My current SHO really isn't that modded.. 3BAR, AIRAID, HPFP, Tune, and Springs.. lots of go fast parts still on the table... (meth, IC, Turbos, etc etc). You could argue that instead of spending on the money on an exhaust and downpipes I spent it on a pump.
Does one buy a HPFP to stay conservative? I would venture to say the HPFP is much more a safety net. In the next month or so you will see people posting complaining about hesitation under load... happens every winter. The reason for this is as temps drops the demand on fuel gets higher. Tunes that run well during the warmer months don't always run well in colder months for this reason. The HPFP allows me to run an aggressive tune all year round.
Is Gearheads E30 tune with the HPFP aggressive? I would most certainly say so, the overall load was higher than any meth tune I had on my 2010. It's very capable of running 11's with exhaust work and some weight reduction on stock turbos. And the data logs show it. It's got all the safety features built in, so it's safe, but very aggressive for sure.
I wouldn't call LMS conservative. Their tunes have always been within a couple tenths of anyone else's tunes that demand far more from the car. I can say that LMS tunes are the most consistent tunes I have run.
And smooth power isn't in and of itself conservative. A car that is tuned well will be smooth and deceivingly quick. I have made it no secret that while the LMS tunes don't have that throw in the back of the seat high boost feeling, their tune always surprises me at the track.
My fastest uncorrected time with Brad was a 12.351 and my fastest uncorrected time with LMS was a 12.41x but the demand between the tunes from the car were very different. Point is, the butt dyno can easily be wrong.
And I can also say that having worked with all the tuners and then knowledge I have gleaned, LMS doesn't push the car much if at all past what the components can efficiently handle.
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