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motomarvel New Member

motomarvel

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Hello,

I am new member...been reading a lot of the posts. Thanks for all the good info!

 

I live out in Eastern LI NY, and I am looking for the best tune for my 2011 Silverado 5.3 LT w/ Z71 pack. The performance tune forum pretty much points straight to a Black Bear tune, with preference to an in person custom tune. Is the AutoCal tune (via email) still a good option for custom tune since I am not near an "in person" set up with Black Bear?

 

I am also thinking about K&N CAI and an exhaust (Magnaflow or Borla, maybe Corsa). I think I read in some of the forums that the stock air intake is pretty good and the stock pipes and cats are already high flow and well tuned, just swap the muffler. I will probably first just start with the tune. Please chime in with feed back and suggestions. :D

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

jdubub

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Being that you are new and under warranty still I would definitely do the Autocal. Only way to go in my opinion, and you dont have to wait for a local tune meet for an in person :thumbs: The autocal logs data so he does the tune with the characteristics of YOUR engine and transmission.

 

As far as CAI and exhaust..... CAI is not going to give you any performance unless you're going to heavily mod the motor, the stock air box is already good. For exhaust, the main reason people change nowadays is for sound, it also has decent flow from factory

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

jdubub

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Well...... if you go with the Autocal, you can tune now, and then get a new tune file sent for when you get a charger at no extra cost

CRSilverado Enthusiast

CRSilverado

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Hello,

I am new member...been reading a lot of the posts. Thanks for all the good info!

 

I live out in Eastern LI NY, and I am looking for the best tune for my 2011 Silverado 5.3 LT w/ Z71 pack. The performance tune forum pretty much points straight to a Black Bear tune, with preference to an in person custom tune. Is the AutoCal tune (via email) still a good option for custom tune since I am not near an "in person" set up with Black Bear?

 

I am also thinking about K&N CAI and an exhaust (Magnaflow or Borla, maybe Corsa). I think I read in some of the forums that the stock air intake is pretty good and the stock pipes and cats are already high flow and well tuned, just swap the muffler. I will probably first just start with the tune. Please chime in with feed back and suggestions. :D

 

What ever you do don't get a Diablo inTune. If you need a custom tune some of their distributors, if not most, don't know how to tune or have never tuned a vehicle like yours so you end up not only paying for the Diablo tuner but additional for tunes from other sources. That can lead to quite an expensive tune. Diablo sells to anybody that buys their product whether they can tune or not. Definitely not the tuner to buy IMO.
BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

BlackZ71Silverado

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Hello,

I am new member...been reading a lot of the posts. Thanks for all the good info!

 

I live out in Eastern LI NY, and I am looking for the best tune for my 2011 Silverado 5.3 LT w/ Z71 pack. The performance tune forum pretty much points straight to a Black Bear tune, with preference to an in person custom tune. Is the AutoCal tune (via email) still a good option for custom tune since I am not near an "in person" set up with Black Bear?

 

I am also thinking about K&N CAI and an exhaust (Magnaflow or Borla, maybe Corsa). I think I read in some of the forums that the stock air intake is pretty good and the stock pipes and cats are already high flow and well tuned, just swap the muffler. I will probably first just start with the tune. Please chime in with feed back and suggestions. :D

 

What ever you do don't get a Diablo inTune. If you need a custom tune some of their distributors, if not most, don't know how to tune or have never tuned a vehicle like yours so you end up not only paying for the Diablo tuner but additional for tunes from other sources. That can lead to quite an expensive tune. Diablo sells to anybody that buys their product whether they can tune or not. Definitely not the tuner to buy IMO.

 

 

I have a DisbloSport InTune and it works great, no custom tune just using the presets. Also never had any trouble wit hthe Predator. A custom tune from then isn't what you think, it can be done through email just like the autocal. You don't NEED to go to a distributor to have a custom tune done, that is BS.

CRSilverado Enthusiast

CRSilverado

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I have a DisbloSport InTune and it works great, no custom tune just using the presets. Also never had any trouble wit hthe Predator. A custom tune from then isn't what you think, it can be done through email just like the autocal. You don't NEED to go to a distributor to have a custom tune done, that is BS.

 

I'm glad you had good luck from Diablo. I did not with the new inTune! Did you actually measure the power from your tune? Or are you using your "seat of the pants" dyno? Regardless, I measured a loss of power from the inTune. Maybe Diablo just doesn't have the newer trucks figured out yet. Nor some of their distributors.

 

If the distributor that a person buys from doesn't know how to tune the vehicle then your only option is buy a tune elsewhere or return the thing. I choose the latter.

 

And of course you can get tunes via email. What was the rude BS for?

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Jennabear Senior Enthusiast

Jennabear

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Justin will be out in the NY area in March for a wedding, he may be able to squeeze you in for a tune while he is there. But like the others said, I would still go with the AutoCal (we offer a discount for customers who already have a tune) after you get your inperson tune (so you can switch back to stock as well as perform updates when you add mods).

 

If you are interested in setting up a time with him, shoot an email to [email protected].

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07silveradobigman New Member

07silveradobigman

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Hello,

I am new member...been reading a lot of the posts. Thanks for all the good info!

 

I live out in Eastern LI NY, and I am looking for the best tune for my 2011 Silverado 5.3 LT w/ Z71 pack. The performance tune forum pretty much points straight to a Black Bear tune, with preference to an in person custom tune. Is the AutoCal tune (via email) still a good option for custom tune since I am not near an "in person" set up with Black Bear?

 

I am also thinking about K&N CAI and an exhaust (Magnaflow or Borla, maybe Corsa). I think I read in some of the forums that the stock air intake is pretty good and the stock pipes and cats are already high flow and well tuned, just swap the muffler. I will probably first just start with the tune. Please chime in with feed back and suggestions. :D

 

What ever you do don't get a Diablo inTune. If you need a custom tune some of their distributors, if not most, don't know how to tune or have never tuned a vehicle like yours so you end up not only paying for the Diablo tuner but additional for tunes from other sources. That can lead to quite an expensive tune. Diablo sells to anybody that buys their product whether they can tune or not. Definitely not the tuner to buy IMO.

 

 

I have a DisbloSport InTune and it works great, no custom tune just using the presets. Also never had any trouble wit hthe Predator. A custom tune from then isn't what you think, it can be done through email just like the autocal. You don't NEED to go to a distributor to have a custom tune done, that is BS.

 

 

I got the Diablosport Intune on my chevy and I love it, I have the option to custom tune or return to stock whenever, but I also just use the settings already presented. Anyone with a little common sense and ther abilitly to use a cell phone can tuen there own truck and save hundreds. The days when shops tuned your truck for you is long gone and not ideal at all.

Carder09 Senior Enthusiast

Carder09

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Hello,

I am new member...been reading a lot of the posts. Thanks for all the good info!

 

I live out in Eastern LI NY, and I am looking for the best tune for my 2011 Silverado 5.3 LT w/ Z71 pack. The performance tune forum pretty much points straight to a Black Bear tune, with preference to an in person custom tune. Is the AutoCal tune (via email) still a good option for custom tune since I am not near an "in person" set up with Black Bear?

 

I am also thinking about K&N CAI and an exhaust (Magnaflow or Borla, maybe Corsa). I think I read in some of the forums that the stock air intake is pretty good and the stock pipes and cats are already high flow and well tuned, just swap the muffler. I will probably first just start with the tune. Please chime in with feed back and suggestions. :D

 

What ever you do don't get a Diablo inTune. If you need a custom tune some of their distributors, if not most, don't know how to tune or have never tuned a vehicle like yours so you end up not only paying for the Diablo tuner but additional for tunes from other sources. That can lead to quite an expensive tune. Diablo sells to anybody that buys their product whether they can tune or not. Definitely not the tuner to buy IMO.

 

 

I have a DisbloSport InTune and it works great, no custom tune just using the presets. Also never had any trouble wit hthe Predator. A custom tune from then isn't what you think, it can be done through email just like the autocal. You don't NEED to go to a distributor to have a custom tune done, that is BS.

 

 

I got the Diablosport Intune on my chevy and I love it, I have the option to custom tune or return to stock whenever, but I also just use the settings already presented. Anyone with a little common sense and ther abilitly to use a cell phone can tuen there own truck and save hundreds. The days when shops tuned your truck for you is long gone and not ideal at all.

 

 

Yeah, right................

CRSilverado Enthusiast

CRSilverado

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I got the Diablosport Intune on my chevy and I love it, I have the option to custom tune or return to stock whenever, but I also just use the settings already presented. Anyone with a little common sense and ther abilitly to use a cell phone can tuen there own truck and save hundreds. The days when shops tuned your truck for you is long gone and not ideal at all.

 

Have you measured power gains?

 

You love it because it's easy to use? Love from ease of use is not a very good indicator of a tuner!

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