ran into a Terminator today...
I had my car dyno'd with basically the same mods and felt a world of difference. I paid 450 for mine.
Picked up ~30rwhp ~35rwtq so I'd say it's worth the money. Plus most tuners will give you a big discount for a retune.. Like my guy told me only 150 when I go heads cam turbo
Picked up ~30rwhp ~35rwtq so I'd say it's worth the money. Plus most tuners will give you a big discount for a retune.. Like my guy told me only 150 when I go heads cam turbo
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The dark side is calling your name..... 
Im on speed, just never sig in. I think my name is nightmareZ over there. Ill ask him and see whats up.
Who tuned your car? the STL area has seems to be very hit and miss with tuners. oh, and like i told machboy^^^ im on speed, my name is nightmareZ i believe.
well that makes me feel pretty good then if its close to that. 
You know what all is done to my car and it was only a couple hours of his time. Join stl-speed.net if you're not on there already and ask him through a PM. He tries to do people favors who are on the local forums. I can't see why an LS1 would take more time to tune than any other car, but then again I'm not a tuning guru either.
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It should definitely be right there or damn close to 415. My Dad's 03 put down 399.9 with just a fipk, no tune, stock exhaust. So I think I'm being quite conservative with the 15 hp with exhaust. I'd say your car did pretty well man!
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I dont know the exact RPMs, but its way up there. if i had to guess, maybe 5k?? basically the car just jumps hard and then i nail 3rd. id like to think i have the driver mod, so shifting a second after hitting it doesnt bother me. im going to go out and check in a bit. like i said earlier, i just threw it in 3rd to be ready. it didnt pull hard immeadiately, and the last time i looked at the speedo was at 65 so i just assumed thats what it was. It was just me in the car so no passenger to let me know exactly where i was at.
this was my first loss to a rustang by the way
this was my first loss to a rustang by the way
I dont know the exact RPMs, but its way up there. if i had to guess, maybe 5k?? basically the car just jumps hard and then i nail 3rd. id like to think i have the driver mod, so shifting a second after hitting it doesnt bother me. im going to go out and check in a bit. like i said earlier, i just threw it in 3rd to be ready. it didnt pull hard immeadiately, and the last time i looked at the speedo was at 65 so i just assumed thats what it was. It was just me in the car so no passenger to let me know exactly where i was at.
this was my first loss to a rustang by the way
this was my first loss to a rustang by the way
Just an FYI: w/ 1.78 2nd gear and 3.73 in the rear with stock OAH tires, ~25.7" would put you at 64.4 MPH @ 5600 RPMs and 65.6 @ 5700 RPMs
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hmm, 3rd was nice then. like i said, it wasnt a dog off the line, just a tad slow. doubt the outcome wouldve changed if i was 5-10mph higher, i did stop his pull though, just didnt reel him in. I can row the gears, digs are hit and miss though. Ok, so I have half the driver mod.
i joined a local stang board looking for him, but no luck so far. maybe ill find a barely modded one (do those exist?) on there and ask for a friendly run.
