Are Budget Long Tubes Worth It?
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The car will run fine, but you'll get a little more out of them once the car is tuned. If you tune right away, I'd forget o2 sims, b/c the rears can be turned off in the pcm when tuning. You only need o2 sims if you don't want to stare at the SES light.
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Originally Posted by LS69TA
The car will run fine, but you'll get a little more out of them once the car is tuned. If you tune right away, I'd forget o2 sims, b/c the rears can be turned off in the pcm when tuning. You only need o2 sims if you don't want to stare at the SES light.
So O2 sims are just for the SES light? No damage to the engine is there aren't any o2 sims?
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Originally Posted by Powered By V8
So O2 sims are just for the SES light? No damage to the engine is there aren't any o2 sims?
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Also, if you don't use o2 sims or delete the rear o2s in the pcm, you'll have a SES light before long, and you won't know if something else is acting up because the light will already have been triggered and staying on because of the rear o2s.
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Originally Posted by Powered By V8
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but how bad does the car drive with headers and an ORY with no tune? Do you need o2 sims if you get a tune right away?
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Just put on Pacesetters, ORY and Borla catback today. Sounds awesome and fitment was perfect. Did the !egr !air and sims till I get the tune. Everything went in like butter didn't have to modify or take off anything. The car ran like we didn't even touch it. Well, except it was alot louder I say if you are not gonna do stainless headers the only way to go is Pacesetter.
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I've got painted pacesetters. The paint will burn off in a week and
they'll rust in 4 to 6 no matter what. I bought them for funtion not
looks. If you got an extra $100 get coated pacesetters.
they'll rust in 4 to 6 no matter what. I bought them for funtion not
looks. If you got an extra $100 get coated pacesetters.
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Thanks for the words of wisdom guys. Found a good deal with Texas speed. 700 bucks for Ceramic coated Pacesetter LT's, and TSP y pipe with high flow magnaflow cats. Goin to order them on wed and my bud will put them in following week. car will go to the track again in May. will see the gains. hope to join the 12 sec club.
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I got a 01 Z28. Im thinking about the TSP deal with the catted pipe. Is it correct all I will need to get besides headers and y-pipe are the o2 extensions and the o2 sims? We have to go through emissions testing here and I want it to be legal all the way but still be badass. sorry....
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I took the advise of the posting crew and went with the Pacesetter LT's (coated) and the TSP catted Y pipe. Texas SPeed Performance had a sale for $700 for the Headers and Catted Y and o2 extensions for $19.95(X2). The cats were magnaflow which worked well because my catback is also Magnaflow.
I believe that when you mod your car sufficiently enough you should get it tuned anyway to get the most out of what you have installed. I have used the poor mans solution to tune which is the Jet performance programmer (there are others)that has 3 stages of programming. Some people like this solution others don't. I have been very pleased with this solution for now but I am getting ready to take the car to a professional tuner when it gets back in my hands after the headers and Catted Y are installed.
You and your car are worth it if your goin to do it right!!!
I believe that when you mod your car sufficiently enough you should get it tuned anyway to get the most out of what you have installed. I have used the poor mans solution to tune which is the Jet performance programmer (there are others)that has 3 stages of programming. Some people like this solution others don't. I have been very pleased with this solution for now but I am getting ready to take the car to a professional tuner when it gets back in my hands after the headers and Catted Y are installed.
You and your car are worth it if your goin to do it right!!!
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I took the advise of the posting crew and went with the Pacesetter LT's (coated) and the TSP catted Y pipe. Texas SPeed Performance had a sale for $700 for the Headers and Catted Y and o2 extensions for $19.95(X2). The cats were magnaflow which worked well because my catback is also Magnaflow.
I believe that when you mod your car sufficiently enough you should get it tuned anyway to get the most out of what you have installed. I have used the poor mans solution to tune which is the Jet performance programmer (there are others)that has 3 stages of programming. Some people like this solution others don't. I have been very pleased with this solution for now but I am getting ready to take the car to a professional tuner when it gets back in my hands after the headers and Catted Y are installed.
You and your car are worth it if your goin to do it right!!!
I believe that when you mod your car sufficiently enough you should get it tuned anyway to get the most out of what you have installed. I have used the poor mans solution to tune which is the Jet performance programmer (there are others)that has 3 stages of programming. Some people like this solution others don't. I have been very pleased with this solution for now but I am getting ready to take the car to a professional tuner when it gets back in my hands after the headers and Catted Y are installed.
You and your car are worth it if your goin to do it right!!!