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Old Jan 18, 2015 | 08:57 AM
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Just bought an 01 T/A WS6, guy I bought it from only had it for 6 mo, is a mustang guy and bought the ws6 as an impulse buy and decided to stick with his mustangs so sold it. He has had firebird and z's in the past and said this ws6 pulled harder than any he has owned and guessed maybe it had a tune. Any way to verify if it does. I have access to an EFI Live tuner, if that might help.
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Old Jan 18, 2015 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by trailshredder
Just bought an 01 T/A WS6, guy I bought it from only had it for 6 mo, is a mustang guy and bought the ws6 as an impulse buy and decided to stick with his mustangs so sold it. He has had firebird and z's in the past and said this ws6 pulled harder than any he has owned and guessed maybe it had a tune. Any way to verify if it does. I have access to an EFI Live tuner, if that might help.
The person tuning should be able to tell if it has been tuned.... if it is a tuner with experience.
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Old Jan 18, 2015 | 09:07 AM
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yep.... you could download a stock ws6 tune from 02 and compare them but they still may vary a little bit. honestly the dude probably just wasnt familiar with the power these have over the older models. if its bone stock its probably not tuned.
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Might have a handheld tune done to it.
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Old Jan 18, 2015 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by farmington
Might have a handheld tune done to it.
If you know anything about tunes, most of those are complete garbage, and I would rather have a stock tune than a handheld. I like my engines to stay together, and not tear themselves apart from the inside out. You make a good point, I would check for sure just for the piece of mind.
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