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Old 06-27-2008, 10:25 AM
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hey i'm going to get a dynotune sometime in the next couple weeks to get rid of the check engine light (it threw a code when i put the lt's/ory in). this is the first time i've had the car tuned since i bought it bone stock 2.5 years ago, and was wondering how noticeable (if at all) a tune would be performance-wise for the mods in my sig. thanks for your help
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A good tune with those mods should yeild noticeable ***-meter/dyno gains over the untuned stock file.
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awesome,, i have an appointment set up for monday morning to get it tuned. will the increased performance help or hurt my fuel economy as far as conservative driving goes?
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Depends on how you tune it.
You can have them tune it for efficiency OR power... usually they're pretty close to each other. but, you should still be getting better than before the tune/lts/ory, since there's less restriction, and if you got good lt's, scavenging going on to make the exhaust flow better = better mpg, better power.
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Gas mileage and Horsepower are completely independent of each other, if it is tuned correctly you will get improved mileage and max horsepower.




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