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Old 03-25-2008, 12:14 PM
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for my 94 is it better to get gears first or do i get a chip/ tuner, and which is better to get
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Old 03-25-2008, 12:34 PM
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gears!!1

tunes arent really necessary till you get extensive mods
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Old 03-25-2008, 12:42 PM
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gears all the way
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Old 03-25-2008, 12:47 PM
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Gears FTW!! The next question is, which ones to get......3.73s or 4.10s
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Old 03-25-2008, 01:07 PM
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with the few mods i have listed how much horsepower can a good tuner/chip get me
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Old 03-25-2008, 01:11 PM
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you are thinking more of a new car, these old 5.0's don't need tunes until you start messing with heads and cams etc


its not like a new s197
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Old 03-25-2008, 01:13 PM
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what about a chip, thats not going to add anything?
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basically all it does is advance your timing, which you can do without a chip
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agreed with all of the above
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