[thetallone]

I have recently bought an SCT from american muscle. I am wondering if there is any specific strategy tunes that anyone knows about for an 01 bullitt... I am currently running the 93 octane race tune, but to be totally honest I can not tell any difference in performance compared to if I return the car to stock.

 

[AMWill]

I have recently bought an SCT from american muscle. I am wondering if there is any specific strategy tunes that anyone knows about for an 01 bullitt... I am currently running the 93 octane race tune, but to be totally honest I can not tell any difference in performance compared to if I return the car to stock.

thetallone,

I'm surprised you can't tell any difference at all. We've tuned so many 2v Mustangs that our Bama tunes are usually dead on right from the start. Also, I can tell you a strategy tune will not be even close to as powerful or efficient as a Bama custom tune, so I would lean away from strategy tunes. Instead, lets take advance of being enrolled into our Free Tunes for Life program!

Shoot me a PM with your order number and I'll get your tunes double checked and looked over. There's a chance someone made a simple error while hand writing your tunes or info could have been left out of your tuning form. Either way, it won't hurt to get them looked over and see if we can pull some more power out. You should definitely be able to feel a difference from stock!

I'll be looking forward to your PM. Let me know if there's anything else I can do!

Shane

 

[yellasnake]

I got the 93 tunes from Bama and I can tell the difference over the stock tune. I will tell you it is not “a different car after the tune is loaded” as some people will lead you to believe, but I can feel the difference throughout the RPM range. It pulls harder now and the throttle response is better. Life changing...no. More fun to drive...yes.

 

[crazycrave]

I like the street tune best as it has power across the whole band as the others seem to move it to mid-top end and i think you need the gears to really feel it.

 

[LjGamer1]

ive been debating on whether i want to get a tuner or upgrade my exhaust again, and every once in a while i see these threads pop up, and i would have to say it is the main reason i have not done either upgrade yet. some claim the tuner is just amazing, and others claim it does nothing. makes me wonder if the people that say the tuner is great are just feeling something they want in order to justify the money they spent, or if it actually works. anyone else have more experience with sct to help me and thetallone out?

 

[04gtmike]

I baought one and can'\t use it. The car pings slighly if i hit it hard off idle. I too didnt feel much differance either.

My buddy ran his car on a dyno. Tried all three tunes and got more hp in stock setting, and only 10 lps of torque more on 87 tune.
He is pissed too about the tunes.
Its funny, if you watch some advertiesed hp results, they are not even close.
Be very carefull with what people advertise for there products and what people say. Look at the facts.
American Muscle has some really crazy dyno results advertisd. I wouldnt believe them.
Serch Dyno results, and you will find my post about the tuner.

I wish I could get my money back from SCT. But oh well too late.

Just my 2 cents, good luck.

 

[06AV6-6]

I thought handheld tuners only made a noticeable difference in auto's..... Because then it makes firmer quicker shifts and raises shift points, not just advances timing ?

 

[thetallone]

I baought one and can'\t use it. The car pings slighly if i hit it hard off idle. I too didnt feel much differance either.

My buddy ran his car on a dyno. Tried all three tunes and got more hp in stock setting, and only 10 lps of torque more on 87 tune.
He is pissed too about the tunes.
Its funny, if you watch some advertiesed hp results, they are not even close.
Be very carefull with what people advertise for there products and what people say. Look at the facts.
American Muscle has some really crazy dyno results advertisd. I wouldnt believe them.
Serch Dyno results, and you will find my post about the tuner.

I wish I could get my money back from SCT. But oh well too late.

Just my 2 cents, good luck.

Take a bb from a bb gun and put it in the tube that comes out of the top of the EGR valve on your car and that ping will go away!

 

[04gtmike]

Take a bb from a bb gun and put it in the tube that comes out of the top of the EGR valve on your car and that ping will go away!

What ?
Your kidding right?

 

[thetallone]

What ?
Your kidding right?

No I am not my car was doing that without the tuner... to the point where it was busting the porcelain out of the bottom of the spark plugs... did the bb trick and not had a 1 second of pinging from that day forward.

 

[04gtmike]

No I am not my car was doing that without the tuner... to the point where it was busting the porcelain out of the bottom of the spark plugs... did the bb trick and not had a 1 second of pinging from that day forward.[/quote

What does it accomplish. Make it richer.

MIke

 

[crazycrave]

I have only heard my car spark knock or ping once under full load but it was traction control doing it as to slow the engine down for to much wheel spin as it will retard the timing/fuel or cut out the pistons all together and also use the brakes .

watch this video.. the light you see come on is traction control showing an event has happen as it killed the engine around 3000rpm or retard it,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kfFb5XbHn4

 

[thetallone]

well the purpose of the EGR is to pull un-burnt fuel out of the exhaust and it dumps it back into the intake to be used...yes this works great on your non performance engines but our motors hate it.... basically (I may have this backwards) the fuel is then much to lean (or rich...one of the two) and causes the car to pre-detinate. Cut the un-burnt fuel off and this will stop!

 

[AMWill]

I baought one and can'\t use it. The car pings slighly if i hit it hard off idle. I too didnt feel much differance either.

My buddy ran his car on a dyno. Tried all three tunes and got more hp in stock setting, and only 10 lps of torque more on 87 tune.
He is pissed too about the tunes.
Its funny, if you watch some advertiesed hp results, they are not even close.
Be very carefull with what people advertise for there products and what people say. Look at the facts.
American Muscle has some really crazy dyno results advertisd. I wouldnt believe them.
Serch Dyno results, and you will find my post about the tuner.

I wish I could get my money back from SCT. But oh well too late.

Just my 2 cents, good luck.

Mike,

I'm sorry you've had troubles with your Bama tunes! I would definitely like to get them straightened out for you if you're willing to give us a second chance. It sounds like something is missing if you or your friend is making less power than stock. We would never mislead anyone from false power advertisements.

Also, keep in mind that we have an in-house Dynojet 224xlc, and if you go to another dyno like a MustangDyno, they typically read much lower. That being said, you should still make more power than your stock tune on any dyno, for sure.

Shoot me a PM with your order number and I'll get my lead tuner, Mike Wilson to take a look at your tunes and see if any adjustments can be made. If you want to send me your friends order number, I can get him taken care of too!

Shane

I have recently bought an SCT from american muscle. I am wondering if there is any specific strategy tunes that anyone knows about for an 01 bullitt... I am currently running the 93 octane race tune, but to be totally honest I can not tell any difference in performance compared to if I return the car to stock.

Bama's lead tuner, Mike Wilson, will be contacting you later today or early tomorrow morning with tune updates. Just a heads up, I sent over a PM with more info too. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help!

Shane

 

[redriderjf87]

I've had good luck with mine and my mods so far, I got 91 tunes and haven't even wanted to switch from the street tune, it helped my low end that much.

 

[Adrift]

I just got a Bama Tuner from AM, and am wondering if there were any updates for those who were having issues.

 

[SoCal2V]

I just got a Bama Tuner from AM, and am wondering if there were any updates for those who were having issues.

Your best bet would be to contact AM directly. If you click on the Marketplace Forum link toward the top of the page, they have their own section there where you can address them directly, or of course you can always pick up the phone.

 

[Adrift]

Your best bet would be to contact AM directly. If you click on the Marketplace Forum link toward the top of the page, they have their own section there where you can address them directly, or of course you can always pick up the phone.

Oh okay, cool. I don't have any major issues now (except I'm not used to the shift points being so much harder), just reading through threads on tuners and this thread caught my eye. Thank you though.

 

[SoCal2V]

Oh okay, cool. I don't have any major issues now (except I'm not used to the shift points being so much harder), just reading through threads on tuners and this thread caught my eye. Thank you though.

I'm not familiar with the SCT X3 device, but you should be able to navigate through it's various menus and prompts and adjust shift points and firmness yourself. I'm not sure how the shift points and firmness could get any weaker than how Ford set it up - my bro in law has a bone stock '03 GT auto and maaannnnn is that thing ever a slushbox lol. From a dead stop, stomp the happy pedal and it barely chirps the tires; 1st gear is completely underwhelming and goes into 2nd too early. Don't get any real acceleration out of it until 2nd, which feels nice and revs well past 5500 before going into 3rd.

If I had an auto, first thing I'd do besides adjusting it with a tuner is J-Mod the trans. For more info on that, type "J Mod 4R70W" into Google. I'd also do 4.10's or 30's and a 3000-3500 rpm stall, but that's another conversation entirely.

 

[Adrift]

I'm not familiar with the SCT X3 device, but you should be able to navigate through it's various menus and prompts and adjust shift points and firmness yourself. I'm not sure how the shift points and firmness could get any weaker than how Ford set it up - my bro in law has a bone stock '03 GT auto and maaannnnn is that thing ever a slushbox lol. From a dead stop, stomp the happy pedal and it barely chirps the tires; 1st gear is completely underwhelming and goes into 2nd too early. Don't get any real acceleration out of it until 2nd, which feels nice and revs well past 5500 before going into 3rd.

If I had an auto, first thing I'd do besides adjusting it with a tuner is J-Mod the trans. For more info on that, type "J Mod 4R70W" into Google. I'd also do 4.10's or 30's and a 3000-3500 rpm stall, but that's another conversation entirely.

I have 4.10s, but they were installed by a pal year ago, and they howl pretty bad. I have new 4.10s (bought with the tuner) to swap them out, just need the time and money to get them installed properly.

I've been wanting to do the J-mod for years, and that will probably be a follow up project after getting the gears reinstalled.

My only concern with the custom tunes right now is that it feels like the shift points are... I don't know... chuggy. If I'm driving WOT, its pretty awesome, but I do a lot of DD with this car, so hitting chuggy shift points while doing 35 m/h feels awkward. I don't know if that's something I just need to get used to, or if maybe my rear end is jacked up from having gears improperly installed for so long, or if the tune is just too aggressive. I figured I'd wait till I had the new gears installed before bugging anyone at AM about it.

I'm also sort of disappointed that the tuner didn't fix my speedometer. Looking at the questions and answers on AM's website for folks who have a 96-98 GT makes it sound like the tuner will fix the speedometer, but I found out through customer support the other day that this isn't the case. That's not a really big deal... I've lived with an off speedo for years now, but it sort of calculated into my buying the tuner in the first place. Guess I'll just have to save up for a Speedcal. Other than that, I really dig AM as a company, and think the tuner is pretty cool.