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Old 01-09-2007, 11:13 AM
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I plan doing a head and cam swap at the beginning of feb, The cam is 233/239 112lsa from TSP The heads are 5.3 stage 1.5. and I might not beable to get it to the tuner until the middle of the month. It is an A4, I am putting in a 3600 stall also. But what my question is. If I drive it like that without a tune for two to three weeks, will it damage anything or will it just be really shitting drivability?

What can be expected of driving it without the tune right away?

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Old 01-09-2007, 11:21 AM
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HORRIBLE, I had the TSP 231/237 cam in my 98Z with a tci 3500 stall & without tuning it would stall at just about every stoplight. Also wouldnt go into 1st or 2nd gear at WOT.
Old 01-09-2007, 06:24 PM
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Anybody else???
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It will run like **** when you can actually keep it running. get the tune before hitting the streets with it.
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i have a TSP 233/239 with a tune. if i dont let the temp gauge get a little past 100* on a cold start it will stall. my tune is for a smaller cam that was put in and then taken out for the 233/239. after it warms up it runs perfect and idles at 750rpm. oh yea this is with an m6 so an a4 would be even worse. it just needs a little tune and it should run fine. but heads up on the shitty drivability with no tune and an a4.
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Get that puppy tuned immediately!! If you have HPT/LS1edit etc start doing research on what parms you have to change to keep it running. If not....get it tuned ASAP.

Just did head/cam swap to a much milder setup and even after changing stuff in HPT I could barely keep it running.

Good luck!
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Like others have said, it will want to stall at lights, ect. The sooner you can get her tuned the better.

If you need some help with the swap I will be more than happy to lend a hand.

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i drove my 232/234 .595/.598 about a month w/out a tune. the tune helped a ton! after putting on untouched 243 heads & a 90/90 it needs a tune again, but im guna man up and wait about 2-3 months until i get it dyno tuned again so i can tune with direct port
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I drove my Trex for about a month without a tune....just kinda rich...


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