Tune on basically stock LT1
Tune on basically stock LT1 Anyone ever do a tune on a basically stock LT1, meaning maybe a CAI and catback at most? If so, was it worth it or noticeable and which one did you go with?
I firmly believe a tune is very helpful even on a 100% stock car. I would wait until you get comfortable with some mods and then have it tuned so you dont say add gears and then have it tuned then toss a cam in a month later and need a retune. If you go with say PCMforless and he tuned your car now, you would pay an additonal $50 for each retune which isn't too bad but cheaper to do it all at once. Some others like me have spent over $1000 in tuning between dyno tuning and mail order tuning with all the setups I have ran.
Reason why I ask is because I don't think I'm going to be doing too much engine wise for the next year or so; I already spent a bunch getting the engine running right stock (head gasket, oil leaks, blah, blah, blah). I think I read somewhere that if I use Premium gas all the time (which I do), I can get about 15 hp with just a tune, plus I can tune in the fan, and tune out the skip shift. If it only costs a little more for a retune if I decide to go with LT's, I don't think it would be too much.
Reason why I ask is because I don't think I'm going to be doing too much engine wise for the next year or so; I already spent a bunch getting the engine running right stock (head gasket, oil leaks, blah, blah, blah). I think I read somewhere that if I use Premium gas all the time (which I do), I can get about 15 hp with just a tune, plus I can tune in the fan, and tune out the skip shift. If it only costs a little more for a retune if I decide to go with LT's, I don't think it would be too much.
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I contacted the two popular tuners and both came back with essentially the same answer: I'd get about 12 to 20 hp with just a tune if I run premium all the time, which I do. The tune would cost less than $175. What type of performance difference would that much hp make, 0-60, 1/4 mile, etc?
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