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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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i got my LM2, o/r Y and SLP LTs installed today! i can definitely feel a power increase from the stock exhaust. would a tune make a difference or would it be better to wait until i get my cam in a few months?
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Definitely wait until you get a cam in.
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the only thing is, i might have the cam in next month or it could be 3 or 4 months away! would you still wait? ill be using the same tuner by the way so it wont be nearly as much for the cam tune
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id get it tuned now, thats what im doing lts/ory and a tune. this way u know exactly how much u picked up off the cam ;D and it also will run nice until u do get cam
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You might look around at some shops and see what they charge for a retune after the initial tune. Some just charge dyno time, and so do the next tune for free. But if you're unsure, then I would wait until after the cam goes in. Unless you want to know the hp increases for each set of mods..
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You might look around at some shops and see what they charge for a retune after the initial tune. Some just charge dyno time, and so do the next tune for free. But if you're unsure, then I would wait until after the cam goes in. Unless you want to know the hp increases for each set of mods..
actually a local shop said theyd charge a lil more for the first tune and little to nothing for every tune after that! although they said the tune for the heads would be a bit more, not sure why though?

the biggest thing was i didnt know if it would make any significant difference w/ or w/o the tune?
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