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onac255 Senior Enthusiast

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I cannot find my predator anywhere...I love the predator and I am more than pleased with the custom tune I got from Johan at Diablosport.

 

However I just changed tire size and I wanted to reprogram my speedo but I can't find it anywhere.

 

So my dilemma is whether I should buy another predator or should I go with another Custom Tuner.

 

With diablosport I can also get unlimited custom tunes sent to me through email and just load them into my predator.

 

I know a bunch of you all love the Blackbear tuning service except its kind of a hassle having to send in my PCM everytime I want to get something changed.

 

I can find a predator for about $324 here in town or maybe less.

 

I really want to be able to change tire diameters and gearing on the fly without having to pull my PCM and send.

 

Also how much is a good tune with Blackbear about 400? right?

 

I can get a Dyno tune here in El Paso for that much...AAAHHH I don't know what to do

onac255 Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah I know custom blackbear tunes are popular but the predator also removes TM on our GMT800s so thats NOT an advantage of a custom tune. (on GMT800s)

 

I really want to regear and then get a dyno tune

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Will the Predator work on an 08 Sierra 5.3? Sorry, I don't know much about them. Can they get rid of torque management or do they just provide a performance, economy and towing tune?

 

Hey Justin, I may be interested in it if Ivan decides to pass. Let me know.

onac255 Senior Enthusiast

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Hi Al,

 

I actually don't think that the predator Justin has works on the newer body style trucks like yours. Also Torque Management cannot be removed on your newer GMT900 trucks with the tunes that come with the tuner. (Maybe a custom tune from diablosport...)

GMCrazy777 Enthusiast

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i wonder if they make one for my truck. i would like a custom tune but i dont like the idea of sending it in either. the only thing im worried about with the handheld is i had a hypertech and it wouldnt work for some reason it just said eroor call hypertech so i did and they said they never had this happen. after 4 months of bitchin about refund they said no and sent me the new max energy and same dam thing. so i was wondering if i had any luck with the predator?

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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i wonder if they make one for my truck. i would like a custom tune but i dont like the idea of sending it in either. the only thing im worried about with the handheld is i had a hypertech and it wouldnt work for some reason it just said eroor call hypertech so i did and they said they never had this happen. after 4 months of bitchin about refund they said no and sent me the new max energy and same dam thing. so i was wondering if i had any luck with the predator?

 

Screw the handhelds...call Justin at Blackbear. www.blackbearperformance.com

stadt11 Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah I know custom blackbear tunes are popular but the predator also removes TM on our GMT800s so thats NOT an advantage of a custom tune. (on GMT800s)

 

Really?... :dunno:

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