New owner looking for accessories


doug5m5

Well-known member
Feb 23, 2017
62
Newport Beach Ca
I have owned my 06 for about 5 months now, and love it. Now I am looking to add a Heffener X pipe, pulley and tune. I checked with my Ford dealer and he had no idea where to get the parts. I am located in Orange County Calif. Looking for new parts but will accept perfect used if I can not find.
Thanks Doug
doug5m5@gmail.com
714-496-6255
 

pe2unia

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Welcome!! If you’re looking for any billet parts send me a PM
www.fordgtbilletparts.com
 

viva gt

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Sep 15, 2010
419
toronto canada
 

partssmann

GT Owner
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Jun 1, 2013
771
Scottsdale, Arizona
Suggest GT GUY pulley and tune kit. Have seen a couple of these kits and believe they are an improvement over original Ford Racing kit which is not available anyway.

http://www.thegtguy.com/
 
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twobjshelbys

GT Owner
Jul 26, 2010
6,211
Las Vegas, NV
Suggest GT GUY pulley and tune kit. Have seen a couple of these kits and believe they are an improvement over original Ford Racing kit which is not available anyway.

http://www.thegtguy.com/

I have the GT guy pulley/tune and have the following observations:

1. The boost gauge does not work. It's "biased" negative instead of zero.
2. The tune disables some ingredients necessary for OBDII emissions (at least CA and NV). I had to return to factory tune to get emission readiness. It is still one short (but you get one in Nevada).

Several passes with their tuner resulted in no success basically told me to go back to factory so I did (except for pulley) which meant restoring the throttle body and MAF sensor. Maybe they have a better one now.

However, it does dyno at 650RWHP! Was a lot of fun on the track at rally 9!
 
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Kingman

GT Owner
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Aug 11, 2006
4,072
Surf City, USA
Suggest GT GUY pulley and tune kit. Have seen a couple of these kits and believe they are an improvement over original Ford Racing kit which is not available anyway.

http://www.thegtguy.com/

You have to call Rich directly as his site hasn't been up for quite a while.
 

nota4re

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Feb 15, 2006
4,291
Hi Doug - this is Kendall from Cool Tech LLC. We're in Valencia - not that far from you. I've sent you an email with contact info. Look forward to chatting.
 

viva gt

GT Owner
Sep 15, 2010
419
toronto canada
http://www.unleashedtuning.com/ford-gt-pulley-kits/

I have Torries tune and pass e test
 

SMOKDU

GT Owner
Dec 17, 2011
412

Best tune on the market IMO. My boost gauge works .


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TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
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Jul 4, 2007
1,512
Niceville FL
I have the GTGuys pulley which comes with a spacer to keep the stock belt length tight with the smaller pulley and Torre's tune and my boost gauge works fine. The key to your boost gauge working properly is NOT to change the throttle body and MAF sensor when you change the pulley. Torre's tune does not require a new MAF sensor nor new throttle body. Rich (GTGuys) can send you or install both their pulley and Torre's tune, one-stop shopping.
 
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twobjshelbys

GT Owner
Jul 26, 2010
6,211
Las Vegas, NV
I have the GTGuys pulley which comes with a spacer to keep the stock belt length tight with the smaller pulley and Torre's tune and my boost gauge works fine. The key to your boost gauge working properly is NOT to change the throttle body and MAF sensor when you change the pulley. Torre's tune does not require a new MAF sensor nor new throttle body. Rich (GTGuys) can send you or install both their pulley and Torre's tune, one-stop shopping.

I'm back to stock throttle body and MAF and the stock tune and the gauge still is offset.
 

TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
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Jul 4, 2007
1,512
Niceville FL
I'm back to stock throttle body and MAF and the stock tune and the gauge still is offset.

Are you also using Torre's tune? Maybe that has some needed code in it.
 

twobjshelbys

GT Owner
Jul 26, 2010
6,211
Las Vegas, NV
Are you also using Torre's tune? Maybe that has some needed code in it.

Not Torrie's tune. It came from a guy nearby the GT guys but can't remember his name now. Supposed to be the tuning guru used by Roush as I recall.
 

DakotaGT

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Dec 9, 2012
1,715
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Best tune on the market IMO. My boost gauge works .


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Really, with 4.0 Whipple and Accufab throttle body, your boost gauge works correctly?
 

SMOKDU

GT Owner
Dec 17, 2011
412
Really, with 4.0 Whipple and Accufab throttle body, your boost gauge works correctly?


I have had a few tunes from two people. One being Torrie. The first time the boost gauge read 1/2 of real boost. I make 20lbs if boost and was showing 10. Now I peg the gauge and seems right on tip in. I think it has to do with the settings in the tune and nothing to do with throttle body. Most guys run a mafia extender with bigger blowers but I do not because I made my intake bigger to not max out the card.

So bottom line I am not 100% it is reading the exact boost but it looks like it should be. If I switch between tunes the gauge changes so again it is in the tune. The factory gauge I think is electric not vacuume read.

Torrie what's your take?
I have had my setup hooked up to a vacuume Gauge boast gauge to prove the amount of boost I am making . This is how I found out I was loosing boost from the stock air box only with the clamshell closed. My custom intake took care of this issue. That was a 2 week problem I had after I switched to a whipple. i checked this with a manual gauge so I know I was getting accurate info before and after. Some tunes also open up the waist gate I think if the car thinks it should be in safe mode. Again This is a Torrie question. These cars have a lot a safety boost related software protections I think the tune has to be right. Torrie?

Ps the only thing I did not confirm was that my clamshell ducts are clugged and that was why I was not getting a good airflow but it looked good and seemed like that was a long shot. I did not like the small opening in the clamshell feeding the stuck air box anyway. This is my story and I'm sticking to it. 15000 mikes on my whipple setup so what do I know .
 
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Tomcat

GT Owner
I have the GTGuys pulley ...and Torre's tune and my boost gauge works fine. The key to your boost gauge working properly is NOT to change the throttle body and MAF sensor when you change the pulley. Torre's tune does not require a new MAF sensor nor new throttle body. Rich (GTGuys) can send you or install both their pulley and Torre's tune, one-stop shopping.
This is my set-up GTGuys hardware/Torre Tune...from the GT Guys, no issues.
 

NorthwoodGT

GT Owner
Jun 12, 2009
1,217
Michigan
not sure who's tune Rich used on my car when he installed my whipple last year but what a major difference. not just with the bigger blower but everything. the car idles better (no more stahling when coming up to stop lights) runs far cooler because the fans come on sooner now and just sounds better. not to mention an absolute rocket! a totally different car.
 

Specracer

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Nov 28, 2005
7,162
MA
Call heffner, pretty sure they still have their x pipe available.

http://heffnerperformance.com/

Now I am looking to add a Heffener X pipe,