tuning question

Chevy1925

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the biggest reason a lope tune is retarded is cause it does the same damn thing a wing on a honda civic does, NOTHING! its all show and adds absolutely no affect to the engine performance wise like a cam in a small black or big block gasser does (and thats assuming you sized that properly).

you tricked the ECM into making the engine surge which sounds nothing like a big cam in a gasser and nothing like a heavily modded P-Pumped diesel. its like pulling a plug on a gasser "to sound cool" but 80% of the true truck and car guys know your "lope tune" is just a lame tune. it wont scare a guy at the light and if anything, people think there is something wrong with your truck.

unless you build the tune like a moron (which is entirely possible), you wont hurt the engine with a lope. guys use this as a scare tactic to keep kiddies from trying to buy lope tunes from tuners. there are mulitple ways to do it, some better than others but no way in hell im telling you how to do it. i wont let diesel performance be linked in with ricers...

so you can see why we all hate them.
 

John13296

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I probably could have left the last but out. In all honesty I really was just curious, because I hear so much negative feedback on them. As for building power and chasing ass I'm working on that bit, next thing on the list is a tranny build just gotta find someone here in AK that'll do it and do it right.
 

DMAXchris

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The very first tune I made when I got EFILive back in 09 was a lope. I thought it was funny and did it for a joke. My cousin had one on his truck for shits n giggles as well. He used it much more than I did. When his motor was torn down for a build with 45k on it, it had a broken oil ring on number 4 and had oil in the manifold. Did the lope cause it? Cant say for sure, but making the engine idle rough cant be good for it.

Since youre in Alaska, your best bet would be have someone like Mike L ship you a built trans. It might cost more initially, but youll be getting a well built trans and wont have to worry about finding someone up there.