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Old 10-12-2005, 05:26 PM
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would it be worth the $300 to get my car dyno tuned?

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My car, similar setup, picked up 20rwhp with a quick tune, your results may vary.

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depends on what you consider worth it. If i had it all to do over, no it's not worth it. use the money to buy your own tuning software.
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depends on what you consider worth it. If i had it all to do over, no it's not worth it. use the money to buy your own tuning software.
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well im not planning on doing more mods that would require another tune and i have no idea how to tune myself

basically what i was wondering is if the gains i will recieve will be worth it
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do you think any of us knew how to tune before we got the program/hardware itself? As far as it being worth the money it all depends on the final tune i guess...personally I waited until I did heads/cam to get mine tuned and then invested in the software to tune it myself since I felt my dynotune was below par.

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well like i said im not gonna do heads/cam or anything else

$300 < $500 for hp tuners plus all the time it would take for me to learn enough for a decent tune
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Well if ur wanting to maximize the setup you have now then ya get it tuned. You might pick up 10-20rw depending. If you plan on a few more bolt-ons in the future like LS6 intake, etc etc then wait
Plus its just nice knowing what'll put down on the dyno (even though #'s arent everything)
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Buy your own tune/scan tools, learn to do it yourself, you'll never regret it, even if you're not adding mods.
You have LT's, you can get a few extra hp just from tuning.




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