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Old 03-16-2010, 02:21 PM
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Ive been looking hard in to Diablo Sport programmers for my 00' silverado, also looked in to Superchips, Hypertech, etc. Diablo seems to me to have some more intense and involving settings and tunes, and personalized tunes. I dont have any experience with Programmers however, is there anyone with experience that can shed some light in to the best one for the money?
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the programmers are garbo compared to a custom tune man, mite b a little extra but it is worth the money.

BUT if u are going with a chip, from what i have heard the diablo is def the best out.
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Trash the programmer and get a tune like said above. More than likely it will be cheaper than most if not all programmers and give you a MUCH better gain.

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+3 a tune can be cheaper and works 100 times better than a programmer.

Justin @ Blackbear knows his stuff
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Get your self a tune from one of the sponsers to the right >>>>>
you cant go wrong that way.
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no lie i had a hypercrap and supercrap neither which i paid because i tested out each before purchase n they were both crap i did try diablo and it deff showed more results but in the end i went with a custom tune by truckshop and the diffrence is very noitceable
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Get a tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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go with which ever 1 is the prettiest.
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If you want to do your own tuning then laptop controlled software is the way to go (HPTuners or EFI Live) but be prepared to spend some time learning efi systems and tuning your truck, they aren't push-button systems but are definately the best bang for the buck.
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Seen a predator loose 2 hp....they are all junk.. so if your still going to buy one, get the one with the best gimmicks..


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