Bully Dog GT Gas Tuner: More Than A Flash Tuner

There’s no doubt that tow vehicles can always use a little help with horsepower and torque and the market for flash tuners prove that racers look for power when they need it and economy when they want it. Bully Dog’s GT Gas Tuner is a great choice for hauling and off-roading features, or improved fuel economy for long highway hauls. It offers space for 10 custom tunes, so you can dial in performance as needed. If you think that is all that the tuner can control, you would be very wrong.

Get ready for mind-blown. Depending on the vehicle and it’s options, you can control everything from auto door locks to disabling the traction control can be managed through the controller. You want a setting to control how long an accessory will remain on after the engine has been turned off and the doors closed? Bully Dog has you covered. Maybe you just want to run the high beams and fog lights at the same time? No problem. Maybe you just don’t like the key reminder buzzer on your truck. The Bully Dog GT tuner will allow you to change the frequency of the buzzer.

Here is a list of the potential features that can be adjusted by the Bully Dog GT Gas Tuner:

Accessory Delay: Control how long the accessory items will remain on after the engine has been turned off and the doors remain closed. Accessory items such as the radio, cigarette lighter, ect.

Active Fuel Management (AFM): Used to enable or disable the AFM (Active Fuel Management) V8 <> V4 functionality.This will only function if the engine is mechanically equipped to shut off cylinders.

Adjust Timing: Adjust the timing of your engine from +4 to -8 to increase power or fuel economy according to your vehicle’s specifications.

Auto Door Lock: Enable the vehicle to automatically lock all the doors any time it reaches a speed of 15mph. Once the vehicle comes to a stop, if the driver’s door is the first to open, then all other doors will automatically unlock.

Axle Lockers (2WD and 4WD-Hi): Easily engage the wheel lockers for off-road traction. (Rubicon Only off road)

Axle Ratio: Correct the vehicle speedometer (and fuel efficiency calculations) if you have changed the gear ratio on your vehicle.

Boost Control: Used to enable or disable the use of a specialized data table for turbo/supercharged engines.

Brake Torque Management (BTM): This will disable the BTM (Brake Torque Management) from functioning when the traction control system is switched off.

CAM Variation Relearn: Used to relearn if vehicle has been flashed and/or if CAM position sensor has been changed. Would have to be done at the dealer but now can be done through the GT.

Coolant Temperature: Current coolant temperature; this information is used for warning level and safety defueling settings.

Coolant Temperature Warning: This gauge option shows the coolant temperature in °F or °C. This information is used in warning settings to alarm when the coolant temperature limit is exceeded.

Daytime Running Lights: Disable or enable daytime running lights.

Disable Traction Control: Disable the traction control.

Engine Fan: Enable and disable the engine fan regardless of coolant temperature.

Fog Light/High Beam: Be able to use the fog lights and the high beams at the same time.

Fuel Dynamics Compensation (FDC): Used to enable or disable the FDC (Fuel Dynamics Compensation) algorithms.

Head Light Delay: Set the amount of time that the head lamps remain on after the engine has been turned off.

Headlight Approach Timer: Adjust the length of time the lights remain on when a vehicle unlocking the vehicle with the remote.

Horn Chirp Length: Adjust the length of the horn chirp to either short or long when the vehicle is locked using the remote.

Horn Chirp On Lock: The vehicle horn will sound each time the doors are locked by a remote while this feature is enabled.

Idle Adjust: Enable and select a value for Engine Idle position.

Idle Learn Reset: Vehicle relearns idle parameters depending on the current environmental variables.

Multiple Displacement System (MDS): Enabling the MDS initiates a fuel saving 4-cylinder engine mode and disables additional engine cylinders.

Optical Flash On Lock: The hazard lights will flash each time the doors are locked using the remote when this feature is enabled.

Pyrometer Temperature Warning: This gauge option shows the pyrometer temperature in °F or °C. This information is used in warning settings to alarm when the pyrometer temperature limit is exceeded.

Relearn Vehicle Data/Transmission Adaptive Learning: The transmission adaptive learning, (TAL), changes the way the automatic transmission in the vehicle shifts based on driving habits.

Reset Engine Oil Life: Reset the vehicles’s engine life indicator manually through the GT instead of cycling through all the dash options.

Reset Transmission Oil Life: Reset the transmission oil life manually through the GT. This would have to originally be done by the dealer but now can be done on demand.

Rev Limiter: Regulate the highest RPM that an engine can reach before the engine is electronically limited. Increasing the RPM limit is recommended only for racing purposes.

Seat Belt Chime: Turn off seat belt reminder chime.

Smart Unlock Configuration: Change the way you unlock your vehicle when using a remote. Unlock only the driver door with the first button press and unlock the passenger doors by pressing the button again, or unlock all the doors at once.

Speed Limiter: Change the top speed that the vehicle will reach before the engine automatically limits the power needed to go faster.

Switch A/F Sensor Reading: Switch between O2 sensors for correct Air/Fuel Ratio values.

Throttle Sensitivity: Adjust the throttle sensitivity for stock, fuel saver, performance and extreme modes.

Tire Size: Correct the speedometer if you have changed your tire size from stock.

TPMS: Change or disable the Tire Pressure Monitoring System.

Transfer Case Ratio: This function is for users who have physically replaced the Transfer Case. It is only necessary to adjust this when swapping out the Transfer Case for a different Case with a different low range ratio.

Transmission Shift Firmness: Change the shift firmness of an automatic transmission.

Transmission Shift Points: Change the RPMs at which an automatic transmission will change gears.

Transmission Temperature Warning: This gauge option shows the transmission temperature. This information is used in warning settings to alarm when the transmission temperature limit is exceeded in automatic transmissions.

Unlock Driver Door: Disable this feature so all of the vehicle doors will unlock with one press of the button on the remote.

Wide Open Throttle Disable (WOT): Remove the throttle position governor and use up to 100% of your vehicle throttle before you reach 40 mph.

If you want to know more about this Bully Dog tuner, or any of their other fine products, visit them online at www.bullydog.com.

 

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Bobby Kimbrough

Bobby grew up in the heart of Illinois, becoming an avid dirt track race fan which has developed into a life long passion. Taking a break from the Midwest dirt tracks to fight evil doers in the world, he completed a full 21 year career in the Marine Corps.
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