Now this is a great tune. and AWD to boot. car is probably a rocket
Yes, people never take that under consideration. It was over 90F and humid on the day of the tune.
Are you saying AMS goes around tuning cars irresponsibly? It doesn't take long to see that you are not a fan of AMS and that's OK. Like I previously stated, the car sees 23PSI where it's safe and where it made sense. Is it close to the limit? Absof*kinglutely! I also romp on my car every chance I get. No knock, low temps, and good AFR. Even in 100 degree heat the car just pulls. The only thing that im actually worried about is the tranny.
I just need to free up from work and wife to get my car in. Might do it next week so I can enjoy it before winter and to get the boost police off my back.
Let's just say your experience from this post does not match what I've seen from other logs. Your experience was great, congrats! But that doesn't mean that's gospel and the only experience out there. And before there any hint of saying I'm biased, A) I don't have/own/associate with a tuning shop/competitor B) I don't have an AMS tuned car that blew up. I've looked at quite a few logs from several vendors on this platform and share unbiased information about what I've seen in the logs. That's all. Just because there are GTR's, lambs, "insert whatever car you want here" doesn't mean the vendor is putting out safe tunes, especially on a relatively new platform.
I already picked up some RS turbos on Ebay. Just playing the waiting game ATM to see what AMS come up with turbo upgrades. Im just looking for mid 500 awhp. If I needed more, I would just get an E63.
We're really happy with all the hard development work coming together!
Currently, haha. Although it's on its second stock trans... ?
Did the 1st one give up the smoke at this level or after a bunch of racing 1/2 mile stuff?
The spicy 500whp tune with the racing is what cooked the first trans. We've been a lot more careful about avoiding launches, etc. with this one. We're making 350lb-ft (wheels) at 2500rpm, so on something like a launch the trans has to do a LOT of work. Sticking to the high speed stuff is easier on the trans, and it really shows off the horsepower (our products). We'll have to see if a Level Ten trans is in the cards in the future.
Makes sense. Are you able to log trans temp, do we need a better trans cooler?
These are impressive AMS Performance E85 and 93 numbers. Our cars are very similar in bolt-ons and I am working my way towards James' successes. I have seen a number of AMS tune dyno graphs that are higher in wtq than whp and this tune is precisely what I am shooting for - a nice balance of the tune (parity.) Do members have any regrets with your tuning processes and/or bolt-ons you would be willing to share? My AMS HPFP is the last install before I move into an EcuTek tune over my trusty JB4. Thoughts are to keep the JB4/WMI piggyback strictly as a logging / WMI controller.
