Pulsar XT vs Ford Procal Tuner Dyno Comparison

2.7 on the Dyno this morning for some competitive analysis. Who would like to see power/torque comparisons between the Ford Procal and Pulsar XT? We’ll also investigate the effects of running the two devices in conjunction with each other.


UPDATE Jan 19:

Alright guys, here are the dyno comparisons from our testing yesterday. This was done at our Sanford, FL location, our test Bronco runs a factory intake/exhaust system and 35" tires.

The stock run backed up what we've seen on dozens of different runs during our development time this past year. 272hp/347tq.




Flashing the Ford Procal into the vehicle, we saw a gain of 35hp and 32tq, for 307hp/379tq.




Next, the Pulsar XT, run on Level 5. New peaks of 321hp/420tq, which is +49hp/73tq over stock and +14hp/41tq over the Procal calibration.




Below is the graph comparing the Procal to the Pulsar XT.




And since so many of you asked, we reflashed the Procal into the Bronco and ran a couple final runs with the Procal calibration and Pulsar XT set to Level 5. Initially, we were surprised to see the gains we did but as we studied the data it all makes sense to see what we're seeing. Running the devices together peak jumped to 345hp/440tq, which is now +73hp/93tq over stock.




It appears the Procal device makes some changes to some torque management tables that we can't control through our inline Pulsar module, so with that internal calibration change, the affect of the airflow modifications the Pulsar XT requests are greater, and we're seeing a solid increase in output. It's worth noting that watching the data throughout the pulls, IAT and knock all remain well in the safe zone on 93 Octane. On first look, it appears there should be no real negative effect by running the devices together (if you run good 91+ Octane) but we aren't going to make that an official statement unless we were able to do a lot more testing, so do so at your own risk.

At the end of the day, we know the improved transmission shift strategies within the Procal are a big reason a consumer would go that route but the engine calibration is extremely mild and leaves a lot of safe/usable power on the table that our Pulsar XT can unleash. We're bias in thinking Pulsar offers a better user experience along with more power/torque. With no PC/Laptop required, an easy 15 minute plug and play install and an extremely intuitive smartphone app to control it all. The ease of calibrating tire size, setting your pedal sensitivity where you like it, navigating the app and ability to change power levels on the fly make it a win/win in comparison to Procal in our minds, not to mention Pulsar XT is less expensive. But this is the beauty of having options in the market. Take the data for what it's worth and please feel free to comment your thoughts or questions.

I’d like to see. Do you guys offer a 3/36 powertrain with your product?

Standing by……I purchased the XT and haven’t had time to put it on yet

Suthrncop66 said:

Standing by……I purchased the XT and haven’t had time to put it on yet

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you only need about 30 minutes to get it done!

Superchips_Mktg said:

you only need about 30 minutes to get it done!

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I had big plans to do some videos with a Dragy before and after 0-60 and 1/4 mile times and with the K&N kit too.. then it got cold

Would like to see what you guys did, I have the Ford Procal, and I also have done several mods to the force induction side of things. If it all pans out, I may just run this together.

We've gathered some really interesting data today. Going to spend some time putting the dyno charts together tomorrow to share with everyone.

Superchips_Mktg said:

We've gathered some really interesting data today. Going to spend some time putting the dyno charts together tomorrow to share with everyone.

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Super excited! Glad someone stacked a programmer on this mild tune!

Alright guys, here are the dyno comparisons from our testing yesterday. This was done at our Sanford, FL location, our test Bronco runs a factory intake/exhaust system and 35" tires.

The stock run backed up what we've seen on dozens of different runs during our development time this past year. 272hp/347tq.



Flashing the Ford Procal into the vehicle, we saw a gain of 35hp and 32tq, for 307hp/379tq.



Next, the Pulsar XT, run on Level 5. New peaks of 321hp/420tq, which is +49hp/73tq over stock and +14hp/41tq over the Procal calibration.



Below is the graph comparing the Procal to the Pulsar XT.



And since so many of you asked, we reflashed the Procal into the Bronco and ran a couple final runs with the Procal calibration and Pulsar XT set to Level 5. Initially, we were surprised to see the gains we did but as we studied the data it all makes sense to see what we're seeing. Running the devices together peak jumped to 345hp/440tq, which is now +73hp/93tq over stock.



It appears the Procal device makes some changes to some torque management tables that we can't control through our inline Pulsar module, so with that internal calibration change, the affect of the airflow modifications the Pulsar XT requests are greater, and we're seeing a solid increase in output. It's worth noting that watching the data throughout the pulls, IAT and knock all remain well in the safe zone on 93 Octane. On first look, it appears there should be no real negative effect by running the devices together (if you run good 91+ Octane) but we aren't going to make that an official statement unless we were able to do a lot more testing, so do so at your own risk.

At the end of the day, we know the improved transmission shift strategies within the Procal are a big reason a consumer would go that route but the engine calibration is extremely mild and leaves a lot of safe/usable power on the table that our Pulsar XT can unleash. We're bias in thinking Pulsar offers a better user experience along with more power/torque. With no PC/Laptop required, an easy 15 minute plug and play install and an extremely intuitive smartphone app to control it all. The ease of calibrating tire size, setting your pedal sensitivity where you like it, navigating the app and ability to change power levels on the fly make it a win/win in comparison to Procal in our minds, not to mention Pulsar XT is less expensive. But this is the beauty of having options in the market. Take the data for what it's worth and please feel free to comment your thoughts or questions.

Can you do a 2.3 next? I know I am seeing the same boost on my Procal tune with 87 as with 91. Your just confirming how mild the Ford Tune is.

So how much boost is your Level 5 setting adding?

Snacktime said:

Can you do a 2.3 next? I know I am seeing the same boost on my Procal tune with 87 as with 91. Your just confirming how mild the Ford Tune is.

So how much boost is your Level 5 setting adding?

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Unfortunately, we no longer have a 2.3L in our fleet after development completed, so we'd need to find one to borrow to do any further testing on that platform.

As for additional boost, it's not quite that cut and dried, as the Pulsar XT isn't just commanding a higher boost number at a given RPM. There's calculations based off load and percentages, etc...

very interesting. Thank you for the data. I am tempted to do this and see where I end up with my other mods......It would be interesti

Great info I’ll run my XT for a while and think about adding the procal later

Damn, this looks great. Really appreciate you all testing these two products together. Definitely has me thinking about picking one up and comparing (0-60 & 1/4 mile runs) to the RaceChip S and ProCal tune I currently have.

You’re also one of the very few sources that has actually dyno’d the Ford ProCal tune

Wanted to follow up with more info on testing this over the weekend. The engine does exhibit a mild knock at low rpm when running the devices together. This may cause an issue over extended time of use. The knock events occur under low rpm high load, like tip in. Under wide open throttle like we tested on the Dyno, this is not an issue.

Just a reminder this is with 93 fuel, so running 91 or less octane could cause more issues unless you run a lower level on the Pulsar. So at this point, our calibrators are not condoning the use of the devices running in conjunction with each other.