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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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so my car has a cutout and a lid on it, and a couple of free mods. a good friend has tuning software and can tune my car, but i don't think he's very familiar with tuning it. i'm just wondering if there are some very simple things that an expert doesn't know how to do that my friend can do to make the car run better (a/f, timing, etc).

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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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where are you located? i can help you out with a few basics, which tuner are you using?
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yeah what program are you using?
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heh, i have no idea! i'll ask my friend tonight when i get a few trouble codes erased, and then i'll post up. i was just hoping that there could be a couple of little things he could do to maybe make the engine run a little better. btw, i live in austin, tx.
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if he has hp tuners down load your file on your computer and go and log some idle, part throttle, and full throttle for about 20 min. then you can email me the log and the tune and i can change some things in there and explain what was done adn why, maybe help him out in a few things

i understand most of it pretty good, just not how to get my car run on big injectors lol
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Originally Posted by WS6FirebirdTA00
if he has hp tuners down load your file on your computer and go and log some idle, part throttle, and full throttle for about 20 min. then you can email me the log and the tune and i can change some things in there and explain what was done adn why, maybe help him out in a few things

i understand most of it pretty good, just not how to get my car run on big injectors lol
hey, that'd be awesome!! well my clutch break in is still in route, but when that's over i'll get him to do that and i'll send away! thanks for the help!
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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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Evan PM me bout this...
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