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Does anyone out there have a westers tune on their duramax. I'm trading my 6.0 in and getting an '04 with the d/a combo. I have the westers tune on the 6.0 but I'm just curious how it compares to the others out there on the diesel.

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Give it a shot. You get some type of credit with Westers when changing vehicles, right? Personally, I would go with the Edge Juice or Quadzilla on a Duramax - both companies are a proven leader in the diesel community for some time. Regardless of my opinion, I would use that credit for the Westers instead of just letting it go idle.

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Does anyone out there have a westers tune on their duramax. I'm trading my 6.0 in and getting an '04 with the d/a combo. I have the westers tune on the 6.0 but I'm just curious how it compares to the others out there on the diesel.

 

 

 

 

 

Lyndon did a 100HP tune a guy with a Duramax a little while ago and his gas mileage went from 19.5 to 26, along with the big boost in power and torque. Call Lyndon and talk to him about it. You have Wester's lifetime full price credit from your 6.0 anyway!

Are you getting a LLY? He is just finishing up the tuning for those too. Ask him about the H2/Duramax/Allison he just finished!!

 

Butch 02 Sierra Denali

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Great, now instead of seeing you for the first thirty feet and then you're just a blur ahead of me, all we'll see is a smile at the stoplight and then something like you see when Marty McFly takes off in "Back to the Future"! You're really sure you want that Westers? I driven several of the Duramaxes and they've got gobs more power than the 6.0....you might drive it for a while and discover you don't need a Westers - IMO.

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I put the 50HP tune on my dad's '01 D/A 2500HD 4x4 CC w/ 285s. He gained over 2mpg and his truck is faster than my truck w/ the 93 hot tune.

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I agree those are both proven add-ons for diesel performance and Westers can be just as proven if people are willing to give them a try. The people that do have the Wester diesel tunes are very happy with them as some have stated above. Lyndon can tune the Dmax very well IMO. Sense you have the credit coming from your current tune I would see no reason not to go with the Westers. You will probably be evem more impressed with the diesel tune...

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It would save some cash to go with westers. But I sure like the idea of being able to swap levels, and see all of the vitals with the attitude. Plus I think the Juice will back off if the tranny starts to slip. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, I don't want to mess anything up.

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Duffy, the PCM will back off engine power if the Allison senses slipping. Doesn't matter what you have, Edge, Wester's Hypertech, whatever, the PCM takes care of that.

 

 

 

 

Not entirely correct - the Edge Hot Juice backs off power to the engine only until it reaches the normal operating temp. I can limp my Allison in 5th gear all day long with my Hot Juice. Another thing to note is that the Diablow Predator doesn't offer any DMAX / Allison safeguards...I don't know about Hypertech, though

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