07BLACKGT

So I found this little gem on one of the s197 facebook groups... our main man Doug Studdard from the original Bamachips is back tuning again. I had been wondering what happened to him as of late.

To anyone who isn't familiar, this guy had the most reputable tunes for 3v cars a few years ago. He had the absolute best 5r55s automatic tunes available IMO. He's back tuning independently again at http://s197tuning.com/

Just figured some of you all might wanna know. I've been running his tunes since 2008 and my car is still kicking after many miles and much abuse. I wouldn't want anyone else tuning my 3v

JimC

I worked with Doug on the tune for the 2013 automatic to find the override for the torque management - the tune he set up for me was the quickest when my car was NA.

jz

Doug is a great guy. I wasn't aware that he had a falling out with AM. That's a shame.

rls82959

That's great news. And I agree, his 5R55S tunes are the best.
The 91R which I run pulls like crazy and doesn't bark 2nd or chirp 3rd.
I don't like to bark or chirp.

07BLACKGT

Very nice! That's awesome, I didn't know he tuned the newer ti-vct engine cars. I hope he makes a big comeback and can get some 3.7/5.0 guys on board.

Agreed!

Ha, funny you say this. My 93R tune does chirp... it chirps hard.. even going into 4th. I contacted him last night about getting a Race tune that shifts a tad less hard on the 2-3 and 3-4 shift just for the daily drive. He got back to me right away and informed me he still stands behind his original bamachips customers, and will take care of it for me no problem. That's what motivated me to make this thread.

As much as I was thinking those hard shifts hurt the trans, I had the pan dropped a few weeks ago after 90,000 miles, over 100 drag strip passes, and countless wot runs on the street. The tech said it still looked great and showed no signs of metal shavings or anything, just a normal amount of tiny metallic dust in the fluid.

JimC

He didn't have a falling out with them. He was the creator/founder of Bamachips. He sold it to AM, and stayed on for awhile during the transition of ownership. He wasn't actively tuning then for some time - non-compete agreements prevented it. Then he went to C&L but they closed their tuning down. I don't know what he did between the C&L closing and this new venture.

howarmat

this is great to see.

So_Cali

I asked if he'd be tuning for 11+ models and he said while he's done tuning for them, his main focus is 05-10's; it's what he felt most comfortable doing.

Derf00

Nice! I may order his Torque tune just to see how it differs from the AM-Bama tune I have. He was on his way out before I had a chance to get my car and tuner. The one time I did contact him via e-mail before he closed down his business, he replied within the day and was very professional.

Great to see him back!

jz

Oh, I see. The way I read the message on Doug's new page it sounded like there was a falling out.

Either way, it's great to see Doug back in the game.