does my lt1 car need tuning? it has heads and cam and runs like crap? help!
02-19-2004, 11:44 PM
#1
does my lt1 car need tuning? it has heads and cam and runs like crap? help! i have a 95 lt1 with stage 2 heads and cc306 cam and full bolt-ons stock intake and TB ... i just finished it but i dosent feel like a low 12s second car or an ls1 killer .. it has a stock PCM no tuning what so ever ,,
some people have told me that the car should run good even if it hasent been tuned, but other people have told me that if it is not tuned it will run like **** and crapy..... im wondering if it was tuned would it run better and idle better and everything else better?????/
-below ill put all the things that are on the car
-slp headers
-stage 2 heads
-cc306
-1.6 rr
-3.73
-cold air
-crank pulley
-borla cat-back
-msd 6al and wires
-NGK plugs
-lt4 knock module
-stock intake and TB
-SVO blue injectors
need help so if anyone can fill me in i would be very thankfull because im lossing pations and fate in my LT1 ......
ROGER IN TEXAS
some people have told me that the car should run good even if it hasent been tuned, but other people have told me that if it is not tuned it will run like **** and crapy..... im wondering if it was tuned would it run better and idle better and everything else better?????/
-below ill put all the things that are on the car
-slp headers
-stage 2 heads
-cc306
-1.6 rr
-3.73
-cold air
-crank pulley
-borla cat-back
-msd 6al and wires
-NGK plugs
-lt4 knock module
-stock intake and TB
-SVO blue injectors
need help so if anyone can fill me in i would be very thankfull because im lossing pations and fate in my LT1 ......
ROGER IN TEXAS
Last edited by regorih383; 02-19-2004 at 11:53 PM. Reason: need to add information
02-21-2004, 01:04 PM
#2
When you say runs like crap, what is it doing. Does it not start properly? Is it backfiring? Is it dying at lights?
Your car may run like junk just because of the larger cam. In which case, tuning should take care of the problem. But if the car is backfiring and surging heavily, then it is most likely another problem (burnt wire etc...)
FWIW, check you plug wires and the wires about the headers. I can't tell you how many LT1's we've had come in for tuning and it is nothing but burnt wires.
Your car may run like junk just because of the larger cam. In which case, tuning should take care of the problem. But if the car is backfiring and surging heavily, then it is most likely another problem (burnt wire etc...)
FWIW, check you plug wires and the wires about the headers. I can't tell you how many LT1's we've had come in for tuning and it is nothing but burnt wires.
