how much power it's making, 0-60 times, whether it is running optimally and safely, and so forth. It was actually kind of liberating once I decided my course of action and the car still brings plenty of smiles every time I drive it.
Definitely the right decision for me, but I still understand those with the desire to tune for more power though.......
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