Tuner for someone who doesn't race
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Tuner for someone who doesn't race
I need to do something new to my truck and I want it to be performance related this time. I have more than enough lights and gadgets so I want to do a tuner and enjoy some new kick and mileage. I've been reading about them on here but I wanted a fresh look at my specific situation.
I don't race. I don't exceed 75mph and the only time over 3,000rpm is accelerating, not while cruising. I don't race or drag. I don't have any other performance mods. I don't have bigger tires or a lift or different gears. Its just a stock 4.0L auto. I want better mileage, better acceleration, better shifting and all my improvements to be in the 1500-3500 range. Improvements that would help me goin 110mph at 5500rpm are useless to me.
Looking at Bama vs Underdog's Rogue, I'm not sure which would be my best bet. Rogue seems to have more what I need. The three I seem to think would be fitting are 87 mileage, 91 mileage, and 91 performance. Bama doesn't have anything for 87 mileage, but they let you pick low end vs high end improvements for 91+ (torque vs performance).
What ever am I to do? Also, are these tunes still available with the xCal 2 since I don't need all the extra fluff of the xcal 3? Also, these things that say "user adjustable" implies that I can go in and adjust them anytime I want? So if I want to change my idle or something, I can?
I don't race. I don't exceed 75mph and the only time over 3,000rpm is accelerating, not while cruising. I don't race or drag. I don't have any other performance mods. I don't have bigger tires or a lift or different gears. Its just a stock 4.0L auto. I want better mileage, better acceleration, better shifting and all my improvements to be in the 1500-3500 range. Improvements that would help me goin 110mph at 5500rpm are useless to me.
Looking at Bama vs Underdog's Rogue, I'm not sure which would be my best bet. Rogue seems to have more what I need. The three I seem to think would be fitting are 87 mileage, 91 mileage, and 91 performance. Bama doesn't have anything for 87 mileage, but they let you pick low end vs high end improvements for 91+ (torque vs performance).
What ever am I to do? Also, are these tunes still available with the xCal 2 since I don't need all the extra fluff of the xcal 3? Also, these things that say "user adjustable" implies that I can go in and adjust them anytime I want? So if I want to change my idle or something, I can?
Last edited by FireRanger; 07-11-2009 at 06:24 PM.
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Well instead of laughing about how much more you know than the rest of us, how about providing some useful advice? And yes there is more to it than fuel and spark. There is a transmission in there somewhere too. The torque and performance tunes are the pre-tuned packages you can get from various dealers with the xCAL2 or xCAL3.
Last edited by FireRanger; 07-12-2009 at 10:39 PM.
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Matt, if you've got 93 octane available to you, get a tune in there for that instead of 2 91's. I've got an 87 and 2 91's in mine, I just end up keeping the 87 performance tune, because it's so close to what I get out of the 91... and mainly because I never want to spend the extra money on gas for practically the same experience.
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best bet is to contact them... they will give you exactly what you want.
i prefer the 93 performance tunes myself. I get/got the best mpg and the best performance.
its not about racing its about driving. the performance tune improves the shifts and also adds hp/tq. its not all a matter or wide open performance.
ive had all the tunes for these guys. i have had bama, then rouge, then bama and back again.
I think they both do a great job. I do however feel the rouge tune was better for my truck at the setup I had. But Doug at bama has been doing it forever and his tunes work great too.
I would expect to see 2 mpg increase using 91 or 93 which is an equal trade off for the higher price plus you get performance.
there is no down fall to either guy, ive been running tunes for almost 100K miles now.
i prefer the 93 performance tunes myself. I get/got the best mpg and the best performance.
its not about racing its about driving. the performance tune improves the shifts and also adds hp/tq. its not all a matter or wide open performance.
ive had all the tunes for these guys. i have had bama, then rouge, then bama and back again.
I think they both do a great job. I do however feel the rouge tune was better for my truck at the setup I had. But Doug at bama has been doing it forever and his tunes work great too.
I would expect to see 2 mpg increase using 91 or 93 which is an equal trade off for the higher price plus you get performance.
there is no down fall to either guy, ive been running tunes for almost 100K miles now.
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