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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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I wish my car was six speed
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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LOL, I went and searched for 3 months to find a 2004 M-6 in April 2005. No auto's for me.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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im glad mine is an m6. want to buy it?
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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Put a stall in it, that will make the car alot more fun to drive.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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You can buy my six speed.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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haha....I just wish it was more fun to drive....so stall and some gears?
yeah I searched along time but when I bought it I couldn't pass the deal I had...
14600 miles 18k last dec 2004 a4 torrid red
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yes, stall will make it more enjoyable. gears too and if you like shifting get a trans go. then LTs heads,cam ect.
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trans go? shift kit?
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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trans go? shift kit?

yes, and honestly my HCI SS is more fun to drive than my GTO. my GTO is more DD friendly however. now if i modded my GTO it might be a different story but that isnt going to happen.
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I also could use a tune something fierce my buddy has a hypertech programmer he's bout to get ride of.....how big a difference would that make?
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I also could use a tune something fierce my buddy has a hypertech programmer he's bout to get ride of.....how big a difference would that make?

i dont know how precise they are. i had mine dyno tuned with HPT for $175.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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damn a good dyno tune around here is up around 500 bucks....I think the only place around here is akron horsepower...I was gonna wait to get it tuned when I do my heads and cam swap
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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are you reg. on ls1gto? while this site is very informative ls1gto is dedictated to GTOs.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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damn a good dyno tune around here is up around 500 bucks....I think the only place around here is akron horsepower...I was gonna wait to get it tuned when I do my heads and cam swap

500 for an NA bolt on tune? ****, thats what it costs for an FI or H/C tune where i go. usually shops offer inexpensive tuning to sell other services. you might want to check around.

$250 is about avg. here for bolt on tunes.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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yeah I"m gonna have to...if you ever driven an a4 gto you'd know why I wanna tune so bad.....I don't really get on ls1gto very much
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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yeah I"m gonna have to...if you ever driven an a4 gto you'd know why I wanna tune so bad.....I don't really get on ls1gto very much

are they loaded with TM? i saw a stock 04 a4 dyno at 292rw which i thought was pretty good.
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what's tm? I think mines a little more then that actually...mines an 04 a4 gto its run 13.6s
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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what's tm? I think mines a little more then that actually...mines an 04 a4 gto its run 13.6s


torque mngt. it pulls timing between shifts killing power.

i think the guy said he ran a 13.5@103.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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yeah it has it sadly....its doable with a good sixty foot its hard though cuz you can't really come outta the hole very hard...my buddy has 01 ws6 m6 and we run pretty much door to door to about 100...grant it he's car is faster....I just get him outta the gate with preloading the suspension
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tune will help these cars. i gained 13/6 on mine with just an LPE CAI AND MAGNAFLOW cb.
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