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Old 06-10-2005, 11:16 AM
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i am so excited about my coated Pacesetters and TSP catted Y-pipe i ordered today. John at TSP (VERY good customer service!!!) told me to wait on the Tune until i get a cam. I told him that i had some pinging issues, of course only when at WOT. he said the headers may actually clear up the pinging.

I know a tune would def. clear it up, but if i can save a few bucks and this will solve the problem then its all good up in da hood!!

so feel free guys to chime in w/ comments. BTW i have an A4 w/ stall
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That' s funny, because I noticed, after installing my MACs, my ping problem went away. I did not notice any change, in the Diablosport tunes, as far as spark timing went, so I simply assumed, for whatever reason, the headers helped. I was just thinking about this earlier in the week. Weird...
Old 06-10-2005, 11:33 PM
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If they jack your tune rich then the ping will go away.
Whether this is entirely bonus, I doubt. Tuned for real
is better than voodoo.
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going up!!
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What jimmyblue said, they may make you run a little rich. This could help pinging, but a real tune would be better. Are you actually monitoring spark advance, or are you just going by ear?
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by ear. it tends to blow out black smoke every now and then when im WOT and i hear pinging. i guess a tune would be necessary




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