Tune now or later
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Tune now or later
I have a 2000 camaro SS, only mod so far is a lid but I have a LS6 intake and injectors (28#) to put on. I also plan to do LT/ORY this spring.
My question is would it be ok to run a mail tune for all mods (Lid, intake, injectors, LT/ORY) with only the lid, intake and larger injectors installed? Not sure how fast I can get to the LT and I'd prefer not to have any down time waiting on multiple tunes. Any suggestions?
My question is would it be ok to run a mail tune for all mods (Lid, intake, injectors, LT/ORY) with only the lid, intake and larger injectors installed? Not sure how fast I can get to the LT and I'd prefer not to have any down time waiting on multiple tunes. Any suggestions?
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A tune would be beneficial, but not mandatory at this point. The only bugaboo I see could be the injectors. Even though they aren't much bigger than your existing, I would wait on those until you are ready to load a tune that covers everything. Like another poster mentioned, your mod list and power level would not immediately require a larger injector. Thats not to say you can't install bigger injectors, I would just feel more comfortable with having the injector data and IFR optomized. I'm sure the ecu could pick up the slack from the difference, but why take a chance.
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Thanks for the replies, I only planned on swapping the injectors because they came with the LS6 intake I bought, they are easy enough to hold off on though.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
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Thanks for the replies, I only planned on swapping the injectors because they came with the LS6 intake I bought, they are easy enough to hold off on though.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
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Thanks for the replies, I only planned on swapping the injectors because they came with the LS6 intake I bought, they are easy enough to hold off on though.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
What's the typical turnaround time on a mail order tune? I was leaning towards tuning ahead of time because I can live without the car during these colder months, I know I'll want to drive it once it warms up. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to work in so I'm forced to wait until spring to comfortably work on the car.
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IMO I would not spend the money on a tune just yet sense the lid is really your only mod, I would spend the money else where on anther mod so that you don't have to keep retuning do everything in one shot, I did intake, lid, headers, xpipe and TB and did not do a tune until I did my 4k converter
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n00b question here...this might be a little off topic, but since he did a new intake how much does this actually change the VE of the engine? For example a cold air intake on an otherwise stock engine? Or an aftermarket manifold? I just am having trouble picturing how much this actually changes everything...