[Davescamaro]

Wow! Lot of info. I think where I'm sitting at should be ideal without doing internals or turbo. I have no clue what actual HP and TQ numbers, but seen others with same/similar setup and they're hitting about 300whp and 350ish tq. Perfect IMO.

[damianldaigle]

Old thread but I cant help not commenting. YOU sir… Are so full of shyt lol! I don’t even know where to start on correcting these story book replies that are complete BS. I seriously doubt you even own a tuning module much less installed any bolt ons.
Addressing the BS in just this comment… You will most certainly blow a motor without a proper tune. The ECM is only allowed X% of correction. Say your lean (Speaking generally) and 20% more fuel will correct it, the ECM is only allowed 15%, it WILL run lean, It WONT stop it and you WILL be walking.
You go on to contradict yourself, First paragraph you say even a hack tune will couldn’t “Pop” the LTG because the “system” is so well designed it wont allow it, then the next paragraph you literally talk in circles saying a bad tune pop an engine but then again it cant but can but cant lol TF? Yes, Even a properly tuned engine can blow. Run 89 on a 93 tune, toast. Run 160mph down the interstate on a stock intercooler, Pop. Even with a perfect tune that pulls timing etc, the heat will kill it.
Then the whole drug dealer bit…. WTF is that about? As a Felon for trafficking from Mexico to Louisiana, I can tell you, wanting to go fast had nothing to do with extra money to blow, much less made me want to run things on the ragged edge. Actually, lets make sure it dont blow up in case I gotta get outta there fast lol

Originally Posted by 95TA - The Beast

Oh, I forgot to mention, that to prove out why so many tunes are "hacks" is because the way the system is designed, it can anticipate just about every condition it will run into, including spark knock, and it can "dance on the edge" and not blow up because of how well controlled things are.

For anyone that toasted their engine, outside of running nitrous (which I have really only heard of one or two LTGs blowing up under those conditions), there is ZERO possibility the rest of the boosted engines had problems unless the tune was at fault. Again, if properly tuned to the max limits (barring "known issues" like weak stock piston batches) the only way a later LTG pops is because of an overly aggressive tune that is not done properly. If done properly, it would not allow the condition that would cause the failure. (outside of a missed-shift on a manual, where you go for fourth and hit second and totally mechanically over-rev the engine, for example)

I have tuned massive supercharger and multi-stage nitrous setups making over 1500hp and you always go for safe over max. The only ones that want the absoloute max are those that don't earn their money (trust fund guys, guys in illicit businesses where money comes too easy, etc) and don't care if it blows, they just want the number/ET, bragging rights, etc... I only have had a handful of customers want what I refuse to give them and in every case, I walk, then find they found the guy to tune it the way they want and it ends up grenading... And guess who gets the bad rap, the guy that did what they want. For everyone else, they usually get more in the way of driveability, manners, control and features when it is done right, so I have almost never had someone come back and want something different. And on those rare couple of occasions that has happened, they end up going in a totally different direction to reach their goals since the way they wanted to do it wasn't enough.