[jersey98gt]

My next mod i think after my x pipe gets installed will be a tuner, i have been looking at 2 right now Diablo Sport and the SCT xcal 2, has anyone used these two products and if so any feedback would be great thanks.

[HMUSN]

they are both great tuners.

I suggest you find a shop around you first and see what software they use first.

[jersey98gt]

yea i think crazy horse by me uses SCT, is there any disadvantages or advantages from them, or are they pretty much exactly the same just different software

[GTsetGO]

I like the SCT Xcal2 better.

But it also depends upon what your tuner is used to using.

[jersey98gt]

what does a shop usually charge to do a tune

[HMUSN]

Originally Posted by jersey98gt what does a shop usually charge to do a tune

it depends on your mods.

a bolt on tune should be under $200.00

[AnglicoGT98]

I have the Diablo and love it. It also helps that Diablo Sport is about 30 mins away from my house. But none the less. It's a great tuner and have awesome customer support.

[jersey98gt]

how hard could it be to tune yourself, i mean isnt this thing run off of usb, so theoretically could i run some sort of diagnostic send it to SCT or diablo sport and have them send me a tune over the internet? i have 3 mods CB X pipe and Intake, i think i could just tune myself? what do ou all think

[HMUSN]

I wouldn't write a tune yourself if you don't know what your doing.

you can data log, then send it to a good tuner so he/she could write a tune for you and send it back to you over e-mail.

[jersey98gt]

yea i would make sure A/F ratio is always at 14:1, what about this mod i hear about an EGR delete

[HMUSN]

You will neither lose nor gain any power by deleting the EGR.

Th EGR function is turned off by the PCM at WOT anyway. By deleting the EGR all you are doing is making more room under the hood.

and the a/f should be at closer to 13.3 at WOT on a good tune man.

[jersey98gt]

so i guess i should have someone tune for me then.

[HMUSN]

Originally Posted by jersey98gt so i guess i should have someone tune for me then.

unless you want to blow up your car :wink

[1998_svt_cobra]

I bought a Diablo tuner to take care of little things like turning of my O2 sensors and finding out what's up with my car when the check engine light lights up. And also, cuz a custom tune costs so much for a simple tune,(like HUMSN said around 200) I decided to get my own tuner. The cool thing was that the site I bought mine from gives a free custom tune to you for purchasing it from them, so I sort of got the best of both worlds.

[jersey98gt]

wait a min, so your telling me i would have to buy the tuner for 379 and get the goddam thing tuned by someone who presses a few buttons for 200, where the logic in that

[MustangMatt96GT]

www.bamachips.com! 400 bucks for as many new tunes as you need and that includes the handheld!

[HMUSN]

Originally Posted by jersey98gt wait a min, so your telling me i would have to buy the tuner for 379 and get the goddam thing tuned by someone who presses a few buttons for 200, where the logic in that

no.. that's not true.


he is talking about a dyno tune.
that is different than a xcal canned tune or a xcal tune based off of datalogs.

the dyno tune is 200.

you know my prices for the tune based off your datalogs. already

[AnglicoGT98]

With a hadheld you can only access so much stuff. With a dyno tune, it's a dyno AND tune. Plus with the "end user" software they can adjust stuff and run it one the dyno and play with it to get you optimal HP. Also, handhelds are good thing to have for codes, turning sensors on/off, and little stuff like that.

With the EGR delete. And as HMUSN said...You won't gain or lose power. But it does keep carbon build up and exhaust fumes out of your intake side. It also neatens up your engine bay. EGR does exactly what it stands for...Exhaust Gas Recirculator. It's an emissions thing. I took mine off and it runs fine. Just don't forget to turn the sensors off (easy to do with a hand held tuner).