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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:24 PM
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Sniper Tuning

Has anyone heard of, or tried Sniper Tuning? You can create your own files for fuel economy, towing, performance, smoke or whatever. You can also adjust shift points and an array of other things. It sounds pretty cool, not sure how bogus it is though. Ill probly end up going with DP, but thought this looked interesting.

Heres a link http://www.snipertuning.com/new/prod...l?p=43&large=1
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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That is friggin sweet!!!

how much though????

This would be the dream of every serious truck owner here!

What more could you want- it has preoaded programs for those who dont care, and for someone who wants their truck "just so", you can go in and modify everything!!!!
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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I don't know Adam. For some that might work well, but for me, I wonder how bad I could screw up my truck? How much does that thing cost? I would just let Jody tune mine, live of course.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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i've seen them on ebay before. never heard of anyone using it though.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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Theres a guy in my town who is dealing for them, he has a 6.0 and he claims he can get 20mpg towing with one of the tunes he made...... I find that hard to beleive especially since his truck is lifted. Im not sure on prices..
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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There's a guy on here with it, at least it's listed in his signature... can't remember who, but I'll see if I can find a thread where I remember seeing it...
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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I am always leary of companies that will not give you at least starting point pricing up front. What are they hiding? Just my .02
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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Drooling...........
I would like to know how much it costs as well.
Nothing like playing around with the tuning.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Im with Rick on this one, I would mess somthing up if I was playing with it. Cool idea though.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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I would guess theres parameters to where you couldnt screw something up
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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I dont know how well it works for diesels but do I know of a performance shop down the road from me that specializes in Mustangs. This shop primarily uses Sniper Programming sooo its good for atleast Mustangs. They also have a rep for building power AND reliability.

MPE Racing-Your High Performance Specialists
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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One of my good friends who was ford tech for 10 yrs .I s a dealer for them he thought they were great but sniper has sent him a few tunes that have destroyed some big money go fast motors!!!!!!!! He has sniper on his X and has had one on 6.0 250 . He now is wanting Dp! After riding in bro in laws 250 and my 350. He wont even sell sniper product at his shop now. Sniper tried to burn tune for my napa guys old gt with super charger on it 3 times and they never could even get it to start . Sniper Bad Dp GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 06:50 AM
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That is a cool idea. It would be cool to make your own programs and play with different parameters. But then again I would like to have someone that has the knowledge to tune/program do it right. Cool concept though.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Cracker that guy was probably ignorant of how to properly tune an engine.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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The stuff that destroyed was direct from sniper not stuff he put together. And the tunes that would not even start matts Gt were sniper custom burned just for his car. After all the failures matt said hell even if it would start he would be scared of it. As for tuning of engine you missed the mark on that one he is one of the most respected ford go fast men in mid Ga area. Push rod or mod ford motor
 
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