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Old 04-07-2010, 11:49 AM
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Like I said, you can get a tuner or the speed calibrater if you dont want to drop 400 on a tuner.
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Old 04-07-2010, 11:51 AM
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I'd wait... the speed calibrater is 1/4 the cost of a tuner. If your still worried then save up and do both at once. Otherwise.... doing gears and buying a tuner later wont hurt.
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Old 04-07-2010, 11:51 AM
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the speedcal doesnt work for the 99 automatic gt i looked into it becuase thats what i was going to get
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Old 04-07-2010, 11:57 AM
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Ok if you don't want todo a tuner.... take it to a shop and for a small fee they'll calibrate it for you. Poof
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:00 PM
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Classic example is my car for example. I have a built rear with 4.10s but the d*ckwipe that I bought it from never calibrated the gears, now I have been driving it as my commuter car for a year and haven't really gotten the chance to save for a tuner while paying rent/car payment/insurance/gas/school loans. Now I'm driving a car thats in PERFECT condition, can't tell how many miles are on it because on the highway at 70mph the speedo reads 100mph and it says 77k miles on the odometer. What am I to do now? Just ignore it? Do the gears and calibrate the odometer asap.
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:11 PM
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wow yeha never really thought about that. im gonna put 3 k miles on my car in a month if i dont lol... and sonicx i called 2 shops they both said with the contract they have they have to sell me a tuner?
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:16 PM
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if i were to do the gears soon and wait 2 weeks for another paycheck maybe a month at most.. could it be real bad though? becuase the main reason is my rear dif is close to screaming gotta do the bearing so i may have to do the gears sooner than expected im running oout of time
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:27 PM
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sonicmustang143 brings up a good point. I know your in a jam and can't wait due to the bearing otherwise you could do it all at once. Idk, i guess you could squeeze by watching you O/D and keeping track how much you put on. Well at least where im at no shop have ever told me i needed to buy a tuner from them that i've talked to. I haven't switched over yet but one of my friend had the same issue and same year of car as you. He took it to a local shop.... redid the bearing plus said why not added gears. They just paid the shop extra to redialed it in. He never had a tuner... just full exhaust. I think if i couldn't afford to do it all at once or can't recal it then i'd just do bearing and save up for another time. But thats just me.

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Old 04-07-2010, 12:30 PM
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go 4.10 man, I have an Auto they were great N/A and despite what people may say, work pretty decent with my vortech at least for how I drive the car
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MustangMan00
go 4.10 man, I have an Auto they were great N/A and despite what people may say, work pretty decent with my vortech at least for how I drive the car
damn man your car is sexy i must say. and im leaning towards it did you calibrate it right after doing gears?
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