Need A Tune ASAP
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Need A Tune ASAP hey guys. im buying a car this week. its a 98 z28 m6. it has a magic stick 3 cam, mac mids, !cats, ory dumped, 3.73s, hurst, new centerforce clutch, and the engine had a stock rebuild 1800 miles ago. it hasnt been tuned since the headers and cam install. and im not sure how bad it is to drive it like that, but i dont really want to. so i was wanting to know of any shops near austin that are reliable when it comes to tunes and about how much they charge. and do you think it would be bad if i drove to arkansas and back without the tune. im goin up there to see my family for christmas. any help would.......help. thanks guys.
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well im not in belton....but im not far. thanks a lot man. so have you gotten a tune out there or do you know what kind of work he does. i just checked out his website and will be calling him bright and early tomorrow morning. so maybe i can get this girl tuned before i take her on a road trip. thanks again man, your awesome. but if anyone else knows of anybody else feel free to post.
Don't drive to Arkansas without a tune.
Chances are its really lean, and thats not good. Being too rich is a bad thing as well, washes the oil off of the cylinder walls!
Get it tuned ASAP then drive the tires off of it!
Chances are its really lean, and thats not good. Being too rich is a bad thing as well, washes the oil off of the cylinder walls!
Get it tuned ASAP then drive the tires off of it!
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i dont need no stinkin advice from a mustang man. haha. j/k stang man. thanks for the info. i will most defineatly get it tuned before i go. ive left a message with the guy in belton and with a guy in new braunfels that i was told about. ill let ya know how it goes. thanks again for the help everybody.
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well i talked to steve in belton, real cool guy. he said $250 for a street tune and all he needs is and hour at the most on a dyno and the shop they go to with the dyno charges $125/hr. so for about $375-$400 i can get a dyno and tune. i cant wait. i should get the car this wed or thrsdy and im goin in friday for a tune. i will post the results after i get it done. thanks guys.
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sure did khaos288. to save a long explanation i just told him my buddy james from ls1tech told me to give you a call, and he was oh ok, like he knew who i was talkin about. so thanks again james.
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well guys. i got the tune. steve from performance turbo motorsports was a real cool guy and very knowledgeable. so we did the street tune. that took a couple of hours. then we went to the car shop in killeen. also, great guys over there. both of my u joints are bad and my rear end sounds like a freight train, so we didnt know if the owner was gonna let us dyno it. but he did. bottom line 336hp/347tq 
with an average of 13.1 afr at wot. i was very dissapointed, i wanted at least 350rwhp. we gained 24hp from the street tune to the dyno tune. they said the condition of the rear end was eatin up some horsepower. so steve is going to put 4.10s and a complete install kit from thunderracing in next thursday. for parts and labor hes gonna charge me $550. so i think that is a pretty good deal. i also found out the day before that my synchronizers are goin out in my tranny. so the beginning of the year i have to get that rebuilt. bye bye tax return. lol. i have the dyno sheet if yall wanna see it. and it was on a mustang dyno.
with an average of 13.1 afr at wot. i was very dissapointed, i wanted at least 350rwhp. we gained 24hp from the street tune to the dyno tune. they said the condition of the rear end was eatin up some horsepower. so steve is going to put 4.10s and a complete install kit from thunderracing in next thursday. for parts and labor hes gonna charge me $550. so i think that is a pretty good deal. i also found out the day before that my synchronizers are goin out in my tranny. so the beginning of the year i have to get that rebuilt. bye bye tax return. lol. i have the dyno sheet if yall wanna see it. and it was on a mustang dyno.