Discovering more of the nice features of this Malone Stage 2 DPF-delete tune:
At crawling speeds, stock car is undriveable in first gear (can't drive at constant speed in 1st, too jerky, car trying to accelerate or brake), and you can't lug it so much in 2nd, making parking lot maneuvering an exercise in clutch slipping, unless you have room to go fast.
With the tune, no such problem. You can hold constant low speed in first OR 2nd gear, and the car just obeys, no bogging, no surging, it's perfect.
Throttle response is so much more linear! Much less turbo lag. Feels like a larger displacement motor. Much more civilized, polished.
And then there's that power. Just a light tip of the accelerator makes the car progress forward quickly. Torque is immediate.
Is it really a case of the emissions stuff preventing the factory from fine-tuning the car this way??? The difference is night and day!