Steeda is Officially Taking Orders on the Cam Idle Tunes
3/6/12, 01:57 PM
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I have a Cam tune on my car from Lund, I don't run it (the Cam tune) all the time cause it does affect the driveability of the car, only in the fact that its like driving a car with a real Cam. I also don't have Cats on my car so yes it does have a certain oder to it when its running. I drive my car less then 5,000 miles a year so i'm emissions exempt here in PA. There is a link somewhere on Youtube that has my car running with the Cam tune, i'll have to see if i can find it.
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3/6/12, 02:13 PM
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I was just giving for warning! And it will ruin the cats faster, Good sales Pitch. Question, If i continue to pour gas on my cats more than they are recomended to see, what problems will they have? Your response um nothing cause they aren't designed to last forever??? Really? instead of testing on a car with HFC or a car with no cats maybe you should have done your extensive testing on a stock car for a period of time and let us know how it works out! Both The Lund and AED yes I know both tunes... Both smelled like rotten **** when started after cold start. Yours cant be far from either of those 2, And why is it it stinks gus? IS it because of all the extra fuel from the insane overlap at idle? Could be, so if I run this for a year and my cats are burning up it's ok because gus said they aren't supposed to last forever!!! Seriously. Not Knocking the tune or your abilities but both sean and Lund said they recomend not to use there tune with cats! So why not yours?
And, with the right exhaust....it is a bad mother:
Mike
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3/6/12, 09:02 PM
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I just thought that smell was me !! 
Well, so far I do not have any kind of smell out of my car. The videos I made of the car are with it running in my garage that is attached to my house. Gus explained how the tune works, It starts normal and until it gets warmed up it runs normal, you have to blip the pedal once it is warmed up to get the cam turn to start running. Once you have the cam tune is running as soon as you increase the idol the car runs completely normal, only at low idle will it run with the cam tune. So when you start moving the vehicle it runs normal, when you come to a stop the tune kicks in, I have not been able to drive the car much so I don't have any long term feedback.
I don't believe Steeda would put out a product that they did not test or that would knowingly cause problems, I feel comfortable with Steeda products or I wouldn't have installed them on my 1500 mile vehicle. They have been around since the late 80's
As far as having this tune on a daily driver, that would be up to the individual. I haven't driven the car enough with this tune installed to see if I would like it all the time. The good part is the SCT tuner holds 3 tunes and can be changed at any time. I just got my new dd yesterday, it's a Fusion Hybrid, you can't get much smoother/quieter that that .
I can't wait till it warms up and I can get my car out and enjoy it.
Well, so far I do not have any kind of smell out of my car. The videos I made of the car are with it running in my garage that is attached to my house. Gus explained how the tune works, It starts normal and until it gets warmed up it runs normal, you have to blip the pedal once it is warmed up to get the cam turn to start running. Once you have the cam tune is running as soon as you increase the idol the car runs completely normal, only at low idle will it run with the cam tune. So when you start moving the vehicle it runs normal, when you come to a stop the tune kicks in, I have not been able to drive the car much so I don't have any long term feedback.I don't believe Steeda would put out a product that they did not test or that would knowingly cause problems, I feel comfortable with Steeda products or I wouldn't have installed them on my 1500 mile vehicle. They have been around since the late 80's
As far as having this tune on a daily driver, that would be up to the individual. I haven't driven the car enough with this tune installed to see if I would like it all the time. The good part is the SCT tuner holds 3 tunes and can be changed at any time. I just got my new dd yesterday, it's a Fusion Hybrid, you can't get much smoother/quieter that that .
I can't wait till it warms up and I can get my car out and enjoy it.
3/7/12, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by stang8psi
Again I am not Saying the tune sucks or this and that, Just stating the for warnings of running the "lope" tune With stock cats for A long period of time! Most everyone that has the tune ie AED,lund either takes the tune off due to the smell, or takes the stock mid pipe off...
3/7/12, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by stang8psi
]If i continue to pour gas on my cats more than they are recomended to see, what problems will they have?
maybe you should have done your extensive testing on a stock car for a period of time and let us know how it works out!
Originally Posted by dwtc
Well, so far I do not have any kind of smell out of my car.
Here is another factual observation. If you stand right next to the rear exhaust on a true cold start on a STOCK tune, you will detect a bit of richness in the exhaust at first. With our tune it behaves the exact same way.
3/7/12, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SteedaGus
You really should re-read my post. I posted actual tech referencing cam angles at startup, idle kickdown timers, etc. Tech is not a sales pitch.
Thats the point. You are NOT as you say pouring more gas on the cats on cold start. You either didnt read what I posted or just don't understand what I explained. So read what I said again carefully, hopefully you will get it.
We took well over a year after other people released their cam tunes before we released ours for a reason. The same Steeda Sport that has been all over the magazines and just went a 10.88 at almost 127 on STOCK CATS at Bradenton last weekend was one of our test cars. That car has never had the cats off it and has been beat to death. With all its been through the cats are still perfect. Again these are my facts, not a factless opinion or a sales pitch.
Thank you for the factual observation.
Here is another factual observation. If you stand right next to the rear exhaust on a true cold start on a STOCK tune, you will detect a bit of richness in the exhaust at first. With our tune it behaves the exact same way.
3/8/12, 09:29 PM
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Gus, I'm at the Bar drinking Vodka and red bull, just emailed Don, want to get new tune tomorrow. I'm walking distance to home LOl. This will suffice until my stroker comes in. Ive been running a Steeda 93 octane Tune since August 2010 on my 5.0, with 2 revisions since, all I can say is 120+ mph in 1/4 mile and 11 second E.T.s. No issues, good mpg, and at under 6K miles no problems. BTW the Steeda suspension and Tokico D specs kick ***. The aluminium drive shaft doesn't hurt either. Need boost bad like an addict needs crack.
3/9/12, 10:17 PM
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Cam idle tune sound even better in person. Only bad thing is I got tunes for 93 octane when I wanted 91. Throttle response is better on 87 than the 93. I knew the 93 wasn't true so I'm running the 87 performance tune with '93' octane.