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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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I just purchased one of these since I already have their tune. Makes it easier if I want to make some changes. Nice price too.

http://www.vectormotorsports.com/ind...mart&Itemid=28

I had to buy a laptop first though. This $hit gets expensive... lol...

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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Well, this will be shipped out this Wednesday. Slowly but surely the car is becoming complete.

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I've debated this because it'd be about that I'd pay for HPtuners and a tune. Let us know how it is.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Absolutely. I went this route because I already bought their tune last year so it was a less expensive way to go. I just purchased a laptop for this specific purpose. (E-bay rocks...) My next and final N/A mod is a FasterProms Stage 1 ported intake, then the car will be complete.

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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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I am looking forward to your review of this, didn't know it existed...
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Interesting for people with Vector tunes, but damn another $250.
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Well, a lot of people just buy the canned tune from someone. That's about $350.00. So now lets say you add something and want to make changes. Now either you need to send it all back in or buy software to do it yourself. HPTuners is $650.00 for the pro version. Which I'd want. So if I went with that, $350.00 plus $650.00? Scerw that... So I just bought the cable for $250.00 that lets me adjust it by myself. If I knew what I know now I would have just bought HPTuners right off the rip. At this point it wouldn't be cost effective to.

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So with the Power Cal you can make your own adjustments? Or do you log and send it back to Vector for adjustments?
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It let's you modify some things but you can also send the data back to Vector via e-mail and let them tune it. What they do is send you the tune back, you download it, then put it into the TCM/PCM.

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Interesting, when you get it let me know what you can and can't do yourself with it.

I've been debating on this for a while.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Sure no problem. It was shipped today and I should have it in a few days. Monday the latest. I'll keep you all updated on how good or bad it works.

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Originally Posted by mgpeagle
then the car will be complete.

-mike
that's what you say now mike!!! Lol....it's never done!! Lol
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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Yeah, I am beginning to find that out. Ported intake is next. Sometime in the next month or two. The only thing I can really do after that is a turbo, nitrous, or supercharger without completely digging into the internals which I am NOT doing. I would love a centrifical supercharger. I have a great idea for one but not the funds to do it. I'd love that, just to be different.

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