Well I bought a SCT SF3 tuner from American Muscle. I chose it because it had more memory and could have 3 default tunes and could carry 3 extra custom tunes.
I got a custom tune after I told them my specs about my car. I also should mention I have an auto with 3.73 gears. Im running 93 octane. The car is a beast now. I did notice a seat of my pants difference in power.
Im sure the tune i got is programmed safer because its mail order, but a custom dyno tune would probabbly get me more power. It feels like the car just got another 20 or 30hp, but in reality I probabbly got 10hp. I am blaming the new shifting patterns and shift firmness settings on that feeling though.
the shift firmness and shift points alone make this purchase worth while even if you leave everything else stock on the computer.
here is the description in text format of shifting....
stock:
vrrrrrrrrrrrrm car loses power to shift VarrrrROOOOOOOOOM car loses power to shift VAAROOOOOOOOM
custom tune:
VAAAAAAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOMG2FAST2FURIOUSEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMSONICBOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
the car kept going faster and faster. and to be totally honest, I couldn't tell when the car was shifting. it was really smooth shifts.
I was always under the impression a firmer shift meant you could feel the car bucking when it shifted to one gear to another. but in reality it felt like my car got a CVT tranmssion or something installed.
Another thing I can do, I dont know if i like this feature or not. From a stand still and with the car in D, if i floor it, i can smoke the rear tires for a bit. its defintely fun but after a while im gonna be hurting to buy new tires.
Now as for the tuner itself... the machine, plugged in, backed up my old tune, and installed the custom tune. 10 minute mod and I didnt have to do any work. that in my opinion is the best kind of mods. I didnt even have to tell the wife
The only problem i can think of now.... is that I have the custom tune installed.
if i get another mod, or want to change some setting. I dont really know how.
when I installed the custom tune, i figures I could look at all the settings and adjust whatever i needed. well my tuner does not give me those options that american muscle gave me.
what it does give me is a list of choices for a self done custom tune and all the options are set to 0, I am not going to start playing with spark settings, and timing, and other things I am not 100% sure how they work.
so if i was to get a new tire size, let say something outrageous sized. and I installed the American muscle custom tune, how do i change the settings in there to reflect the new tire size?
:SNSign:
I got a custom tune after I told them my specs about my car. I also should mention I have an auto with 3.73 gears. Im running 93 octane. The car is a beast now. I did notice a seat of my pants difference in power.
Im sure the tune i got is programmed safer because its mail order, but a custom dyno tune would probabbly get me more power. It feels like the car just got another 20 or 30hp, but in reality I probabbly got 10hp. I am blaming the new shifting patterns and shift firmness settings on that feeling though.
the shift firmness and shift points alone make this purchase worth while even if you leave everything else stock on the computer.
here is the description in text format of shifting....
stock:
vrrrrrrrrrrrrm car loses power to shift VarrrrROOOOOOOOOM car loses power to shift VAAROOOOOOOOM
custom tune:
VAAAAAAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOMG2FAST2FURIOUSEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMSONICBOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
the car kept going faster and faster. and to be totally honest, I couldn't tell when the car was shifting. it was really smooth shifts.
I was always under the impression a firmer shift meant you could feel the car bucking when it shifted to one gear to another. but in reality it felt like my car got a CVT tranmssion or something installed.
Another thing I can do, I dont know if i like this feature or not. From a stand still and with the car in D, if i floor it, i can smoke the rear tires for a bit. its defintely fun but after a while im gonna be hurting to buy new tires.
Now as for the tuner itself... the machine, plugged in, backed up my old tune, and installed the custom tune. 10 minute mod and I didnt have to do any work. that in my opinion is the best kind of mods. I didnt even have to tell the wife
The only problem i can think of now.... is that I have the custom tune installed.
if i get another mod, or want to change some setting. I dont really know how.
when I installed the custom tune, i figures I could look at all the settings and adjust whatever i needed. well my tuner does not give me those options that american muscle gave me.
what it does give me is a list of choices for a self done custom tune and all the options are set to 0, I am not going to start playing with spark settings, and timing, and other things I am not 100% sure how they work.
so if i was to get a new tire size, let say something outrageous sized. and I installed the American muscle custom tune, how do i change the settings in there to reflect the new tire size?
:SNSign:
