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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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The question is will a basic tune give me .1 in the
1/4 mile? If it won't I just want to buy sims. My mods
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:14 AM
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1/4 times are more a driver error thing...mph is more of an indicator of what is gained...most people gain 1+mph in the 1/4 with a decent tune though.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by john shea
The question is will a basic tune give me .1 in the
1/4 mile? If it won't I just want to buy sims. My mods
are listed.
John
With long tubes, you should have no problem getting .1 knocked off your 1/4 mile with a tune.

Plus, you'll have more part throttle acceleration, better fuel economy, better throttle response, better idle, ect. if you tune the right parameters.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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A tune is def. worth it after longtubes. I gained a lot of part throttle responce not to mention increasing my mileage 2mpg.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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Tuning being the only change I went from 12.94 110.08 to a 12.72 @ 111.39(best MPH 111.66).

What was more impressive was how much more responsive it was below 3500rpm.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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I'm in the process of tuning right now after only touching the airflow mods before...the difference when you get your a/f back where it's supposed to sit after longtubes, intake, etc is incredible (and I'm not even halfway through). I would say to get the tune.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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With the addition of longtubes is very common for us to see over 20WHP gain and much better throttle response. Typically every 10WHP is worth about .1 in the 1/4, so I would think you could gain even .2 with a really good tune similar to what we do.

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