American Muscle tune?
09-11-2009, 07:12 PM
#12
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MA
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If you are n/a you don't need sniper SCT would be fine.
09-11-2009, 10:02 PM
#13
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 431
My dad has a custom American Muscle tune on his 05 GT with SCT tuner, JLT intake, offroad xpipe and axlebacks.
It definately gave it tons more power, but they can't get the idle parameters correct.
His car dies often when stopping at a redlight and throws a low idle code. They have sent him 3 different tunes with the same results.
Personally, I'd stay away from AM and get a Brenspeed or Bamachip tune.
That's my .02
It definately gave it tons more power, but they can't get the idle parameters correct.
His car dies often when stopping at a redlight and throws a low idle code. They have sent him 3 different tunes with the same results.
Personally, I'd stay away from AM and get a Brenspeed or Bamachip tune.
That's my .02
09-11-2009, 10:08 PM
#14
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: somewhere
Posts: 1,944
My dad has a custom American Muscle tune on his 05 GT with SCT tuner, JLT intake, offroad xpipe and axlebacks.
It definately gave it tons more power, but they can't get the idle parameters correct.
His car dies often when stopping at a redlight and throws a low idle code. They have sent him 3 different tunes with the same results.
Personally, I'd stay away from AM and get a Brenspeed or Bamachip tune.
That's my .02
It definately gave it tons more power, but they can't get the idle parameters correct.
His car dies often when stopping at a redlight and throws a low idle code. They have sent him 3 different tunes with the same results.
Personally, I'd stay away from AM and get a Brenspeed or Bamachip tune.
That's my .02
09-11-2009, 10:42 PM
#15
aka 'Negative Nancy'
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,839
my tune from AM was mediocre at best... it ran good with the 93 octane tune, i edited a few things in it to help it out...but i loaded the economy tune to try and save some gas, and my car would barely even idle
09-12-2009, 09:48 AM
#17
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 431
The people at American Muscle are very friendly and helpful, I'm just not so sure that they are very knowledgable about tuning cars.
09-12-2009, 08:03 PM
#18
TECH SAVANT
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
Posts: 10,938
Any mail order tune is going to be conservative, better than the pathetic OEM 87 octane tune, but still far from optimum. Anyone that would supply a "B&A" aggressive tune, for an engine they have never even seen, would have to have rocks in their head--if something blows up who do you think gets sued?
At a dyno shop they can see and touch the engine, and will still make you sign a waiver before they put it on the rollers (if they don't then they are running their business quite recklessly).
For a real B&A optimised tune you need to do it yourself...
At a dyno shop they can see and touch the engine, and will still make you sign a waiver before they put it on the rollers (if they don't then they are running their business quite recklessly).
For a real B&A optimised tune you need to do it yourself...
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