BRENSPEED/BAMA VS CONVENTIONAL TUNE
04-15-2010, 10:11 PM
#11
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 243
just keep it simple and go bama or brenspeed...like they said if u go heavily modified than get a shop to do it. I just got the jlt tuner combo from bama/american muscle for 529 and i would do it again...worth every penny. I wouldnt trust any of my local shops and risk it if their not well known
04-16-2010, 06:26 AM
#14
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Germantown, TN
Posts: 1,347
Like most have said, if you car has mild work, I would stay with Brenspeed/BAMA. I currently use Brenspeed for my 08 & love it! The tune + CAI that Brenspeed provides will make an instant noticeable difference!!! I also like the fact that I have an Xcal 3 so I can also adjust things like gear ratio, tire size, etc....I can't do that on my other cars. Good luck & have fun, sounds like you have the "mod" bug!
04-16-2010, 07:12 AM
#15
6th Gear Member
By having the local shop do it, you don't get the tuner and you'll lose your stock tune, making it difficult down the road (no pun intended) to do additional tuning. Having the handheld also allows you to make adjustments to all of the user-adjustable parameters such as tire RPM's, rev limiter, timing and a host of others that you may need or want to adjust at some point.
Do it right; get a combo.
Do it right; get a combo.
04-16-2010, 11:44 AM
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maui
Posts: 4,752
By having the local shop do it, you don't get the tuner and you'll lose your stock tune, making it difficult down the road (no pun intended) to do additional tuning. Having the handheld also allows you to make adjustments to all of the user-adjustable parameters such as tire RPM's, rev limiter, timing and a host of others that you may need or want to adjust at some point.
Do it right; get a combo.
Do it right; get a combo.
patrick
04-16-2010, 12:25 PM
#17
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 110
yeah thanks guys!! you all make very good points! I was leaning toward brenspeed anyway but i just wanted to get your guys' opinions. Thanks for everything, you all just help me make up my mind!
09-17-2012, 07:26 PM
#19
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NJ
Posts: 59
I love my BAMA tune's. I carry my tuner with me in the car and it saved my butt late one night. I was almost out of gas and the only gas station open was out of premium gas. I flashed it back to the regular gas tune and was good to go. Also should I need to take it into the dealer I can remove my CAI and put the factory tune back on.
09-18-2012, 08:31 AM
#20
By having the local shop do it, you don't get the tuner and you'll lose your stock tune, making it difficult down the road (no pun intended) to do additional tuning. Having the handheld also allows you to make adjustments to all of the user-adjustable parameters such as tire RPM's, rev limiter, timing and a host of others that you may need or want to adjust at some point.
Do it right; get a combo.
Do it right; get a combo.
Very good point. You will lose your stock tune by going to the local guy. You will have to go back to him everytime you add more mods and he will charge you. Buy it from brenspeed or bama and upgrades are free!!!! Brenspeed updated my tune after I bought 4.10 gears. Super easy, downloaded the email into the sct then plug it into the car. NO cost to me.
patrick
patrick
I do agree with others though.....for the basic CAI and tune, I'd use something like Bama or Brenspeed...and for more upgraded modifications like a Supercharger, I'd get a dyno tune.