Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
12-14-2006, 10:17 PM
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RE: Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
Where is that? Sorry to say I've never been to the St. Ignace car show either, even though I'm only a few hours away at most. Inconveniently I usually have to work to afford the toys.
12-14-2006, 10:31 PM
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I've only had my car for about five months now. I want to snowmobile but the weather isn't looking so good right now. Now I can't wait for spring so I can drive my new car. It would be fun to take it to some car shows. The only local one we have is called the Fun Run and its only ok. Since its a small area you generally see the same cars every year.
12-14-2006, 10:55 PM
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RE: Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
from what i've read, if you use the 93/91 octane (premium whatever it is near you) tune then you'll notice the difference. It usually depends on where you buy it as to how good the stock tune is.
12-16-2006, 12:17 AM
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RE: Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
from asking around i believe there's a dyno in Cheboygan, at least i hope so, supercharger coming in the spring. if i can find the name of the shop i'll let ya know.
ORIGINAL: 03GT_4.6
I live in Upper Michigan, there aren't any places with dynos and I think the closest one is pretty far away. Is a tuner worth it if you can't tune the car on a dyno? Another question, how well do 4.10 gears wake up a car. My car is parked until spring but by then I should have about six to eight hundred dollars to throw at the car and I don't know if I should do a Bassani CB, gears, tuner, leave the flow 40s and just get an o/r H. Please help.
I live in Upper Michigan, there aren't any places with dynos and I think the closest one is pretty far away. Is a tuner worth it if you can't tune the car on a dyno? Another question, how well do 4.10 gears wake up a car. My car is parked until spring but by then I should have about six to eight hundred dollars to throw at the car and I don't know if I should do a Bassani CB, gears, tuner, leave the flow 40s and just get an o/r H. Please help.
12-16-2006, 02:23 AM
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RE: Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
The tuner is not going to make a signficant power difference with your car, but if you get gears you are gonna need a way to adjust the speedometer to read the correct MPH again, and a tuner is the best way to do this (other than with just a speedo box).
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.
12-16-2006, 07:51 PM
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ORIGINAL: 2000GT4.6
The tuner is not going to make a signficant power difference with your car, but if you get gears you are gonna need a way to adjust the speedometer to read the correct MPH again, and a tuner is the best way to do this (other than with just a speedo box).
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.
The tuner is not going to make a signficant power difference with your car, but if you get gears you are gonna need a way to adjust the speedometer to read the correct MPH again, and a tuner is the best way to do this (other than with just a speedo box).
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.
12-16-2006, 08:17 PM
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RE: Is a tuner worth it? Gears?
ORIGINAL: 03GT_4.6
I was even thinking if I couldn't get the tuner right away, I could just use my GPS to see how much of a difference there was in speed after the gears were changed. I know its not the best way but it would work for a while.
ORIGINAL: 2000GT4.6
The tuner is not going to make a signficant power difference with your car, but if you get gears you are gonna need a way to adjust the speedometer to read the correct MPH again, and a tuner is the best way to do this (other than with just a speedo box).
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.
The tuner is not going to make a signficant power difference with your car, but if you get gears you are gonna need a way to adjust the speedometer to read the correct MPH again, and a tuner is the best way to do this (other than with just a speedo box).
Get the tuner and some 4.10s, the 4.10s will really wake the car up.