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Old Nov 27, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Is there a retune needed after putting in the cold air intake, bigger throttle body and plenum? I just bougth this car and it has these things done but I'm not sure if the previous owner did it if it was needed.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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No, you don't have to retune it for that for it to run good. To get max hp from it you would need to get it tuned but I would do everything I could to it and have it tuned one time for all your mods instead of spending the money every time you install something else.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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No don't even worry about it. Those mods yield minimal power at best. Won't need a tune until you get full bolt-ons (headers) and it still isn't necessary.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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It's not a major worry, but if you had a pre-existing lean condition, it just got worse with the added air flow.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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you need a retune since you added the cold air kit. I know its not as crucial as an 05, but your still changing amount/direction of airflow getting to the MAF.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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no you don't need a retune.
Old Nov 27, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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If you have an SCT/Diablo tuner that came with it, a touch up tune would be good since you changed TB/Plenum. If that is not the case, get all the mods first (as stated above) and then get a tuner and have it dyno tuned
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