Diesel Tuners
I received an email and video from Trailer Life about Bully Dog GT tuners for diesel engines. It all sounds good but I have been warned that the warranty would be voided if I use a tuner. Now I wond...
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45Ricochet wrote:
I sure see a power difference but at what cost to items downline :W Been lucky so far on the lowest setting, on the high setting ( 100HP) would surely destroy my tranny.
I ran EFI Live on my 05 LLY Duramax. I used a respectable tuner (Kory...), and within 6 months of putting it on, I was limping the transmission (with the heavy tow tune). Luckily, I had asked for turbo breaking to be turned on in all tunes, so I had the benefit of that in the base tune. With my 2015 F350, it will stay stock. I am the first owner, so I will know the history and will be able to maintain the truck like I want to maintain it.
I know a lot of guys over in the Duramax world would get the EFI tuner with the known requirement that they would need head gaskets and a tranny fix after they got done beating on them. I agree with he others, a lot of money was spent on R&D to make these things powerful and EPA compliant. I would also imaging that as more R&D is performed, the manufacturer can flash their own compliant tune to get more power and still be safe for the components in the end.
Question, for those of you who went the tuning route, assuming you have state inspections, are you able to pass with your tunes or do you need to reload to stock?
Cale
