Headers and X pipe on the way
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Staging Lane
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From: Louisville KY
Headers and X pipe on the way Hows it going guys. Long time lurker around the forum. I've finally been able to catch a break and have enough money to order long tubes and an x pipe from summit. Any sense in getting a mail order tune right away or wait until I can furnish some more mods? The car has been wrecked for a long time. I traded my old 3.4 for it. I finally got another lt1 to drop in the trans am since the original has a knock in it. I also have deleted the AC and replaced it with the delete pulley. So back to the original question, is it going to be worthwhile to tune with such little mods? Thanks in advance.
Yes, you need a tune since the factory tune is crap! Definitely not designed for performance..........
WWW.madtuner.com will hook you up with a great tune for the mods you have and then some.
You will notice a very nice gain especially if you have a 6 speed
WWW.madtuner.com will hook you up with a great tune for the mods you have and then some.
You will notice a very nice gain especially if you have a 6 speed
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Staging Lane
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From: Louisville KY
Thanks for the input guys. So about the factory tune. Is it under tuned or something? I'll have to check out madtuner. It's an A4 car. I'd like to eventually get a stall but I've never been this involved with a project lol. But, I'm sure once I replace the engine and do a whole exhaust, I'll feel more comfortable with it.
The factory tune has tune has no timing in it that's why many get away with n2o without problems. As for an NA set up its quite bland........ the money on a tune is like money in the bank.
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I'd post pictures of the stock maps but LS1Tech is retarded for pictures.
Yes there is room for improvement. Worth getting a tune just for them? Nah, unless thats all you plan on doing to the car.
The reason stock cars benefit from a tune is because automakers put in a conservative tune because there is differences in variables in different places.
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Staging Lane
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Well, I definitely plan on doing a lot more to the car over time. I think before I do anymore to the car, I'm going to get the front 2 seats re upholstered and get a dash. Once I paint it (got the paint the other day), I'll at least be able to say it looks road worthy. Honestly, I've only driven the car one time. I ran the **** out of it down the street and back on the bad engine with the driver side fender, both bumpers, and hood removed lol. It was eating at me for the longest time to do it. I have to say though, it felt good.
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A stock tune will run headers fine. So if thats all going on right now, I'd hold off. Save the money because a retune costs the same I do believe. So why pay for headers, then add something else, pay again blah blah blah.
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Staging Lane
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Well, I don't know if I'll have enough dough to spend on any other mods. So here's what I've got going on with the car now. 98 front end conversion, slp lid with ws6 hood. Should have good air flow going to it. A/C delete. ABS delete, headers, X pipe, car has 3:23's factory. I'd like to eventually get 3:73's and a 3600 stall along with a cam, but I don't have enough for that just yet. Any other ideas on some cheaper bolt on's before I plunge into a tune?
