So I bought my car completely the way it is and it has a tune on it but I don't have the tuner for it and I'm not sure what type of tune it has on it. My question to you would be is it worth getting a bama tuner off of American muscle? I would imagine it's already tuned to all the mods it has but would you guys recommend getting one and re tuning? My brother has an 06 3v 4.6 and he has a bama tuner with a cai and when he put it on his stock car he swore he felt a big difference but when I drove it I didn't feel a really big difference over it on the stock tune and intake. Lmk what you guys think. Thanks in advance
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I say get it. You can also data log and adjust everything to your driving with them
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I felt a difference in my ride. And over all difference as well in the way the engine runs and idles. And better had millage
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Help you how? Are you having issues with it? If its not running
ting, why waste the cash?It doesnt't run bad but I hooked it up to a scanner and I'm running rich. Plus when I give it gas the rev takes a few seconds before it idles down it runs a little rough in that way it almost seems as if it has no tune on it at all. Another thing is wont it set the redline higher because I could use that too
Mod engines are notorious for having slow rev downs. I guess the tuner would set your mind at ease for knowing that its actually tuned and leaning up the mixture a bit could possibly net you a few ponies.
Its mostly seat of the pants power youll be getting, especially in an auto. If youve got the money to blow, i say go for it. It adds alittle pep to the auto
It will be a noteable difference, but like i said, mostly seat of the pants. It does the same for manuals, but it depends on your drive style
I had 2000 that i tuned and it gained about 3 to the wheels, not worth doing if youre looking for the hp gain unless you get some serious mods. And even then you should dyno tune it. But it does make it alittle more fun on the streets, i noticed a significant difference in high end power.
define "run better"? About the only benefit you could gain is by using a tuner that can adjust timing. The PI cams are a bit bigger and require more timing. The bama tuners allow for a global spark advancement so those might work. You dont have much done to the car to warrant a tuner plus any tuner worth a damn is an easy $500+ dollars.
Non-PI:
Intake .462" lift/201 @.050"
Exhaust .462" lift/208 @.050"
114 intake C/L
113 exhaust C/L
PI:
Intake .507" lift/200 @.050"
Exhaust .534" lift/210 @.050"
114 intake C/L
115 exhaust C/L
top end is horsepower, you simply need more.
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Not really. You'll probably get a few hp up top but you would definitely see more gains in the mid RPM range. Especially if its not tuned. So your SOTP feeling would increase a lot IMO.
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