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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 04:32 AM
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so i was at a friends house yesterday, to eat some burgers and pop some firecrackers, anyhow, we decide we're goona go run, i drive a 2000 z28-slp lid, pacesetter longtubes, thundr 224 cam, underdrive pully, and a 3500 fuddle, had a passenger, he drives a 2002 M6 z28 with headers, we go from a 25 roll and he pulls me by 2.5-3 cars i didnt spin, bog, or do anything that would hurt myself, so all im asking is, what the FKR??? granted i am untuned, but still, theres no way that that should have gone down like that....
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by therealthatguy
so i was at a friends house yesterday, to eat some burgers and pop some firecrackers, anyhow, we decide we're goona go run, i drive a 2000 z28-slp lid, pacesetter longtubes, thundr 224 cam, underdrive pully, and a 3500 fuddle, had a passenger, he drives a 2002 M6 z28 with headers, we go from a 25 roll and he pulls me by 2.5-3 cars i didnt spin, bog, or do anything that would hurt myself, so all im asking is, what the FKR??? granted i am untuned, but still, theres no way that that should have gone down like that....

You have all those mods and no tune? How can you run headers, cam etc without one? Your car is lacking serious power right now without a tune IMO. Maybe you were out of your powerband? Im not familiar with autos so I wouldnt know. Also when did you guys shut down 25mph-???

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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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uh, yes there is. without a tune, your cam may as well be useless. i bet you're leaving 50 hp on the table. WHY would you install a cam and NOT get a tune? that's even bad for the car.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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no good can come from not having a tune man. lack power car will not run right air/fuel is all jacked up man. once you get the car tuned itll be a different story
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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Yea, what these guys said. Fine a good tuner to put it on a dyno with a wideband, run'm again and kick his ***.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:28 AM
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tune will come in early august, i know its needed badly, but i still think he shouldnt have walked me the way he did....
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:33 AM
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The $400 dyno tune will be the best mod you ever did.

Your computer is not pushing enough fuel to your engine. lean can be very very bad.

Keep us posted....I bet you get 50 rwhp out of a tune.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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An A4 had it's dead spots, did the tranny downshift? Also of course a tune will help, but it's not like you have a monster cam or anything. You still should've pulled him. Try it again from a dig. Also if you plan on adding some heads to your setup hold off on the tune.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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honestly man, swapping the cam and not getting it tuned...i bet you're slower now than you were when you were stock. not to mention your A/F ratio is probably so screwed up...you're probably running so lean, you're hurting your engine. you're lucky you haven't blown anything up yet! GET IT TUNED NOW!!! do it for both your sake and the car's sake. i don't want to see you making a thread about how you blew up your motor for not having your cam properly tuned
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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actually, im running rich as hell, andi know im alot faster than stock cause i raced an mr2 that i raced stock and we were door to door, raced him again, after he doubled his boost, and murdered him, i just think george(stock M6) either has some work he doesnt know about, or doesnt want anyone to know about...
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