Great question! Whenever you are ready to order your blower, let me know and I can definitely get in touch with the manufacturer and see if I can get a kit out to you minus the tuner, should not be a problem!
When are you thinking about going the boost route?
I am quite capable of the installation myself. It is only the installation of the tune that concerns me. Thx
Sooner or later it would get tuned on the dyno, but most of the kits I see come with a SCT tuner. I've purchased a Diablo and that $400 I'd prefer not to throw away!
Problem is going to be finding someone that uses diablo since software is different. I was saying VMP or Beefcake can just send a tune, but they do SCT. You need to find a place that can send a diablo tune, which I don't know of any.
I just got off the phone with Vortech, and they informed me that a kit is available without the tuner.
Regarding the tuner and the tune, they are unable to provide a baseline tune for the diablo sport tuner. I recommend having your car taken to a shop to for a custom tune after installation.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions. You can PM me directly or use any of the contact information listed in my signature below.
Though the software is 'different' they must speak the correct language to communicate with the ECM.
IMHO, BAMA should be able to read and copy the changes to their software.
Shawn,
Having been a Vortech customer for 15 years I had already touched base with them on the availability of their kit sans tuner, but thanks for the effort!
Having been a Vortech customer for 15 years I had already touched base with them on the availability of their kit sans tuner, but thanks for the effort!
I could be wrong, but I believe I remember someone saying something about the "Free tunes for life" not applying to SC/Turbo applications. That would also explain the two price points for the same tuner.
I went through your exact issue back when I had my '05 GT. I had the Diablo and then I bought a tuner Vortech kit and had a hard time finding a tune for it. I ended up buying an SCT device anyway.... so be prepared to do the same.
If you want a Paxton/Vortech setup contact Terry @ Beefcake Racing. You'll be surprised on how good the price is plus he uses Lund for tuning albeit with SCT. You could then sell the Diablo although you'll probably find it difficult to move.
In Bamas defense, it does say "some restrictions apply" and that link does exclude exclude non-stock superchargers 2011 and up.
As I said earlier, I think the best bet is to sell the Diablo and get an SCT. That's what I did when I had a Diablo because I wanted to be able to choose from more tuners.
Either way, good luck and hopefully it gets worked out so you can enjoy that boost.
Well, it is not in doubt that I'll sell the Diablo at some point.
However, American Muscle, even with it's stellar shipping and mostly great customer service, is off my vendors that I buy from list.
Had they responded by changing their wording on the site and apologizing for the misunderstanding or even a proper explanation, all would be good.
However, by their continued silence they have said a lot more....dissapointed.gif
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