I just picked up a 98 TransAm with mods in sig but Im gonna get a custom tune this week to correct the speedo for 3.73's and new exhaust. A friend has a pretty quick 02 TransAm with lid, shift kit, dumped bullet, ported TB, free mods and mail order tune. Anyone think I can take him being that I have 3.73's and a full custom tune? The only differences between us are the LS6 intake, gears (he has 3.23's), stock y-pipe vs my 3" ORY, and I guess the 241 heads vs my 806's. Would it be a good race or does the head/LS6 intake make that much of a difference to where he'll just walk me?

IDK, I've been told I'd get smoked....who knows!

BTW- I'm bored here at work so this post is killing time LOL!!!!

 

i think you guys will be pretty damn close. it seems like both your mods cancel each other out. although in my personal experience mail order tune suck ***. i have had a mail order tune and then went to a dyno to get tuned and found the mail order to be severely lacking. to the tune of picking up 35 hp over the mail tune. so i am now thinking you will take him

 

Well, I was hoping the mods cancelled each other out too. My friends tune is a generic base tune that a local speed shop does for real cheap.

 

^^^^ yeah those tunes are better than nothing, and safer than nothing, but like i said, i had one just to get to the dyno shop, thats 1.5 hours away, and when he got me on the dyno and got a nice tune on it i had picked up 35 hp to the wheels over the mail order tune, so with a real dyno tune and your better exhaust, and gears, you will take him, the 241 heads dont flow anymore than the 806's i dont think, if they do its minimal. so all he has over you is the ls6 intake and thats like 15hp tops. and your exhaust should do that for you.

 

just looked it up only diff between 806 and 241 is how the valve covers bolt on