I have been looking at that myself. I cant seem to find any dealer around me to honor the Roush warranty(2 years left) on my RS3 anyways, so what good is it? The one Ford dealer that also was Roush dealer dropped them a few years ago and now lost their tech that they had work on these cars. I cant even get a simple tune revision from Roush without traveling 4 hours away. I was looking at Wengerd, OZ and VMP. I am just not sure which one yet.
. The next time I go in, I will ask him to reverse the speedometer settings or figure out which are the correct values to use.
It's always something with them for sure. Seems there are some real good dealers and service shops around and not so good. I am stuck with the not so good.I know the feeling. I have to travel at least two hours to get to a dealership that has a Roush tech. Interesting that last time I went for a calibration/tune update, the tech decided to change the speedometer to match the 20 inch tire sizes...well the speedometer went from reading 2 mph below actual speed to reading 5-6 mph below actual speed. I know he was trying to be helpful
I would go with Wengerd. The transmission tuning alone made me realize how bad the Roush tune is. They DO have good customer service but between them and the dealerships it takes forever to get warranty work done. Took 3 weeks to get a serpentine belt and idler pulley fixed under warranty because when the dealer contacted them about the issue, they said my warranty was invalid because I hadn't filled out a warranty card and sent it in. That was never an issue with my 2018 and I had numerous tune revisions on the 19... I asked the dealer when I bought my 18 about the card and they said they take care of it. Asked when I bought the 19, they said they take care of it.... I called them when Roush said I had no warranty and the parts guy I talk to all the time said "I have never filled one out and do work on them all the time". After he called Roush, they told him he had to start doing it or force the customer to.. So he filled one out for me and emailed it in... Roush still made ME fill out another one before covering the work.
I have thought about selling my 67 Chevelle and Roush and just buying a new GT500 & be done with it.
That’s what I did. My 19 RS3 was a beautiful car and I got fed up and bought a 21 GT500 and there is no comparison. If you get a chance to drive one you’ll see what I mean. My wife even noticed the difference. From the powertrain to the suspension to the insane brakes and the overall ride it’s quite remarkable what they were able to do with the same Mustang platform as the Ecoboost snd GT’s and turn it into a GT500. The 21 GT500 and the 19 Roush Stage 3 below.
I have been debating this more and more. Not sure who could do the tuning for me here in Ontario (GTA) but having dropped 20k on a product I have to admit I'm a little frustrated that SPORT is a little rough when shifting still and TRACK is like a frigging Viking invasion on my neck and spine.
Funny you mention that. When the dealer was trying to figure out WHY THE NEW FUCKING ENGINE in my car was misfiring like the old one, they called me and finally mentioned that they thought it was tuned. I was like, it says headers and the drag radials were the reason my warranty was voided, why didn't you tell me you thought it was tuned.. They were like because we thought you knew it had to be tuned for the headers... I was like WTF man, I ran the headers with the stock tune for a year and a half.. He was like thats why your fuel trims were all off. Okay jackass.. Then he said they could see it was flashed by a non-roush device. I asked him if it mattered at this point because it has the Roush tune on it and it's still misfiring on a new engine.. He said it didn't matter but wanted to know if I did a gear change, was running a smaller pulley, and also wanted to know the fuel I was running because the car was setup for E85... I about came unglued. No.. I never changed the rear end gears.. How is the car setup for E-85?!?!?! Do you see bigger injectors? Another Fuel pump? New fuel lines? I can't run E85 then you dipshit, it will run out of fuel. And if I had been running E85, I would have those item in the car and I wouldn't be bringing it to you because it wouldn't have blown the engine in the first place. (he said people try it with this kit...)I know the feeling. I have to travel at least two hours to get to a dealership that has a Roush tech. Interesting that last time I went for a calibration/tune update, the tech decided to change the speedometer to match the 20 inch tire sizes...well the speedometer went from reading 2 mph below actual speed to reading 5-6 mph below actual speed. I know he was trying to be helpful
I wish I could say I know what I want to own next but I am happy that this particular car is fixed and running properly. I am not a Mustang nut, and this will be the last one I own. If I break it by adding more mods then I'm fine with that, but if it starts breaking down and nickel & diming me because of random shit I'll have to get rid of it. If you can believe it, I actually hate driving for the most part and having a car like this a bad idea so I just stay away from fast cars in general.
At the time, I needed a warranty for piece of mind and would do it all over again. I do love the fact that my car says 5.0 on the side while I'm stomping down that hellcat or Porsche GT3.. Or a motorcycle It wouldn't make me smile like that if it was a GT500. I could have bought a ZL1 but I don't like the thought of spending stupid money on a car like that or a GT500. I can afford it, I just don't like to drive enough to justify the payments on a car like that... And yes, over time I spent that kind of money on this car. Damn thing has 23,000 miles on it and has gone through 4 sets of rear tires because I only put DR's on it.
Both of my cars had some shifting issues in track and sport even before having the Roush kit put on. When the car is just warming up, if you have it in sport mode it literally locks the rear tires when downshifting from 3 to 2, or 4 to 2.. It's jarring and was present on both cars. I think there are some problems inherent to the A10 and Ford's tuning. If you stab the throttle briefly and lot off, it makes the car rev high and then backfire and pop when it's downshifting. I normally do that around 40 in drive.. If i do it in sport, it will do the same thing and sometimes lock the rear tires... If there is a car behind you, look out...
I can see the difference when looking at the GT500 in person. It just looks better built period. Great color you have. One of my favorites. Looks great!That’s what I did. My 19 RS3 was a beautiful car and I got fed up and bought a 21 GT500 and there is no comparison. If you get a chance to drive one you’ll see what I mean. My wife even noticed the difference. From the powertrain to the suspension to the insane brakes and the overall ride it’s quite remarkable what they were able to do with the same Mustang platform as the Ecoboost snd GT’s and turn it into a GT500. The 21 GT500 and the 19 Roush Stage 3 below.