programmer questions

wheelyman19 said:

Hi, guys i got a 99 gt 5 speed with 4.10 grears aftermarket clutch and flywheel and i run 18 in rims. so wat i would like to kno is wats the best plug in play programmer out there were i can recalibrate my speedo for the gears and the rims and one that will improve my car performance the easiest being that im a noob at programmers and dont wanna screw with too much stuff. future mods will be throtle body plenum and exhause, maybe a charger but id take that in to get tuned. so if you guys can give me so ideas of wat to get for the most bang for my buck and easy to use with the mods listed thatd be great THANKS!!!!!

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wow.. I won't veer off topic I guess

What you should get is a tuner from american muscle with tunes preloaded from Bama and free future ones as well. All you do is plug it into the port under the dash and follow directions. You can go more advanced into it if you want but it sounds like you just want a plug and play.

wheelyman19 said:

lol do you kno wat the tuner is called??

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SCT is the ones most people will use. Find a shop around you just in case you need them and ask if they use SCT or Diabosport and go with that. Both will do what you want.

ahall is right on spec with this one.

The SCT programmers from AM are awesome, plus you get free tunes for life from BAMA Tuning. In other words, you tell BAMA what your mods are and they write you a custom professional tune specifically for your car that you upload using the SCT tuner.

Plus, if you EVER want to get a dyno tune in the future, 99% of performance shops use SCT as well.

wheelyman19 said:

So let's say I found a cheap used sct programmer. Can I still get those free bama tunes?

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If you owned a business would you just give out FREE tunes to anyone who asked? You might want to do some more searching on tuners a bit, I wasn't too educated but when I had a question I searched for things to get some more info from people before me.

The problem with buying that 'cheap' tuner that you might be able to found around $200 give or take could be a)broke or b)married. The 'a' senerio doesn't happen much at all but I heard someone on a local forum who is having to send his back to SCT to be fixed, free of charge but he has to pay to ship it which is still going to be at least $20. Problem 'b' is a much bigger situation for someone who buys it used. When they program the tuner to your car it has specifics that are meant for ONLY your car. Just because you have the same mods as the last person that tuner will not work on your car if it is still married to the other. The person selling the car will have to return their car back to stock using the tuner and that is the only way for it to be unmarried, unless of course you want to mail it back to SCT (20 bucks remember, shipping) and then I would take a guess that it is at least 50 bucks to have it unmarried AND THEN you will need to pay someone to upload tunes on it and that could run up to $100 bucks as well.

Bottom line is suck it up and get yourself a new one from American Muscle and Bama. The tuner can even tell you what the check engine lights are all about which is very helpful.

wheelyman19 said:

Alrighty! Lol. I'll order a new one. You guys made it sound like I can go to bama when I put mods on and they'll make me a new tune? Can I just go under like a bama website and tell them my mods and make me a new one then just upload to my programer? Or how does all that work?

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From AM's site, for 3 tunes from Bama WITHOUT having free tunes for life its $150 for that. If you buy the tuner from AM it comes with free tunes for life. This info here is directly from their site:

Bama Custom Tuning provides FREE tunes for life on our SCT custom tuners & chips and Diablosport Trinity custom tuner. Any time you make a new modification that requires a re-tune, Bama tune technicians will write you a new one for free - just contact us!

How to Get Free Tunes For Life:

Purchase a Custom SCT SF3/X3, Livewire or TSX tuner or Diablosport Trinity Tuner
Tunes are written just for your vehicle by the Bama Custom Tuning division
Your tuning info will be kept on file.
Your new tunes will be emailed straight to your home computer.
When you order a new performance part, contact us to order new free tunes.
Repeat - For Life!
Offer valid for customers who originally purchased an SCT or Diablosport Trinity custom tuner from AmericanMuscle.com. BamaChips customers who purchased an SCT or Diablosport tuner, or custom tune files, are also enrolled in the Free Tunes for Life program for continued support by Bama Custom Tuning. Please contact us when you would like to order new free tunes, at (888)226-9764.

Only the original car tuned for device is eligible for the Free Tunes for Life program. A new car will require you to buy back in to the Free Tunes for Life program. Please contact us at (888)226-9764 for more information