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Old 11-09-2006, 03:01 AM
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is the diablo sport tuner worth it or for that matter any other tune chip sct etc.. im debating wether to get it or not its quite pricey so i dont know ive got a basicly stock cobra will it make a difference on my car will i notice anything eta, dyno etc any input would help who has it on there stang and did work for yall.
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I'd go for full exhaust, intake, and gears first. After these items you'll need a tuner. Before these items you won't gain much hp. One of my buddies got a tuner for his stock stang and was dissapointed because he couldn't feel a difference. I told him because his car was stock, it was already running close to optimal. Once you start modding your intake and exhaust you'll need a chip or tuner to optimize the Air/Fuel ratio and timing.

Oh by the way, I'd go SCT. I found it hard to find a tuner for diablosport once I left Virginia.

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is the diablo sport tuner worth it or for that matter any other tune chip sct etc.. im debating wether to get it or not its quite pricey so i dont know ive got a basicly stock cobra will it make a difference on my car will i notice anything eta, dyno etc any input would help who has it on there stang and did work for yall.
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I'd go with the SCT...my personal reason for that is that most of the tuning shops around here use SCT technology and not Diablo. But yes, it's worth it. Especially if you have an O/R midpipe and gears.
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I'd go with the SCT...my personal reason for that is that most of the tuning shops around here use SCT technology and not Diablo. But yes, it's worth it. Especially if you have an O/R midpipe and gears.
Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
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I'd go for full exhaust, intake, and gears first. After these items you'll need a tuner. Before these items you won't gain much hp. One of my buddies got a tuner for his stock stang and was dissapointed because he couldn't feel a difference. I told him because his car was stock, it was already running close to optimal. Once you start modding your intake and exhaust you'll need a chip or tuner to optimize the Air/Fuel ratio and timing.
ok ive got an o/r h pipe, catback, cold air and short shifter so i should wait till i get gears and throttle body is what your saying right.
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Old 11-09-2006, 03:18 AM
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I'd go for full exhaust, intake, and gears first. After these items you'll need a tuner. Before these items you won't gain much hp. One of my buddies got a tuner for his stock stang and was dissapointed because he couldn't feel a difference. I told him because his car was stock, it was already running close to optimal. Once you start modding your intake and exhaust you'll need a chip or tuner to optimize the Air/Fuel ratio and timing.
ok ive got an o/r h pipe, catback, cold air and short shifter so i should wait till i get gears and throttle body is what your saying right.
Get a gears + tuner package and save yourself some money. The reason he says gears is because you can use the tuner to recalibrate your speedometer so that it reads accurate with the 4.10s you're going to put in.
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where can i find the package deal
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Old 11-09-2006, 03:44 AM
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got a question about this little package i did some adding and found that if you buy everything seperate with 4.10s its 540 compared to the kit being 570 what the deal with that (diablo sport kit)
the sct if u bought everything separate cost the exact same

$30 gear oil
$160 Gears 4.10
$350 ds tuner


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