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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 04:54 PM
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was up fellas i have a 00 ws6, with a rebuild motor, cam, headers, udp, and 36lbs injectors. My question is will something happen to my motor while running it with out a tune cause of the injectors being bigger, or is safe for me to run it like that that till i brake in the motor? THANKS
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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was up fellas i have a 00 ws6, with a rebuild motor, cam, headers, udp, and 36lbs injectors. My question is will something happen to my motor while running it with out a tune cause of the injectors being bigger, or is safe for me to run it like that that till i brake in the motor? THANKS
larger injectors will dump more fuel, more fuel will wash down cylinder walls, and they wont seal. that is if it will even start. i learned the hard way. installed 39lb injectors on a stock tune and i broke the starter off.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:07 PM
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Yep get a tuner to flash a rough tune in it....
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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ok thanks guys i'm going to wait to drive the car til i get the tune. Just a tune where im from is 450 for base line tune after i get that i take back for the real tune when i'm done braking in the motor its 200 bucks more
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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i have a crane cam tuner for sale
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 12:27 AM
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**** that and the handheld bullshit. Frost mailorder tune. End of story. Atleast untill you can get a full dyno tune.
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
**** that and the handheld bullshit. Frost mailorder tune. End of story. Atleast untill you can get a full dyno tune.
Frost did AWESOME with my PCM this week!! Go with him for sure for a cheap mail order tune
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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Whats that cost?
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Whats that cost?
If you're referring to Frost it was $150 plus shipping...
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