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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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is my car gonna run ok with out a tune?
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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is my car gonna run ok with out a tune?
You are going to go through the work of swapping cylinder heads and you aren't going to swap the cam at the same time?
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yuup. i blew a head gasket so really no choice. dont have the money for the cam right now...

6 months im goint to have heads cam intake n20 a 9" on a slick... so this is a temp fix
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yuup. i blew a head gasket so really no choice. dont have the money for the cam right now...

6 months im goint to have heads cam intake n20 a 9" on a slick... so this is a temp fix
Beg, borrow, and steal! JK.

Gotcha. Yeah, I guess it would be best to put on the ported heads now. I would imagine that it would run ok with a stock tune, but I can't say so with any certainty.
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alright cooll lol well i sure as hell hope so, or i'll be fk'd lol
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MAF makes up for a multitude of sins. It will help the engine see the extra airflow and it will be fine. Not optomized but no problem driving it or even running it hard.
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You'll be fine w/o the tune. Honestly you won't notice much of a difference from the heads until you do the cam swap but in your situation I think it's smart to have the heads worked now.
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