SCT Livewire or Spartan

Kent94 · Feb 15, 2013

Hey guys, I'm new to this site. I'm looking into purchasing a 6.4 this spring. I have been researching both the SCT Livewire and Spartan....I have read about the Gearhead tunes and IDP and that intrested me into getting sct. Of course with my luck the livewires are currently discontuned because of the EPA :fustrate: . I have found a few of them on eBay tho. Just wondering what you guys think about which one would be better or which you guy prefer. The SCT is almost half the cost of the spartan. I just would rather buy a tuner now then later becuase of all this EPA bs going on who knows what they'll do next. Thanks in advanced.

jesse319 · Feb 15, 2013

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sootie · Feb 16, 2013

for tuning-gearheads tunes on an SCT take the cake. the Dashdaq is a sweet monitor tho

Breaking Habits · Feb 16, 2013

Good luck finding a new livewire for half the cost

1tonpower · Feb 16, 2013

i just bought a live wire loaded with eric's customs tunes from rudy last week....he did not brake the bank ether

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Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
Good luck finding a new livewire for half the cost

Yeah it was the SCT Livewire TS that I ment was half the cost. But I was later informed that the TS wont delete :doh:

Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

1tonpower said:
i just bought a live wire loaded with eric's customs tunes from rudy last week....he did not brake the bank ether .

How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking? Also where did you get the livewire?

Hanging_Heels · Feb 18, 2013

I just got a sct tsx (havent gotten around to getting gearheads tunes yet, but i am.) I also run Spartans tunes and KEMs 345 via dashdaq. With that said spartan has some bad ass tunes and their customer service is second to none! Jeff and Mick (who both work for spartan) are super solid guys and very knowledgeable! So when you decide who to go with take customer service into consideration too.

SickStroke6.0 · Feb 18, 2013

H&S will run custom tunes (including Gearhead's) and will still maintain shift-on-the-fly.

Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

Hanging_Heels said:
I just got a sct tsx (havent gotten around to getting gearheads tunes yet, but i am.) I also run Spartans tunes and KEMs 345 via dashdaq. With that said spartan has some bad ass tunes and their customer service is second to none! Jeff and Mick (who both work for spartan) are super solid guys and very knowledgeable! So when you decide who to go with take customer service into consideration too.

How are the shifts with spartans 310 and 350 tune?

SickStroke6.0 said:
H&S will run custom tunes (including Gearhead's) and will still maintain shift-on-the-fly.

Do you need the "race tuner" from H&S for that? Becuase I know the "race tuner" will delete dpf but I dont think the "street tuner" will as far as I know. But the H&S "race tuner" is very expensive now and rare.

SickStroke6.0 · Feb 18, 2013

Yes, you will need a Race tuner.

WoodBoy · Feb 18, 2013

Yes you need race tuner

Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

Damn. I've seen them for sale but for $1600. What do you guys think? Any of you running MCC?

SickStroke6.0 · Feb 18, 2013

Kent94 said:
Damn. I've seen them for sale but for $1600. What do you guys think? Any of you running MCC?

I'm about to be. I can hook you up with a some H&S race products. Definitely not cheap, though, you're right about that.

Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

Yeah I'm thinking about it. Whats the difference between the mini maxx and the XRT pro? The XRT pro seems to be alittle cheaper.

SickStroke6.0 · Feb 18, 2013

Kent94 said:
Yeah I'm thinking about it. Whats the difference between the mini maxx and the XRT pro? The XRT pro seems to be alittle cheaper.

Mini Maxx has gauges and can be mounted, the XRT Pro is just a handheld tuner.

kb156 · Feb 18, 2013

love my SCT Livewire, it does what i need it to do. thinking about putting some custom tunes on it. i'd go SCT.

Kent94 · Feb 18, 2013

SickStroke6.0 said:
Mini Maxx has gauges and can be mounted, the XRT Pro is just a handheld tuner.

Thats what you have correct? And so you just plug it in and install your tune and unplug once its done? My buddy has the Mini Maxx for his duramax.

kb156 said:
love my SCT Livewire, it does what i need it to do. thinking about putting some custom tunes on it. i'd go SCT.

Yeah but there are hard to find the Livewires that can disable dpf.

kb156 · Feb 18, 2013

Kent94 said:
Thats what you have correct? And so you just plug it in and install your tune and unplug once its done? My buddy has the Mini Maxx for his duramax.

Yeah but there are hard to find the Livewires that can disable dpf.

yes extremely. when the whole EPA thing went down in a couple months ago i made sure i bought one. maybe call some shops and see if anyone offers custom tunes that will delete it

SickStroke6.0 · Feb 18, 2013

Kent94 said:
Thats what you have correct? And so you just plug it in and install your tune and unplug once its done? My buddy has the Mini Maxx for his duramax.

Correct. I have a Mini Maxx w/ MCC waiting to be installed, though.