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Originally Posted by ntg44
Actually, nobody pulled my leg. I'm not the one who asked the question, nor the one who answered it. Nor am I defending the explanation.
The reason I asked is because the owner of the Boss 302 I was referencing is also a mechanical engineer, and he seemed convinced by the explanation the Ford engineer he spoke with. And he's skeptical by nature, more so than me.
As for myself, being in the software space, naturally I was skeptical about this explanation, but I'm not going to question a Ford engineer about their own engine or related hardware when I know next to nothing about the car. Which is why I asked see5 if the car has 100% stock ECU hardware with a tune or if there's more to the story. Wouldn't be unheard of for the car to be running a standalone ECU.
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I can potentially believe the story. Most likely due to cost savings and engineers/bean counters deeming it's good enough. If you look at all of the stand alone ECUs on the market, they vary in capability as to the number of injectors and spark plugs/coils they can handle, especially if sequential control is wanted as opposed to things like wasted spark...so there are limitations even with today's tech dependent on budget. This also allows them to reuse the hardware for higher output versions in the future by redesigning the ECU.