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Old 06-15-2005, 08:36 PM
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can u drive a car with a magic stick cam on a stock tune. reason is i wana break in the clutch first befor i dyno tune it
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you can do anything. it wont be like driving the stock car though. it will probably die and stuff, and surge...
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Sure, you can. It's not fun, but you can. I'd recommend waiting on the cam install if possible and breaking the clutch in first. I drove mine without tuning a small amount (A4 with 3500 stall at the time) and it wasn't all that bad once I got it started. The only times I took it places I left it running the entire time, as getting it started and running was the hard part. Not killing it when coming to a stop was sometimes tricky as well. This was all after I drilled the throttle body out a little too.
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you are not slamming gears on a dyno, you get it in fourth and pull to red line, and then shut down. That will not harm your clutch. There really isnt much resistance on a dyno either, so its not like your clutch will be holding a crazy amount of power. Go ahead and dyno tune, your clutch will be fine.
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Originally Posted by james99ws6
you are not slamming gears on a dyno, you get it in fourth and pull to red line, and then shut down. That will not harm your clutch. There really isnt much resistance on a dyno either, so its not like your clutch will be holding a crazy amount of power. Go ahead and dyno tune, your clutch will be fine.
exactly i would try and tune it asap because getting it started, comming to a stop is gona bug the hell out of ya...also ull get all the power off the tune and ull love it way more.
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i cant wait on the cam swap cuz its a new motor going in the other took a ****. Is there anyway to get a mail order tune just to get the 400 miles then dyno tune it. i dont feel like having to buy another stage 4 clutch
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i also have ls1 edit....just learning it so not very good with it yet




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