So I unfortunately missed the note back in the day last year when I first got my car that SCT tuners and the tunes you get from the guys like Brenspeed were better for automatics. I bought my kit from RPM (NEVER BUY FROM THEM!) and it came with a Diablo tuner. The improvements were noticeable for sure but I always felt the tranny improvments weren't good enough, especially after hearing from others with SCT's and auto's.
Well I managed to sell off my Diablo tuner for a couple hundred and I called up Brenspeed and put in an order. I have to say outside of a little order mix up dealing with them was good, a few follow ups and my tuner was on it's way.
I finally got the tuner today after a LOOOOOONGGGGG week long wait for UPS to deliver it and I got it put on today. I just loaded up the 87 octane tune as that's what I've had in there over the last month and wow, not a difference in power from the Diablo but the improvements in shifting are great. In general traffic and normal driving it feels good, throttle response is clean but man, jam on the gas pedal and snap snap snap the gear changes just fire right off and aren't jerky either.
I was worried it would be too harsh for shifting up and down but it's great, no complaints at all. I can't wait to try out a higher octane tune when I run down this last quarter tank.
So if you're thinking of getting a tuner and have an automatic (or a standard really) get the SCT tuner and I can recommend Brenspeed quite heartily. In fact if you have a diablo and an automatic, I'd say the improvements in shifting (especially if you have a C&L or Steeda preconfiged kit) is worth changing up to the SCT.
Well I managed to sell off my Diablo tuner for a couple hundred and I called up Brenspeed and put in an order. I have to say outside of a little order mix up dealing with them was good, a few follow ups and my tuner was on it's way.
I finally got the tuner today after a LOOOOOONGGGGG week long wait for UPS to deliver it and I got it put on today. I just loaded up the 87 octane tune as that's what I've had in there over the last month and wow, not a difference in power from the Diablo but the improvements in shifting are great. In general traffic and normal driving it feels good, throttle response is clean but man, jam on the gas pedal and snap snap snap the gear changes just fire right off and aren't jerky either.
I was worried it would be too harsh for shifting up and down but it's great, no complaints at all. I can't wait to try out a higher octane tune when I run down this last quarter tank.
So if you're thinking of getting a tuner and have an automatic (or a standard really) get the SCT tuner and I can recommend Brenspeed quite heartily. In fact if you have a diablo and an automatic, I'd say the improvements in shifting (especially if you have a C&L or Steeda preconfiged kit) is worth changing up to the SCT.