Love the new tune. My 2011 gt 3.31 manual with lower control arms and street tires ran like a beast. 12.5 at 115mph.

 

i have also all praise for the V2 tune. had it for 3 months now and no issues.

 

****...not bad.

No other mods at all? Which tires? What altutude/conditions, etc?

What kind of tune was it? "93 Octane Race Tune?"

 

Happy to hear that you're enjoying your tunes as much as I do.

Throw a set of drags on the back and shave a little bit off there!


Happy to hear it as well guys. Drop me a PM if y'all don't have our forums discount code and I'll get you set up.

Alex

 

Any auto's that got tuned with Bama? Noticed any difference?

 

mine is an auto... you will see differnece esp how your car shift and respond to your throttle. i like the v2 tune both performance n race...

 

wow, so a 12.5 in the 1/4 mile after a Bama tune is surprising? These cars are capable of 12.7 stock. I'd expect at least a 12.5 after a tune, not be surprised by it.

 

12.5 is a pretty solid run for just a tune on a stock car. Lots of variables involved in cutting a good time in these cars. Have you had yours to the track?? Inexperienced drivers are lucky if they get into the 12's on a stock 5.0.

 

where's the 'like' button dammit!

 

Yes, I have had mine at the track. Best run was a 12.9 with a crummy 2.1 60' time. If I had more time to get the launch perfect, it would definitely be 12.7 or close to it. Makes me not want to waste money on an intake/tune if it's only going to get me 12.5. Might as well keep saving for a blower.

 

Even a stock 5.0 will benefit dramatically with a proper track wheel/tire combo. 400+ hp can easily blow off the stock tires.
My old Whipple supercharged 2006 went from 13.4(the stock BFG tires were junk on the track) to 12.2 with just the addition of 295/45/17 M/T drag radials. 60' times went from 2.4 down to 1.7.
I'm hoping to take my wife's 5.0 out to the track next week and see what it can do. Problem is it's a convertible....NHRA says any convertible running 13.49 or faster needs a NHRA approved roll bar. So one run and done....or I pedal a few runs to practice the launch.
Oh and I'll be running the Bama 93 octane v2 race tune.

 

Yep, and even experienced drivers are lucky if they get into the 12's stock. Weather plays a large role too. My car can move .4 from a cool dry day to a hot humid day. Plus staging plays a large role too. I see inexperienced drivers just pull into the beams quickly which means they aren't getting the most rollout on their launches, and these cars launch slow. It's a .15 difference in ET from shallow to deep staged. So just rolling fast into the beams (and not shutting off the top bulb) can mean a good .07 to .10 also added to the ET.

 

Exactly!! Track altitude also makes a big difference (overall DA). Much easier to shallow stage with an automatic...a manual trans can be tricky to shallow stage.

 

Without a doubt. Track altitude can for sure be a killer. A very experienced racer in Denver might not be able to touch an inexperienced driver's ET with the same stock car in a low altitude area.

 

I know drag radials make a big difference...but that really only helps at the track. Just because you have the best traction, doesn't make you fast. You can't launch like that on the street, and I don't want to drive around on drag radials on the street, so once you take them off, you're back to being slow again. At the end of the day, I want a car that is fast on street tires. A C6 Z06 can run 11.5 on the stock tires. I want a car that is that fast on street tires. Put my point is, I don't think I will look at getting a tune if it will net me 12.5. Might as well just keep saving for a blower. Who knows, I might change my mind...

 

You forgot hassles with warranty work as well.

 

If you ran a 12.9 100% stock, that's great. The vast majority here will be low 13s without lots of practice. MT (etc) got that 12.7 time with professional drivers at the wheel.

A little secret that you may or may not know- you're going to need a custom tune when you eventually save up for that blower.

Bama/AM offer "tunes for life" (as do other vendors, IIRC) so if you buy the tuner now, you'll be ready to go when you get your supercharger and you can enjoy the improved performance in the mean time.

 

Most blower kits come with a tuner and canned tune. If 500+ hp isn't enough, I can always have it dyno tuned later

 

You're right. They won't sell the blower kit without the tuning pad...

 

I'm going to the dyno on Wednesday with mine. I'm not seeking more power though. I want to verify that the tune is safe from a longevity stand point. If they squeak out a few more ponies in the process, that's cool too, but it isn't my reason for the trip.