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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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ok well i got my car porfesionally(sp) tuned awhile back b4 i put a stall and the ls6 intake in it..and i was wondering if any would my tune be off...he turned off all that TM on my tranny and stuff..and the 1-2 shift is about 5650rpm and the 2-3 is at 6100 and every now and then bumps the revlimiter thats at 6200..when im driving at night and i get on it i look in the rearview and in the people behind me`s headlight i see a bunch of black smoke(and a buddy behind me once told me) so i guess my car is running rich..so i dono i have no clue on tunning thats y im asking yall..i have a kinda important race coming up and i want my car runnin in top performance so do yall think its worth the time to get it retuned? and i bought the car used and it has like 77k miles would having stock spark plugs hurt my performance any? thanx for the help...
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:22 AM
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new plugs dawg. tr55 or an autolite 605 work like a champ.
and put on a nitrous kit.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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no nawz lol...gotta make it last its a daily driver..not a weekend worrier like you lol..
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t t t please
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well, change the plugs anyway.......
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yeha im goin too...just want to know about the tuning im goin to get it looked at hopefully its WAY off so i cant get some hp and be faster lol. we all got high hopes!
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