need help on my car for tunning
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i can dream 
but i still think i shouldnt have to much of a problem trapping what gary2004z06 has trapped
depending what calculator you use. one site said if gary was making roughly 444 fwh which is i think far for a clutch exhaust intake c5z. his car weights 2890.
but i still think i shouldnt have to much of a problem trapping what gary2004z06 has trappeddepending what calculator you use. one site said if gary was making roughly 444 fwh which is i think far for a clutch exhaust intake c5z. his car weights 2890.
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You just can't compare you and your car, and the experience level you're at, to someone like Gary. The car isn't refined, the tune isn't refined, you as a driver are not refined. No offense man, but you don't have the seat time or the car dialed in or anything. Guys like Gary didn't just show up one day and lay down a pass.
Gary also has a bolt on C6Z in the 9s. Does that mean that all bolt on C6Zs should be in the 9s?
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You do realize Gary has hundreds of passes on his car, and is one of the best C5/C6 drivers around, right? If you want your car to go that fast, go get Gary to drive it.
You just can't compare you and your car, and the experience level you're at, to someone like Gary. The car isn't refined, the tune isn't refined, you as a driver are not refined. No offense man, but you don't have the seat time or the car dialed in or anything. Guys like Gary didn't just show up one day and lay down a pass.
Gary also has a bolt on C6Z in the 9s. Does that mean that all bolt on C6Zs should be in the 9s?
You just can't compare you and your car, and the experience level you're at, to someone like Gary. The car isn't refined, the tune isn't refined, you as a driver are not refined. No offense man, but you don't have the seat time or the car dialed in or anything. Guys like Gary didn't just show up one day and lay down a pass.
Gary also has a bolt on C6Z in the 9s. Does that mean that all bolt on C6Zs should be in the 9s?
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But I guess the last thing to try is I put the skinnies I bought for it on. Take as much weight out as I can and go back to mir and see how it runs the next time we get some cold air again. Hopefully soon 
If you have more mods. Why would a car not out mph another car similar to it. Yes I know gary is a great driver and I didn't say it was like pulling into your driveway everyday easy to match what he has done. But how does a car with the same mods. I have a fast 90 ported and ls2 and he had 4.10 gears. Explain how im 10 mph off of him and almost 4+ of anyone else that has less mods then me. All im worried about is why it doesn't mph what it should. Mph shows what the car has in it. Like a supra going mid 8s at 180 but an e.t. will show how good a driver is like how gary has the fastest in a c5z and c6z bolt on car because he is a bad mother ******
Gary and others like him that run fast, have hundreds of passes on their cars. That's seat time, time to refine their setups, etc. You can't just throw a bunch of parts at a car and expect it to be fast. It never happens that way. Even if you had a much higher skill level at building/tuning cars, they all still take tweaking/debugging. All of them. Every car I've ever been involved with, went faster and faster the more I tweaked/tuned/adjusted. I'm not one to just rip weight out of a car. I'd rather tweak it til it won't go any faster.
I think if you have some patience, and put in your time, and spend the required time tweaking and tuning, your times will come around.
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It's not just all about the driver. Seems like you didn't really read my post. It is about the total pakage and seat time. As I said in my last post. Your car is not refined, your tune is not refined, your driving skill is not refined.
Gary and others like him that run fast, have hundreds of passes on their cars. That's seat time, time to refine their setups, etc. You can't just throw a bunch of parts at a car and expect it to be fast. It never happens that way. Even if you had a much higher skill level at building/tuning cars, they all still take tweaking/debugging. All of them. Every car I've ever been involved with, went faster and faster the more I tweaked/tuned/adjusted. I'm not one to just rip weight out of a car. I'd rather tweak it til it won't go any faster.
I think if you have some patience, and put in your time, and spend the required time tweaking and tuning, your times will come around.
Gary and others like him that run fast, have hundreds of passes on their cars. That's seat time, time to refine their setups, etc. You can't just throw a bunch of parts at a car and expect it to be fast. It never happens that way. Even if you had a much higher skill level at building/tuning cars, they all still take tweaking/debugging. All of them. Every car I've ever been involved with, went faster and faster the more I tweaked/tuned/adjusted. I'm not one to just rip weight out of a car. I'd rather tweak it til it won't go any faster.
I think if you have some patience, and put in your time, and spend the required time tweaking and tuning, your times will come around.
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As said, Driver makes a big difference, Example, Friend of mine has a 02 TA cam, heads ect, automatic, Just floor it on launch right? How can you go wrong with an auto, Him driving ( very little experience) vs when I drive, Me, quicker and faster, why? launch techniques.
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Ok but I understand what everyone is saying. I do just my biggest problem is I went from stock to all these mods and have gained 1-2 mph. The vararam intake has been proven alone to give gains like that.
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Oh ok. I didn't know if you were still tuning or not. I did meet you once Prolly 4 years ago. (WOW) when you tuned Bad6as cammed 98 camaro. So that's why I asked and cause your in Maryland. But ill ask around when I get some money together to have someone dyno tune it
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