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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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I have a quick question, question is do you think its ok to drive my car as a daily driver until i get it tuned.... Reason asking is it seems to be running pretty rich, And ofcourse my mods are in my signature.... I just installed the polluter cam...... So im just wanting to make sure its ok to daily drive while its untuned.... Trying to be Safe and not mess anything up...
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Mail order tune?
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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im gona hold it out to get it done right with a dyno tune.....! But just wanting to make sure it will be ok to run untuned.....
Thanks for the input but im not verry big on the mail order tunes!
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How long before you get it tuned? I drove mine maybe a week before it got tuned. Whatever you do don't get on it at all for obvious reasons. The sooner you can get it tuned the better. Just be easy on it and all should be good.
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ok i know alota about working on cars and what not, but as far as the computerized stuff goes im not verry good with understanding it... so Another question is what does it honestly hurt cracking on it untuned???

thanks again chris!
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Might be fat idling while you are sniffing around, but might go lean in upper R's when you can't be sniffing the exhaust....
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Your fueling is not gonna be correct for the cam at WOT. If it's lean you can hurt the motor. Just driving around at part throttle is okay, because the O2's correct the air/fuel ratio. It's just gonna be a pain to keep it idling.
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icic!!! well sounds good, ive probably cracked on it about 5 times or so now, guess i better cool it out until i get it tuned! Rather be safe than sorry!
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chris the car sit %99.99 of the time any ways what do you care....lol you better have it tuned for this weekend to back up all that $hit talkin son ill go wth you to get it tuned u know my work schedule lol
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