05-12-2020, 10:53 AM | #1 |
Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2018
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Car came with SCT tune, adding bolt ons -- reset and start over?
Hi all,
I do not know very much about tuning so I figured I would ask here. I bought a used 16 m6 SS last year. It came with headers, res and cat delete and already has some type of tune on it via an SCT tuner. I had it dyno'd last fall just to see where it was at and it hit 410 best pull. I am adding CAI and MSD manifold this weekend. My question is, should I use the tuner that came with the car to reset back to factory and have an entirely new tune done for the car, or is there a way to adjust the existing tune to accommodate for the new add-ons? Thanks in advance for the help... |
05-12-2020, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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What version tuner, is it a BDX ? I have one, got it for free a while back and bought a custom tune from RDP (Dyno Steve). It's a couple hundred bucks but you get free lifetime tune updates as you add and change equipment. I'd recommend doing something like that so your tune is optimal. I can attest Dyno Steve is awesome, I put him through the wringer with a bunch of changes and he'd shoot me the updated tunes within hours of me sending him a datalog.
The HP tuners are pretty much the benchmark for our cars for hyper performance, transmission tuning, etc. The SCT setup is good enough for bolt-ons though...
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05-12-2020, 02:00 PM | #3 | |
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The tuner that came with the car looks like its the bdx performance -- https://www.sctflash.com/products/sc...-tuners/sctbdx -- |
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05-12-2020, 09:58 PM | #4 |
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With what you're adding, you probably don't have to update the tune. I would do so but I'm an old man who worries about everything. Have fun with it!
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05-13-2020, 09:51 AM | #5 |
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Thank guys, I got in touch with Dyno Steve and we are all set -- appreciate the help
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05-13-2020, 12:11 PM | #6 |
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Any time. Your car is a great color, second fastest one, haha
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05-15-2020, 03:48 AM | #7 |
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ditch the sct and get a dyno tune with HP Tuners.
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05-27-2020, 01:47 PM | #8 |
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Just to update ---
Ended up getting the tune from dynosteve, then for shits and giggles drove down to a dyno shop and had it tweaked. first pull put down 426hp @5500rpm and 437ft-lbs @4500rpm after some very slight adjustments to air/fuel it put down 448hp @5400rpm and 457ft-lbs @4400rpm -- and this was on a 95deg day with stupid humidity not bad from original dyno before adding the intake manifold and cai, which was 410hp |
05-28-2020, 03:57 PM | #9 |
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Nice gain!
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05-28-2020, 04:34 PM | #10 |
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Did Steve make those adjustments while you were on the dyno? Nothing wrong with those numbers and a heckuva lot less than HP tuners with a custom tune.
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05-29-2020, 09:27 AM | #11 |
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No Steve didn't make the adjustments. I'm sure he would have if I asked, but it was ok. I just had the the tuner ( Tony from Tuners, Inc, Orange Park, Fl ) make the tweaks while I was on the rollers. He had quite the line outside the garage that morning. I had to drive over 2 hours just to get to a dyno, and when I got there around 10am there were already about 7 people in front of me.
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05-29-2020, 10:44 AM | #12 |
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So he's a SCT dealer/tuner too then. Cool. My best friend from my Navy days lives in Savannah and has taught HPDE there for years at RRR. He knows a guy.....
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05-29-2020, 11:41 AM | #13 |
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yeah, I gotta get this car on the track one of these days. Still need to do a few things ( change brake fluid for one! ) but I bet it'll be fun as hell. Only track time I've ever done so far was in my v6 camaro and that was a blast.
We definitely need a good dyno shop here. Only 1 dyno here at a bmw performance shop. I'm probably not going to do anything to the car soon will that require any tuning adjustments but send me the guy's info in case I need it. Never hurts to know a guy who knows a guy... |
05-29-2020, 02:18 PM | #14 |
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The guy in Savannah is Randy Carter. I don't know him or if he has a shop, I just know he tunes cars. I thought i heard he was building a shop there a few years back.
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