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Old 11-26-2007, 03:09 AM
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Will I need to get a tune with long tubes, intake, underdrive pulley, and lightweight flywheel? I'm assuming the underdrive pulley and flywheel won't change anything and I don't plan on doing anything else performance related for a while. So do I need a tune to not damage anything, or is it just suggested for gas mileage/power, or is this not even enough to bother with? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Originally Posted by RWDCelicadude
Will I need to get a tune with long tubes, intake, underdrive pulley, and lightweight flywheel? I'm assuming the underdrive pulley and flywheel won't change anything and I don't plan on doing anything else performance related for a while. So do I need a tune to not damage anything, or is it just suggested for gas mileage/power, or is this not even enough to bother with? Thanks in advance for any advice.
definitely suggested, a tune will completely optimize your performance.
If you dont it will not damage anything.
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In short......yes you will.
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NOt needed.
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it'll be okay till you put a cam in.
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all that without the LT's nope you don't HAVE to but it's neevr a bad thing. now when you get LT's and remove those cats, yeah you will need a tune pretty quick depending on your drivin habits
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dont listen to king nothing cuz he know's nothing. lol. i just put my lt's in and i drive the s**t out of my car and its fine. i am thinking about getting one but only for the hp gains.
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Originally Posted by transamwes
dont listen to king nothing cuz he know's nothing. lol. i just put my lt's in and i drive the s**t out of my car and its fine. i am thinking about getting one but only for the hp gains.
don't listen to wes cause he's a moron who spends his time buyin toothless hookers on south 9th street did you pull your cats off after the install *****?
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i did full bolt ons, then got the tune. gained a great bit of power
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Originally Posted by King Nothing
don't listen to wes cause he's a moron who spends his time buyin toothless hookers on south 9th street did you pull your cats off after the install *****?
hell ya the toothless ones give the best head also the cats and stock y pipe were the first things i took off to install the headers cuz it would be impossible to leave them anywhere close to their stock location with lt's. . .duh
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You dont NEED a tune. I ran bolt-on's, stall, exhaust and didnt get a tune untill after H/C. The car ran just fine, 12.28@112.4x with no tune
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Originally Posted by Red 01SS
You dont NEED a tune. I ran bolt-on's, stall, exhaust and didnt get a tune untill after H/C. The car ran just fine, 12.28@112.4x with no tune
agreed , tune after Heads/Cam unless you plan on never installing these things, then sure, get one, it will help gain some horses and the engine will thank you.
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you don't need one, but to maximize the benefit of your mods, you should get one
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Originally Posted by transamwes
hell ya the toothless ones give the best head also the cats and stock y pipe were the first things i took off to install the headers cuz it would be impossible to leave them anywhere close to their stock location with lt's. . .duh
i meant did you leave them off after you put the LT's on you jackass
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not to hijack but I’m doing lt’s on my car right now and I’m not going to run rear o2's, will the car run right or will it run really rough. and yes i will do a tune later
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Originally Posted by LTLRDSS
not to hijack but I’m doing lt’s on my car right now and I’m not going to run rear o2's, will the car run right or will it run really rough. and yes i will do a tune later
Car will run fine. Rear O2's just tell you if the cats are working correctly. You will have an SES light but will not hurt anything. That's what I am doing right now. Haven't gotten the codes tuned out.
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Originally Posted by King Nothing
i meant did you leave them off after you put the LT's on you jackass
yup left mine off unplugged rear o2's drove to the exhaust shop with open headers and had a custom ory welded in. . . car runs fine without the rear o2's
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Originally Posted by RedRocketZ28
Car will run fine. Rear O2's just tell you if the cats are working correctly. You will have an SES light but will not hurt anything. That's what I am doing right now. Haven't gotten the codes tuned out.
ok so it wont run rich or lean
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Alot of places will do retunes for a reduced rate or even free if you do it once. Maybe find a place like that and take advantage of it through every step
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you dont really need a tune yet! Just with hearders duals and a pt4400 stall i was runing 7.8's on stock tune



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