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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:20 AM
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I have a 98 LS1 with 4.10s and pulleys and a ram air lid. I never ran the power programming because I never had the courage to. Should I take the plunge?
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:39 AM
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let it take the plunge onto ebay or craigslist.

I would look at getting a dyno tune expecially if you plan for more mods in the future.


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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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or plunge it to the trash! I will never ever use a hypercrap again
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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Hmm, anyone else? What happens when Hypertech goes wrong?
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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well the programmer takes so long to upload the program that if the battery gets just a little low then say so long to the pcm. Had it happen twice on the 98 I had. It takes almost 10min to complete, I now have efi live and it takes 20 seconds. Oh and there was no power change that I could tell
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We don't call it Hyperjunk for nothin...
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 03:40 PM
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i went to use a hypertech powerpac on my car and everything i did for some reason it would make the car not shift.

i was only using it to tune for my thermostat and i went to drive away once the tune was on and my car wouldnt shift till i let off.

i used to use a predator and loved it actually i would for sure get one but i had to give it back kuz it was a buddies i really did like the predator though it just seemed nicer and better
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