Another Bamachip Convert!!
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Reading about these tuners on this board makes it a very tough decision. I spoke with someone over at BrenSpeed and it was pretty obvious they knew what they were doing. When I told them I had some experience tuning, they didn't talk down to me and spoke in tech terms.
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
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I'll second that, you definitely will not be disapointed with Doug's tunes nor with brenspeed's..and the beauty of having a custom X-Cal tuner is you can download both Doug and Brent's tunes this way you have the best of both worlds with a nice little variety of tunes to select from..for ie I have Doug's 93 Torque tune as tune # 1 and then will have Doug's 93 Race tune as tune # 2 and then will get Brent's 89 performance tune as tune #3 and who says that you can't have your cake and eat it too ? 
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I'll second that, you definitely will not be disapointed with Doug's tunes nor with brenspeed's..and the beauty of having a custom X-Cal tuner is you can download both Doug and Brent's tunes this way you have the best of both worlds with a nice little variety of tunes to select from..for ie I have Doug's 93 Torque tune as tune # 1 and then will have Doug's 93 Race tune as tune # 2 and then will get Brent's 89 performance tune as tune #3 and who says that you can't have your cake and eat it too ?
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Reading about these tuners on this board makes it a very tough decision. I spoke with someone over at BrenSpeed and it was pretty obvious they knew what they were doing. When I told them I had some experience tuning, they didn't talk down to me and spoke in tech terms.
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
Tim
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or doesn't he seem to possess enough expertise when it comes to manual transmissions ??
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As I do not have first hand experience with a manual and both vendors’ tunes, I can’t really answer that. Other then the changes Doug includes for the Automatic, I noticed little difference between the tunes. They both run great and really open the car up. I don’t think you can go wrong either way.
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Reading about these tuners on this board makes it a very tough decision. I spoke with someone over at BrenSpeed and it was pretty obvious they knew what they were doing. When I told them I had some experience tuning, they didn't talk down to me and spoke in tech terms.
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
I spoke with Doug, and I really still don't understand how you can lose HP when gaining torque in a "tune" but he was very nice also and you cannot dismiss all his happy customers. I really don't know how this guy found the time to call me back when he did, and he responded to my emails. I have no doubt that his customer service is A++. He then told me about his Christmas special, so I ordered. Really a toss up. I am considering comparing the Bama tunes on a dyno next week to compare. My order may be here as early as Tuesday. I ordered the JLT/Tuner combo!
If I am not happy, I'll blame Steel...
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Rocky, I hope that you got that tuning issue resolved
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I'd be willing to give Brent's another try, but he has to be willing to email them to me.
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the reason why he does wonders with the automatic is because his mustang is an automatic and if it does not work for his car he will not give it to others, but either trans he does wonders, i know with a manual it depends on the driver too, the tunes help the car but only the driver can tell if it makes a difference, with the auto since the car does the shifting for you you feel the difference right away
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Basically - if you have a manual, the only place you'll feel a difference is in the engine, and you do notice a big difference with all three tunes. If you have an auto, you have that much more change/fun out of the tune, since it also alters the automatic shifting. Though with the added torque/power, I've noticed it makes shifting the manual a tad easier.
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Brent wasn't willing to give me the tunes via email after I bought the XC2 from him. So I ended up overwriting them with Dougs. I like Dougs tunes better in my Manual. But I heard later after I switched that Brent changed his tunes for the '06 manuals. So...some help I am, right? I'd be willing to give Brent's another try, but he has to be willing to email them to me.
I'd be willing to give Brent's another try, but he has to be willing to email them to me.
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