Edge Autosport Flash Tune Ford Focus ST 2013-2018

After performing thousand of custom tunes for the 2013-2018 Ford Focus ST, from both etuning and in-house dyno tuning, we are now offering a flash tune option!

Utilizing the Cobb Tuning AccessPort, our flash tune is designed to give you an increase in power and torque while maintaining a high level of drivability and safety. Take the Cobb OTS maps a step further with this custom made flash tune. 2 different stages are offered. 

Stage 1:

Application - Completely stock or lightly modified Focus ST, without an upgraded intercooler.

The Stage 1 tune will increase boost pressure by 15 to 20% over stock. Spark advance and fueling are both optimized. Exhaust mods, intake mods, blow off valves and catch cans are all permitted with this tune, including intercoolers. However, this tune is setup to work with stock intercooler and this will mean that you won’t see the full benefits of an upgraded intercooler on this map.

Stage 2:

Application - Completely stock or lightly modified Focus ST, with an upgraded intercooler.

With an upgraded intercooler, we can target a higher torque which results in increased boost pressure. The upgraded intercooler allows for this by keeping the charge air temps in check. Spark advance and fueling are optimized for the cooler temps resulting from the intercooler and you can expect to see 25 to 30% more boost over stock.

The Focus ST ECU uses a torque targeting strategy. This means that you can do just about anything to the car in terms of modification and it will use the throttle to limit torque the best it can to achieve its targets. This works really well and the strategy is retained in almost all custom tunes. With the Stage 1 map, we are limiting boost to help limit torque, allowing you to use this map with a wide range of modifications. The power and torque the Stage 1 map makes will be a result of the mods you have on the car. As it will allow for more power and torque with certain mild modifications. Since we are limiting boost we are able to allow the addition of other mods without hurting the car.

In order to keep things safe and flexible, the spark advance is less aggressive than that of a custom tune. Although you'll experience significantly more power and torque over stock, it leaves a margin of safety to allow for varying fuel quality and keep things nice and safe. If you would like to get everything you can out of the stock turbo, custom tuning will still be required.

Another way we add in an extra layer of safety is with the Octane Adjust Ratio (OAR). As most of you know, the ideal OAR is -1 and this tells you that everything is operating as it should with the car and that you have good fuel quality. If your OAR is dropping closer to 0 or going positive, then you likely have some bad fuel or something wrong with the car. We set the default OAR on the Flash Tune to be between 0 and -1 so that it has room to learn up or down depending on your fuel quality.

**Please note this is NOT a custom e-tune, like we have offered for several years before offering flash tunes. This flash tune does not include revisions and follow-ups that further dial in your tune. It is meant to be a power increase over and above stock and the Cobb off-the-shelf maps, while maintaining a higher margin of safety and flexibility.

Both stages are available in a pump gas map for 91 or 93 octane and an ethanol map optimized for a 30% ethanol mixture. Both stages and/or fuel options can be purchased at the same time. Multiple maps are ONLY allowed to be purchased on the same order for the discounted rate.

Once you purchase your flash tune, you will receive an email asking you to fill out a form we'll need in order to configure your map and send it to you. We have many different settings that you can customize at the time of your purchase including launch control, traction control, etc. Along with these selections, you can provide us with your AccessPort serial number and the tune will be emailed to you within 1 business day.