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Honestly ive been itching to add performance to my new found love. i have the tux black on black 3.0.. Steeda offers a cold air, like previous posters said however i think you should wait until someone like K&N and others start making them.. steeda's cold air is a stainless steel tube which isn't bad but it is a heat magnet. they claim air is only heated 5 to 10 degrees over engine compartment temps.. still a composite intake system would be ideal, the only downside is waiting long enough for someone to make one. the stainless might not bother you. but i personally prefer a composite tube. Also i did a baseline dyno on my stock setup SAE corrected i put down 192hp 184ft/lbs trq on Chevron 87 octane. i attached my graph.. i am going to dyno on E85 at some point. to see if there is a performance gain as claimed. SCT FINALLY has support for our cars. im super happy about that. and i myself plan on ordering their SCT Advantage III Ford Pro Racer Software just because i want complete control over all aspects. i got super excited after reading this on wiki.. "The 3.0 L Duratec 30.. A Twin-turbocharged version of this engine is used in the Noble M400, a British supercar. The engine is rebuilt and tuned to a max power of 425 bhp (317 kW) at 6500 rpm, with a torque figure of 390 lb·ft (529 N·m) at 5000 rpm. Noble has used forged pistons, an oil cooler, a larger baffled oil sump and extra cooling ducts to maintain its durability.29 L/100 km (8.1 mpg-US)" while i don't plan on going to this extreme..maybe lol its exciting to see the potential of these motors. for mods. id suggest the following. 1. SCT tuner, they claim a 17hp 20ft/lbs gain on stock. 2. Cold air intake. 3. its always recommended that if you do intake to do exhaust. in this case Magnaflow has always made quality catbacks. 4. Re-tune after intake. and after exhaust. :) * i had to crop the photo to satisfy 500k limit

I've tested many tanks of both 87 octane and E85. And still in my opinion E85 offers more performance and my fusion runs so much better. On 87 the Car is sluggish. Doesn't have near as much throttle response and it gets out of its way much easier then on standard pump gas. I also fill up one day sooner on E85 vs 87 and as I stated above its only 2.77 a gallon here in California. Vs 315 for 87. I notice more power on E85 Car idles better And overall feeling of car is much much better. The only downside is the 2 to 5 MPG loss which is controllable based on keeping your foot out of it. I have a friend who owns a dyno shop if I can convince him to let me do some runs on 87 and 85 ill be sure to post them here. One last side note E85 was never designed to replace pump gas. It was designed to give alternative fuel choices. It would be impossible for the states to run entirely on grain based fuel we hardly have enough open land left as it is. Some could also argue that all the factory work plus tractors plus fermenting process does more damage then it does good. I'd rather have that process then have to wear the weight of being responsible for the largest environmental disaster in history. Thank you BP.

This is exactly what i was going to suggest. most people i know who do performance mods to their cars keep all OEM items just in case something happens.

Hello everyone, I'm curious to see what most of you do for gas. when i purchased my 2010 Tuxedo Black Fusion :happy feet: it had a full tank of 87, i do 90% freeway and 10% streets on the first tank of gas i got an average of 22mpg and about 350 miles to the tank (average speed is 70-75 mph). i have access to an E85 station so i figured i would give it a shot. gas prices in northern California are about $3.09 to $3.15 for 87 and $2.77/gallon for E85 i was excited that E85 was so much cheaper and i had done some research and was already aware of the 5%-15% drop in avg MPG.. However on a full tank of E85 i cant seem to get anything higher then 18.9mpg and 240 miles per tank.. so today i checked the owners manual and i was amazed to see that ford actually recommends 87 octane for the 3.0V6.. to me a minimum of 89 should be used.. as 87 would cause pings? AND the car responds so very well on 105 octane (E85) So in all i am curious as to what all you 3.0 v6 owners use. Also im curious if anyone has tried a full E85 tune? and if there are any benefits to being exclusively on E85? i.e. better mpg? I love E85 and i really want to continue to use it, the car seems so happy. responsive. faster... but the lack of MPGs kinda sucks. Thoughts? :)