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I have an 08 Silverado Z71, 5.3, CC, 4spd. My local shop reccomended the Bully Dog Tuner for $400. I have been doing plenty of research on this forum and have read nothing but great things about the Blackbear tunes. As far as what I want out of my truck, I am looking to get increased mpg, the ability to switch between fuel economy and performance modes, and HP/TQ increase in that order of importance. Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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I don't have any experience with Bully Dog but I do with Blackbear. I would go with an Auto Cal from BlackBear. You can change your tunes with to what ever you want to have Justin set you up with. Like mine I can change it from 87 econo tune to 93 sport to a all out tow/haul mode. Just have to let Justin know what you want out of your truck and he can set you up. The Auto Cal is the way to go.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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OF COARSE he's going to recommend Bully dog for $400 bucks. Thats what he sells.

 

I can tell you this. I've tried Superchips handheld, owned Hypertech 3 and Diablo Sport, even ran Jet Stage 2 chips. Hands down, the custom tune always yielded more power. The can tunes that come with the tuners will NOT produce as much HP that a custom tune can yield.

 

I'm not saying there junk, each did make improvements over stock but the custom tunes always got more. :dunno:

 

Plus if you get the Autocal with the BB tune, you've got the best of both worlds. And I'm going to say this too. Once you get the performance tune in the truck, you won't change to a mileage tune... you just won't do it. And in some trucks, you'll get extra mileage from the performance tune anyways. But if you insist on it, Justin can write/provide you both styles of tune. :thumbs:

Carder09 Senior Enthusiast

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I guess im the only one who got dynoed with the bb tune lol, well mods including bb, cait and that's it lol. I got the 93 tune for both eco and performance, numbers I got were 219rwhpgiven and 260rwtq, that was eco tune, performance mode got me 250rwhp, and 300rwtq. Give or take 1.6rwhp/tq. Now I plan on puttin headers on jan and possible cam swap so ill post new numbers soon hopefully. But bb def woke my truck up. Oh its a 06smaller so you might get better gains.

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