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Is a trans tune worth it??

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We took a phone call from someone on Sunday. Yes a Sunday and not even a customer. He was having trans issues the whole way down the track and even out of the hole. He made 3 passes and was wasting a track day. He called had him send his tune over. We only touched the transmission tune and he picked up almost 3 tenths. We get asked all the time if a trans tune is a worth it. Yes, a good tune is very much worth it.

Here is his slip of his best pass before the trans tune
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Slip after only a trans tune
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For the next pass he asked us to look at the engine side. We didn't add any additional max timing to the car. We just adjusted the timing ramp
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Yes it is!! A world of difference.
 


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Is First tune a Barth tune???
 


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Nice you helped him out of the hole
 


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That’s a nice pick up with a little massage tune of the Trans.
For daily driving will a trans tune hurt anything long term? Will it firm up the shifts ?
 


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That’s a nice pick up with a little massage tune of the Trans.
For daily driving will a trans tune hurt anything long term? Will it firm up the shifts ?
A good transmission tune will increase the life of it.
 


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That’s a nice pick up with a little massage tune of the Trans.
For daily driving will a trans tune hurt anything long term? Will it firm up the shifts ?
As stated above a transmission tune can prolong the life of the transmission if done right.
 


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As stated above a transmission tune can prolong the life of the transmission if done right.
And this guy knows what he's doing. I found out through experience.
 


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Yep 100% even if you’re stock and get a TCM tune only for some reason it’ll make a difference
 


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Jon worked magic on my Redeye for road course duty. That first tune and my street tune basically is awesome. Most of it TCM he tells me. I don’t need more power like more boost would give. But his magic of TCM/PCM tunes are nearly unbelievable. That car is one bad ass now. Huh @Paladin06? < his Redeye has even more!
 


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Jon worked magic on my Redeye for road course duty. That first tune and my street tune basically is awesome. Most of it TCM he tells me. I don’t need more power like more boost would give. But his magic of TCM/PCM tunes are nearly unbelievable. That car is one bad ass now. Huh @Paladin06? < his Redeye has even more!
My Redeye is a whole new animal. @Jon-MooredPerformanceLLC finally made it faster then my 2.85 pulley and tuned Hellcat. It’s a got damn beast.
 


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We took a phone call from someone on Sunday. Yes a Sunday and not even a customer. He was having trans issues the whole way down the track and even out of the hole. He made 3 passes and was wasting a track day. He called had him send his tune over. We only touched the transmission tune and he picked up almost 3 tenths. We get asked all the time if a trans tune is a worth it. Yes, a good tune is very much worth it.

Here is his slip of his best pass before the trans tune
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Slip after only a trans tune
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For the next pass he asked us to look at the engine side. We didn't add any additional max timing to the car. We just adjusted the timing ramp
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I know these time slips lol... https://www.hellcatforum.org/threads/live-action-from-fumanchu182.6592/page-61#post-312938 cats out of the bag, I have hired Jon to help me tune, I had a trans tune in place but was on a stock one for testing.

Is First tune a Barth tune???
First tune was a stock TCM tune. It was due to the fact that I just installed a Pure transmission and was testing, @Jon-MooredPerformanceLLC has Pure singing like a dream now and it's only going to get better. We weren't able to touch the timing cause of bad e85 (tested e75).

THE ANSWER IS YES A TRANS TUNE IS WORTH IT!
 


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Yep 100% even if you’re stock and get a TCM tune only for some reason it’ll make a difference
If you do that then the a-holes will be attacking you constantly. 😉
Worth it for sure.🤣
 


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If you do that then the a-holes will be attacking you constantly. 😉
Worth it for sure.🤣

That's like a movie title...


"Attack of the A-Holes"

Coming to a theater near you soon...
 


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I know these time slips lol... https://www.hellcatforum.org/threads/live-action-from-fumanchu182.6592/page-61#post-312938 cats out of the bag, I have hired Jon to help me tune, I had a trans tune in place but was on a stock one for testing.



First tune was a stock TCM tune. It was due to the fact that I just installed a Pure transmission and was testing, @Jon-MooredPerformanceLLC has Pure singing like a dream now and it's only going to get better. We weren't able to touch the timing cause of bad e85 (tested e75).

THE ANSWER IS YES A TRANS TUNE IS WORTH IT!
And part of this I told him no more slow slips while at the track if I am tuning him 🤣 at the end of the day it’s all about the fun. Going 10.1 miles wasn’t fun becuase he knew he should be faster. First revision a gain ok now this is getting interesting. Second file even faster. I’m ready to send a third to put the thing to the moon and he says next week I’ll be on better prep 😊
I sent an email today not sure if you saw it. Asking about your axle situation. There’s a real chance you pop the front up real quick on this file. So i want to make sure you are prepared driveline wise. If you are on the demons absolutely no hop or they will grenade. @jgilj saw that happen to a similar tune on a demon a few weeks ago. It came up and the axle exited the building. He’s on better axles now and a second gear launch 🤣
 


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And part of this I told him no more slow slips while at the track if I am tuning him 🤣 at the end of the day it’s all about the fun. Going 10.1 miles wasn’t fun becuase he knew he should be faster. First revision a gain ok now this is getting interesting. Second file even faster. I’m ready to send a third to put the thing to the moon and he says next week I’ll be on better prep 😊
I sent an email today not sure if you saw it. Asking about your axle situation. There’s a real chance you pop the front up real quick on this file. So i want to make sure you are prepared driveline wise. If you are on the demons absolutely no hop or they will grenade. @jgilj saw that happen to a similar tune on a demon a few weeks ago. It came up and the axle exited the building. He’s on better axles now and a second gear launch 🤣
just saw the email its time to party!
 


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If you do that then the a-holes will be attacking you constantly. 😉
Worth it for sure.🤣
I forgot you’re bone stock with a tcm tune only right? Or tune only?
 




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