Mountune anyone?

[STooge]

Here it is, not sure if anyone has read this yet.

mountune announces USA expansion to cater for growing demand in both road and race car sectors

• US-based facility will act as distribution hub for mountune's high performance and racing components
• Customer service and support available in local time zone(s)
• Facility capable of supporting expanded race and rally programs

Ford's official European tuning partner and race-winning engine builder, mountune has today announced the expansion of its road car and race engine performance division into the USA.

mountune LLC, situated in Southern California, is ideally located to serve all of the USA as well as Pacific Rim countries, with the operation including distribution, rolling road, machine room and engine-building facilities.

Heading up the US operation is Ken Anderson. A man with extensive industry expertise, including an impressive track record with Cosworth in the USA building their aftermarket and racing parts business; ?We're really excited to have Ken onboard with us and know he's the right person to be leading this expansion for us?, says mountune UK founder and Technical Director, David Mountain.

Keen to emphasise the demand, Anderson enthuses; ?Global enthusiasts and racers alike have been eager to experience mountune performance. We?ve responded to our fans and customers and with the launch of mountune LLC, a full range of products will be available to support their requirements?

I?m pleased to be part of the mountune team. The company?s level of engineering and attention to detail coupled with motorsport DNA provides a robust foundation to support the development of a unique array of products. Customers located in the Americas and Asia will now enjoy easy access to mountune quality as we ramp up our sales and distribution support?, he adds.

The US has typically 'missed out' on the plethora of European ST and RS-badged vehicles. Now, for the first time Ford's global one car strategy means that enthusiasts in the USA can finally enjoy the exact same models, and the performance parts developed for them by mountune.

?As Ford's official tuning partner in Europe, combined with an impressive array of market-leading parts already under our belt, nobody is better positioned to bring engineered expertise in upgrading and tuning Fiesta, Focus and other Ford platforms to the enthusiasts of the USA?, says David Moore, Marketing Manager, mountune.

mountune LLC's machine shop in action

mountune's impressive racing heritage stretches back more than 30 years and this expertise in building race-winning engines and engineering high-end components is also to be offered to US customers through mountune LLC, as David Mountain explains; ?We've had a lot of success with our engine's in the Global Rallycross Championship OMSE / Ford Fiesta's and latterly with the complete fleet of Super Car Lites ? it's all predominantly based in America and we want to grow and build on this success in other disciplines?.

Extending on the European relationship with Ford, mountune and Ford Racing will collaborate on selected products, many of which will benefit from a Ford Racing warranty when installed via their Ford dealer network.

A purpose-built US website will debut later this month to facilitate the purchase of high performance and race components directly from mountune in California, alternatively mountune parts will be available via selected authorized mountune dealers.

Mountune USA

 

[Perry]

Here it is, not sure if anyone has read this yet.

Mountune USA

Saw it on their website recently; sent an email, to which Ken Anderson kindly responded, saying in not-so-few words, "Hold on! It's coming, and it'll be here soon." In this case, "soon" appears to be sometime first half 2014, though I thought I detected a hint of "first quarter 2014".

Edit: In looking again, he said sometime in the "next few months".

 

[JP6spd]

I'm holding out for the mountune stuff even though Cobb and FSwerks have perked my interest. Having a warranty is too much of a plus.

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Sign me up. I'm holding out on anything performance until this comes out. Getting my set of Team Dynamic wheels here shortly.

 

[rodmoe]

Nice thing a read someplace is Mountune is planning turbo upgrade too though they say it will be out of Fords warranty at that point but still sounds intriguing

 

[RDgolfer]

I am curious to see if there are any performance difference between Mtune and Cobb. Or is a tune is a tune is a tune?.....etc Can anyone weigh in on this ?

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Cobb probably won't be under warranty though. I could be wrong about that, but Mountune's will be, for sure.

 

[rooSTer]

Mountune is using an AP and partnering up with Cobb for their tunes in the UK. I don't know if this applies in the US.
http://www.mountune.com/index.php/news-story-2/latest-news/195-mtune-details-released

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Is that a part of the under warranty package, like the MT215 that's already offered in EU?

 

[RDgolfer]

Mountune is using an AP and partnering up with Cobb for their tunes in the UK. I don't know if this applies in the US.
http://www.mountune.com/index.php/news-story-2/latest-news/195-mtune-details-released

So it's probably safe to assume Mtune is going to be comparable to the Cobb tune. And since Ford will honor the warranty with Mtune, I can't see them approving some crazy tune that would hurt the car.

 

[Harvick]

If its sold through Ford Racing and it installed by the dealer its going to be backed by a warranty. I asked Mountune and was told the MT215 won't be released until late February.

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Did we just get a date?!?!??!?!?

 

[RDgolfer]

If its sold through Ford Racing and it installed by the dealer its going to be backed by a warranty. I asked Mountune and was told the MT215 won't be released until late February.

Just to be a stickler....MP215

 

[Kip2MyLou]

I knew MT215 looked wrong. Just too lazy to Google it. Thank you.

 

[Harvick]

Just to be a stickler....MP215

You're right, I was quoting Kip2MyLou from my phone and just copied it over.

 

[RDgolfer]

You're right, I was quoting Kip2MyLou from my phone and just copied it over.

Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance lol

 

[rodmoe]

From what I have found out though Mountune will be using the COBB AP they will have their own firmware inplace so you can ONLY load Mountune software with it and not COBB or FSWERKS. That I got from Ken at Mountune..

 

[STooge]

That would be somewhat normal wouldn't it, They wouldn't want you buying the AP from them, then going straight to fswerks or cobb for a different tune.

 

[rodmoe]

Correct though Cobb and Fswerks allow you to use both their maps
as well as when I used a SCT tuner on the Mustang I could get tunes from anyone with the software to create a tune

 

[STooge]

VERY TRUE, My Diablosport can do that. I guess either way it makes sense, just that Mountune wants you to stick with them