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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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My buddy went to school for all that plus we could use the software on his rides too....all diesel maby tunercats is universal
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:28 PM
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Cam choice is very important. You could have heads that flow 300cfm but to small of a cam and the cam with choke the heads.

Reversal, cam that will use all the potential cfm and the heads can't flow enough (cam to big for the head) and the heads will choke the cam.

You will have to get a tune after doing head work and cam work.

TunerCats will not tune a diesel. Its only for GMs gas engines for OBD1.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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Aaaah so the programmer thats supposed to be so great is crap
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Hypertech Programmer?

Yes, not worth the money.

You will see way more gains from a mail order tune, which is like 100 - 150 bucks.

TunerCats with Datamaster and the Cables for OBD1/OBD2 hookup is 300 bucks. You can tune and data log unlimited cars.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 06:00 PM
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So regardless of the what i do to the car i have to do the tune....thats cool gives me an oppurtunity to learn
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Old May 19, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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were in the same boat pretty much lol, i just bought a 94 z28 a few months ago and im looking into doing pretty much the same thing you are. accept mine will be more of a weekend warrior at the strip not so much street, accept to get ice cream from dairy queen on the weekends
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Old May 19, 2012 | 06:17 PM
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Any time you change the aspects of the engine yes.

Also a strip more than street car unless you are happy running mid to high 13s prepare to spend some cash.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Spray it
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Old May 19, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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I race everybody on the streets mostly mexicans (no offense) i just dont care about the police but im careful of other people on the road...we do have strip pretty close and i will run there some
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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Would any of the top end kits be worth it?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Yes a top end kit is well worth the money if you contact a.i. or l.e. they will set you up
I highly recommend going to the track gas and price of entry cost way less than a ticket pluss you will get hard numbers for the car as well
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Also spray works great with a top end kit as well
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Will a top end kit murder my gas mileage?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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Will a top end kit murder my gas mileage?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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With a good tune no I don't think so keep in mind you are making an engine run more efficiently if you can keep you foot out of it you may even gain mpg but I would say it would stay about the same
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Old May 20, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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Can you combine the top end kits with the stroker kits?
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