At least, until the Ford Racing ProCal unit comes out for our cars.
Basically Ford Racing's version of the Cobb AP (in other words, their own ECU flashing device). I'd post a link but I don't have that privelege yet.
From my understanding of the FR warranty is that it scraps the OEM FoMoCo warranty and applies a 36K/3 year Ford Racing warranty as long as you run the proper fuel/installed by Ford Racing.
Probably because theirs will be better. No offense to Mountune, I love my MP215. But the only reason I'd see Ford Racing not having an issue with it is if they limited Mountune to a improvement that they knew they would be beating with their own warranty covered tuning option. Plus it will be cheaper from initial reports.
Highly unlikely. I don't see why Mountune would let them do that as it would basically cannibalize all of their R&D / efforts, even more so than the competition that will be caused by Ford Racing offering a warranty covered product. Unless Mountune somehow convinced the much larger Ford corporation to pay them royalities, which again, I find to be highly unlikely...
I haven't seen any numbers, but considering that its simply a tune (and probably conservative at that, given that it will be warranty friendly), I'd imagine that you'd see about the same as what Cobb stage 1 is pushing.
I would really doubt that. Using the FoST as an example, it requires an intake and two-step colder plugs and the resulting calibration is significantly more torque than any of the other available Stage 1 tunes from 2500-4500 rpm where the majority of driving is done. Basically, they just crank the boost up more than everyone else. I wouldn't call it conservative by any stretch.
That's a big part of why they're promoted as dealer-install able options or things you can option at-order. For people who'll only have the car under warranty or are leasing, they're a great alternative to the traditional 'tune-at-your-own-risk' approach. Good on Ford & Mountune for providing us with options.
