Anyone running the Bama E85 Flex Fuel tune?

[robertwsimpson]

meh, it's not my favorite. I'm thinking I will eventually just go to a place locally and get a dyno tune.

The things I don't like are:
1. RPM hanging off throttle (like if you nail it in second, then push clutch and take your foot off the gas, the revs sit at 2k for 5 seconds or so before going back down to idle)
2. Throttle seems very all or nothing, hard to modulate, especially in sport or race drive modes
3. Cold start high rev warm-up (I am told some tuners will tune this out, but Bama said they would not)
4. Tuner refuses to work with me to hone and improve my tune. This is probably the most disappointing part of the whole thing. I was really looking forward to logging and improving my tune, ESPECIALLY for drivability.

to sum everything up, drivability is the problem. If all you're looking for is a quartermile tune, it's great.

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[thehunterooo]

hahaha its funny reading through the thread "the bama hate is wrong!"

 

[Schwerin]

Tagged for two reasons. 1 - to see how their FF tune performs. 2 - incessant hatred towards Bama from people who have no clue what they're talking about (to the few who do, I apologize in advance ;) )

My mistrust of Bama is because one of their #1 tuners left and started his own Honda tuning shop. Now hes one of the top Honda tuners in the US, and immediately after Bamas' rep dropped, because he was doing much of their SCT work. I Know that he was doing most teh work because he and I learned how to do SCT tuning at the same time and we both started on Ford Zetec engines, so we used to share log files and test each others tweaks. He stayed with tuning, I went with IT.

I assume by now they have recovered, but for a while they were giving out rather crap, out dated canned tunes.

 

[Timeless]

Can't believe anyone uses Bama for tuning anymore.

Multiple threads on here confirming Lund/PBD/Unleashed seems to be the no brainer option these days.

 

[jrsimon27]

Use Lund they are the best followed by PBD just make a search.

 

[18 Smoke]

Use Lund they are the best followed by PBD just make a search.

Or maybe the other way around! Both are definitely at the top of the game and everyone has their opinion!!

 

[robertwsimpson]

well, I live in West Palm Beach now, so unless PBD is just a clever name and they are not local, I will be checking them out.

 

[Kahboom]

Have had a Bama FF tune for more than a year got it from Brandon who has since when to Lund. No rev hang here, no issues switching fuels. He sorted lots of things out others at Bama either weren't willing to work on or do. He really took his time tuning it. Very pleased with the tune. My buddy got a Lund tune told him to ask for him and he's pleased with his tune he got from him. So when I get cams I'm going to make the switch to Lund just to use Brandon as he's pretty to notch guy and good tuner. Was sad he left Bama but at least he's still around.

 

[Schwerin]

Have had a Bama FF tune for more than a year got it from Brandon who has since when to Lund. No rev hang here, no issues switching fuels. He sorted lots of things out others at Bama either weren't willing to work on or do. He really took his time tuning it. Very pleased with the tune. My buddy got a Lund tune told him to ask for him and he's pleased with his tune he got from him. So when I get cams I'm going to make the switch to Lund just to use Brandon as he's pretty to notch guy and good tuner. Was sad he left Bama but at least he's still around.

Lund's definitely building himself a nice stable of VERY reliable tuners. It helps that the Jon's themselves are just great guys to work with.

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