Interest Thread for Triple dog GT GAS tuner

[mcheddadi]

Ok guys, this is the official interest thread of the Bully Dog Triple Dog GT GAS Tuner (part# 40410)



Here's what It can do:

-Remove Speed limiter -Remove Wide Open throttle limiter-Remove Rev Limiter-Calibrate Speedometer for tire size

thats on top of the ENGINE TUNES it can do:

-Stock tune, use other features with stock power-Regular tune 10-15 added hp, 85 octane fuel-Premium tune, up to 35 hp, at least 91 octane fuel(check the dyno chart in the PDF guys)

and it has MONITORING capabilities for:-Real Time Fuel Economy-Exhaust Gas Temperatures (2 locations)-Speed (MPG)-Engine RPM-Coolant Temperature-Fuel Pressure-Manifold Absolute Pressure-Timing Position-Throttle Position (as a percentage)-Air Intake Temperature-Mass Air Flow-Barameter-Battery Voltage-Load

the Unit works with both the 3.5SE and the 2.5S altima coupe and sedans as well as maximas, g35s and 350Zs all from 2005 to 2009.

here's the PDF for DYNO CHARTS and MORE INFO!40410GTGasproductinformationSheet1.0.pdf

these are the prices my friends:

MSRP is 469.99$

5 People - $375.00 ea.10 People - $365.00 ea.15 People - $355.00 ea.20 People - $350.00 ea.25 People - $345.00 ea.

+ shipping.

this is an interest thread to see if we can get enough people

[Hussain]

this works for CVT cars too right? or is it just for manuals?

[gearhead05]

Hell yeah! I'm always down for more horses. As long as it'll work with my CVT.

[phobs]

this works for CVT cars too right?

I wouldn't see why not.

[II Knucklez II]

35HP!!!! all i use is 93 on my baby. i'm getting this no matter how many ppl jump on the buy.

[mcheddadi]

this works for CVT cars too right? or is it just for manuals?

why wouldn't it?

[bunda4th]

It should work for both because it is changing the ECU setting through OBD II.

[spockrock]

Those dyno, numbers are from a Nissan Titan, which never used premium gas, so will this make the same impact on our 3.5s.

[mcheddadi]

I'm guessing no, and I think a more conservative 10-15hp increase would be more likely, but I could be wrong

[Hussain]

also another thing to point out is that those TITAN numbers were WHP, not HP and theres a big difference between HP and WHP.... so that 35 that there talking about, is it 35 WHP or HP? i mean, im not expecting to get 35 WHP but im just wondering whats the most they got from it if it was 35 HP or WHP

[mcheddadi]

WHP since the titan does 317hp stock and not 235hp that the graph shows. so it must be 235WHP to 258WHP

[Boilermaker318]

Im interested but would like to see legitimate numbers and not promo numbers.

[Team STILLEN]

Im interested but would like to see legitimate numbers and not promo numbers.

In no way attempting to interrupt this thread, or the others regarding this topic, but they should have additional testing or numbers to discuss with the different engines and subsets of engines, such as the Altima 2.5L and 3.5L, different from the 3.5L in the 350Z, and most assuredly different from the 5.6L from the Titan, which they quote their power numbers from.

We also have a tuner from the Titan 5.6L called the VK-Pro II which gains 30hp and 40 lb/ft of torque (at the wheels), and would make zero assumption we could get these gains from a 3.5L Altima, much less a 2.5L.

They do, however, have a bunch of really cool features such as the speed limiters, rev limiters, and a ton of monitoring capabilities integrated into this unit, but these performance numbers they group into the entire family of "Nissan/Infiniti" is misleading.

If I were a 'normal' member of this community (aka not a sponsor), I would suggest that conversations with Bully Dog should happen directly, and offer anyone in this group up for independent evaluation, so you guys can get some real world results on YOUR vehicles, instead of having to try to infer 5.6L Titan results to your own?

You guys represent a powerful audience with purchasing power and can influence the purchasing decision for a large portion of the educated Altima enthusiasts on upgrades they should have. Get the specific answers.

I really hope I'm not coming off as negative, I'd like to see what Bully Dog can do, it's exciting to see new products come to market, and we're very interested to see how their tuning is working directly with the Altima.

[Tommy:]]

How long would it be until stillen has a tuner out for our cars? Is there a time estimate?

[mcheddadi]

I've just emailed Mike who is the marketing director at BullyDog. If he has the time I hope he can clear some things up about the tuner.

[Team STILLEN]

]How long would it be until stillen has a tuner out for our cars? Is there a time estimate?

Just to clarify.. STILLEN has no immediate plans for a tuner for the Altima, we have entertained conversations with current tuners to include the Altima in their application list.

We are in general not in the tuning business, except as it's related to our understanding of Nissan ECU's and supercharger development.

Again, no negativity or intended bias either way to Bully Dog.. quite the opposite, we'd be happy for a tuner with these features to do all it said it will for you guys.

[Team STILLEN]

I've just emailed Mike who is the marketing director at BullyDog. If he has the time I hope he can clear some things up about the tuner.

Dude you're an allstar.. this bad boy is 4 days old and not only are you all over it, but you're doing the community right by getting info to the masses ASAP. Kudos sir!

I'll be honest, we were definitely aware of the previous Power Pup, but your email let us know about their newest version with the display and monitoring. Mehdi is on the scene!

[Tommy:]]

Just to clarify.. STILLEN has no immediate plans for a tuner for the Altima, we have entertained conversations with current tuners to include the Altima in their application list.

We are in general not in the tuning business, except as it's related to our understanding of Nissan ECU's and supercharger development.

Again, no negativity or intended bias either way to Bully Dog.. quite the opposite, we'd be happy for a tuner with these features to do all it said it will for you guys.

Thanks for the quick response, so no ETA on other tuners correct?

[Team STILLEN]

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Thanks for the quick response, so no ETA on other tuners correct?

There are absolutely some company's with the tuning abilities and knowledge of the Altima ECU that are fully capable of doing anything with the ECU, including tuning of aftermarket parts in addition to the generic 'stage' settings..

The issue has ultimately been the cost, and Bully Dog has definitely tackled that in creating a plug in tuner with an expansive vehicle database, and definite positive tweaks.. as mentioned.

This type of tuner doesn't allow for customization on aftermarket parts installed (to my knowledge), or custom tuning, but they definitely have the talent to create a tuner to improve upon the typical stock tuning provided by a large-scale auto manufacturer, who as you can realize is optimizing for all kinds of factors.. the grandmas, the enthusiasts, and the gas savers of the world.

But all that being said.. they seem to have control on a lot of the tweaks that the enthusiast would enjoy, as mentioned before.. such as speed limiter, rev limiter, etc.

The question continues, is there a desire to have more control of the tuning, is there the tuner support for custom maps, people spending shop time at dynos to create maps with their aftermarket products, and the gains for you guys enough to spend in theory twice as much as this Bully Dog unit for those aspects, whatever the gains may be (bigger or the same as the BD unit, which is still to my knowledge an unknown).

[Team STILLEN]

whoops.. double post.. NICO maintenance..

[dldjros69]

I really hope I'm not coming off as negative,

Not at all, i appreciate everything you had to say. You raised some very important questions. Questions that may not have been raised. Thank you for helping us out.

[skiski329]

I am 110% interested but until I get feedback from a 3.5 CVT owner about this product I am not willing to get it. Only because I don’t know if this has been tested on a CVT and I am not willing to risk braking or decreasing the life of my transmission.

[maxentropy]

mcheddadi's last group buy had 20 some folks signed up and already had paid hundreds of dollars for a product before anyone had it in their hands, installed, and reviewed. Shame that ended up the way it did.

I am waiting for someone with my car (3.5SE CVT) to purchase and review this for a few weeks at least before purchasing.

Not to piss anyone off or anything guys, but folks here need to take a step back and take a deep breath. Whereas it's fine to get excited about new products (I do too), we need to remember that not everything increases performance or looks as good as it's advertised...

Just my 2 cents. Looking forward to seeing a review or two on this soon!

[mcheddadi]

mcheddadi's last group buy had 20 some folks signed up and already had paid hundreds of dollars for a product before anyone had it in their hands, installed, and reviewed. Shame that ended up the way it did.

I am waiting for someone with my car (3.5SE CVT) to purchase and review this for a few weeks at least before purchasing.

Not to piss anyone off or anything guys, but folks here need to take a step back and take a deep breath. Whereas it's fine to get excited about new products (I do too), we need to remember that not everything increases performance or looks as good as it's advertised...

Just my 2 cents. Looking forward to seeing a review or two on this soon!

its the price to pay to be on the bleeding edge my friend. and the last GB I did was the Stillen Rear Sway bar if I recall and that went well hehe

[3ugene]

No sir, Brandon's GB ended the way it did cause of the delicate nature of the product. The projectors had to be custom made and things like that break. I don't see this happening with the Triple dog. That fiasco isn't going to happen again cause every GB is going through LBC and the other mods from now on.

I do agree that we need to know a few things before dipping into this first.1) Will there be other tuners avail. in the near future?2) The performance gains specifically to our Altimas.

And as for reliability goes, a quick search online and feedback from different forums seems to agree that this is safe.

No harm in working out the prices for a POSSIBLE GB first.

P.S. I'll be willing to do business with Brandon again. Not trying to offend him.

[Dest556]

I am very interested in getting one AFTER we get some feedback on the product especially with my CVT. Minus that, I would definitely be down for this group buy.

[brokendan]

i just have one question... how is this going to break the cvt.. ?not trying to come off the wrong way. i just really dont understand how its going to break the transmission..

[mcheddadi]

i just have one question... how is this going to break the cvt.. ?not trying to come off the wrong way. i just really dont understand how its going to break the transmission..

who said it would break the cvt?

[brokendan]

I guess I missinterpereted somePeoples worries about of working with cvt.

[Hussain]

josh i have a question for you. CVT can be put on a dyno but people say its not dyno'able because it wont give accurate HP numbers.... what about the other advantages of putting a car on a dyno? if you put a CVT car on a dyno will you still be able to adjust the fuel to air ratio and tune it to work better with your aftermaket parts and new maps and all that good stuff? ior is CVT on a dyno a huge fail and does nothing but waste money?