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Old 08-14-2012, 10:33 AM
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Hello everyone,

It has been a while since I have been on here, but I need some help. I had left my car this summer with a gentleman that was going to tune it. He used to do it a lot in the past, but has slowed down because he was busy. Well he was busy all summer and he started to get to my car and apparetly the fuel rail is bent or something and another problem caused him to not want to tune it. Well, after waiting all summer and not having my car, I want to at least break the motor in before winter. I have heard about and scene the chips that come custom tuned from companies. Since school is starting, I am not going to have to much time to mess around with towing my car around to a dyno and get it tuned since it is on the other side of Wisconsin than the tuning shops. So the question is, is there a chip I can get that I describe exactly what I did to my car, they send the "spec" chip, my car can then be started and run ok to then have the chip actually tuned at a dyno come spring to get the full potential out of it?
Thanks, hope that makes sense.
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Old 08-15-2012, 04:26 PM
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you can or you can buy several units out there to work with tunes..pms,mega squirt ,etc
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Old 08-15-2012, 10:44 PM
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Im very sure that you arent modded past the stock ecm capabilities just set it on 10* base timing and break it in, what are your mods?
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Old 08-16-2012, 08:27 AM
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Well, the main upgrade is the trick flow top end kit. Bigger throttle, anderson motorsports intake, underdrive pullies, machined to a 306 with all new bottom end parts besides the crank. Went with 30lb injectors, which I think was not necessary but that is what the tuner wanted. I think I am just going to get a calibrated maf for 30lb injectors and make it work until I get a dyno tune next summer.
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Old 08-16-2012, 06:37 PM
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what size is the maf?
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Old 08-16-2012, 08:57 PM
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I had a 308 with a pieced together tfs topend and never had anything other than stock ecm no tune and some nitrous ran it like that for 3.5yrs then it was totalled!
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Old 08-17-2012, 09:17 AM
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Thanks for letting me know Venom, problem is the stock one is long gone along with the rest of the stock intake stuff. The MAF is big I believe, it fits in place with the anderson ford motorsports powerpipe that is 4" round tubing, I think it is like 97mm if I recall off the top of my head. How did you like that vehicle that decided it did not like its life venom? I just did the trick flow top end kit cause I didnt want to piece together other parts and heard decent things about it. You enjoy the power gains?
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