View Poll Results: Whose Tune Are You Using?
BamaChips
88
55.35%
Brenspeed
35
22.01%
Lido
5
3.14%
Canned tunes
6
3.77%
Other
25
15.72%
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Whose Tune Are You Using?
Cobra R Member
Joined: July 9, 2006
Posts: 1,763
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From: Hillsboro MO, just south of St. Louis
Doug did mine in person
. We got a group of us in St. Louis together and brought him here for a Dyno weekend, He will do it for you if you have enough people to make it worth his while. 
What I liked about that was he tweeked things like the A/F, Torque converter cut out, shift points, removal of the MPH limiter, Adjusted the RPM limiter, and just plain got my car the way I wanted it.
Doug is a great guy to talk to, if he comes to town again, I will be there just to hang out to listen and learn.
. We got a group of us in St. Louis together and brought him here for a Dyno weekend, He will do it for you if you have enough people to make it worth his while. What I liked about that was he tweeked things like the A/F, Torque converter cut out, shift points, removal of the MPH limiter, Adjusted the RPM limiter, and just plain got my car the way I wanted it.
Doug is a great guy to talk to, if he comes to town again, I will be there just to hang out to listen and learn.
Tasca Super Boss 429 Member
Joined: January 4, 2006
Posts: 3,904
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Every car is a little different and it is good to know for sure what the tune is doing. Therefore even with a Bamachips tune I would like to do a dyno run.
The advantage is that the tune was tweaked for my exact car. I also have a local guy with a dyno to tweak anything I want tweaked in the future.
The cost was the same as an ordered tune plus the dyno runs.
If I lived in a place far from a custom tuner I would use Bamachips, but I would still wonder exactly how my car had responded to the tune.
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Joined: January 11, 2007
Posts: 2,594
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From: Aston, PA
Having absolute proof that the tune is okay. I can't drive to Doug's to double check.
Every car is a little different and it is good to know for sure what the tune is doing. Therefore even with a Bamachips tune I would like to do a dyno run.
The advantage is that the tune was tweaked for my exact car. I also have a local guy with a dyno to tweak anything I want tweaked in the future.
The cost was the same as an ordered tune plus the dyno runs.
If I lived in a place far from a custom tuner I would use Bamachips, but I would still wonder exactly how my car had responded to the tune.
Every car is a little different and it is good to know for sure what the tune is doing. Therefore even with a Bamachips tune I would like to do a dyno run.
The advantage is that the tune was tweaked for my exact car. I also have a local guy with a dyno to tweak anything I want tweaked in the future.
The cost was the same as an ordered tune plus the dyno runs.
If I lived in a place far from a custom tuner I would use Bamachips, but I would still wonder exactly how my car had responded to the tune.
See these people buy the mail order tunes, put them in and are happy as can be. Some don't have them dynotuned, or use a wideband to double check. They just feel a huge horsepower increase and don't see any wrench lights on the dash. So great, awesome experienece.
Exactly like Karman said, though. If you want to know exactly what your tune did to YOUR car, and not the other 4 people that ordered and got the same tune, go local. If there is any problems, you will see them when they appear on the AFR printout, etc.
Like with RubberEater's car. The tune file from the base was great, but he had an off-road X pipe. Technically, we put the tune in and saw no lights, and HP increase was crazy! However, we were able to tweak 10 more horsepower out of it, and found the AFR to be waaaay lean. By adding timing and fuel, it resolved the whole issue. If it werent for the dyno, we never would have known.
Just my two cents.
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Joined: May 11, 2006
Posts: 10,648
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From: Carnegie, PA
Having absolute proof that the tune is okay. I can't drive to Doug's to double check.
Every car is a little different and it is good to know for sure what the tune is doing. Therefore even with a Bamachips tune I would like to do a dyno run.
The advantage is that the tune was tweaked for my exact car. I also have a local guy with a dyno to tweak anything I want tweaked in the future.
The cost was the same as an ordered tune plus the dyno runs.
If I lived in a place far from a custom tuner I would use Bamachips, but I would still wonder exactly how my car had responded to the tune.
Every car is a little different and it is good to know for sure what the tune is doing. Therefore even with a Bamachips tune I would like to do a dyno run.
The advantage is that the tune was tweaked for my exact car. I also have a local guy with a dyno to tweak anything I want tweaked in the future.
The cost was the same as an ordered tune plus the dyno runs.
If I lived in a place far from a custom tuner I would use Bamachips, but I would still wonder exactly how my car had responded to the tune.
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Joined: August 26, 2005
Posts: 29
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Brenspeed tune,
I do have my own wideband for checking the A/F ratio. I have only run the 93 octane tune. Just got my Satage three cams from Brent and will be installing soon. I have been very happy with his service and tunes.
The automatic shifts are great.
I do have my own wideband for checking the A/F ratio. I have only run the 93 octane tune. Just got my Satage three cams from Brent and will be installing soon. I have been very happy with his service and tunes.
The automatic shifts are great.
Bamachips 91 Race
I'll be honest, it has more than enough power to get me into big time trouble. So, do I need to squeeze out another 10HP? Probably not.
I'll be honest, it has more than enough power to get me into big time trouble. So, do I need to squeeze out another 10HP? Probably not.
Cobra Member
Joined: October 1, 2006
Posts: 1,153
Likes: 5
From: Central OH
Brenspeed's 93 tune here, awsome!
I ran the 89 tune for a bit, then switched to the 93 & haven't looked back.
I'll be putting mine on the dyno this spring & tweak for my specific car, but will do with the 'canned' tune for now.
I ran the 89 tune for a bit, then switched to the 93 & haven't looked back.
I'll be putting mine on the dyno this spring & tweak for my specific car, but will do with the 'canned' tune for now.
Shelby GT500 Member
Joined: October 9, 2006
Posts: 2,757
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From: It's tough in the jungle !
Brenspeed. I respect everyone that supports Bamachips for Doug's tunes and service, but having tried both the Brenspeed tune was my clear choice. I wonder how many 'Bama supporters would feel the same if they were to try tunes from both.
Speaking about how good Brenspeeds tunes are compared to a custom dyno tune, I can tell you my numbers on the tune that Brent emailed me were 300/316. After tuning on the dyno he was able to squeeze it to 303/318 with keeping the a/f at 12.8. It doesn't get much better than that!
Speaking about how good Brenspeeds tunes are compared to a custom dyno tune, I can tell you my numbers on the tune that Brent emailed me were 300/316. After tuning on the dyno he was able to squeeze it to 303/318 with keeping the a/f at 12.8. It doesn't get much better than that!
Take that!.. you Bama heads!