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Old 09-05-2006, 08:49 PM
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How & what tune do I purchase? I already installed a K&N cai (wish I'd bought a "tune & cai" package, but I didn't).

Now what do I do?
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Old 09-05-2006, 09:18 PM
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Get yourself an SCT tuner. Find a reputable tuner, and get yourself a custom tune!

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Old 09-05-2006, 10:17 PM
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sell the K&N on Ebay and get yourself a package from brenspeed or evolution or bamachips. . .

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Old 09-06-2006, 02:42 AM
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When the magazine did the test of something like a dozen intakes, they only picked up 3hp when they added a tune to the K&N. It was designed to be used without a tune. If you want more you need to get a better intake. It's cheap and convenient, but not meant to go with a lot of mods. If you want to get serious you need the C&L or the JLT

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Old 09-06-2006, 11:48 AM
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I talked to Brent and Brenspeed yesterday and am going with the K&N along with one of his tunes. He has tested this cai with his tunes and said it dyno'ed within a couple of hp of everybody else. I've always been well pleased with K&N products so I decided to go with them. Give him a call and I bet he could hook you up.
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ORIGINAL: ATCincy

I talked to Brent and Brenspeed yesterday and am going with the K&N along with one of his tunes. He has tested this cai with his tunes and said it dyno'ed within a couple of hp of everybody else. I've always been well pleased with K&N products so I decided to go with them. Give him a call and I bet he could hook you up.

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I have the K&N intake and I got my tune from Bamachips. I couldn't be happier. I got the tune several months after the intake. I've also heard really good things about Brent.
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that's good to hear. there's hope for mine now
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ORIGINAL: kenwsmith8663

How & what tune do I purchase? I already installed a K&N cai (wish I'd bought a "tune & cai" package, but I didn't).

Now what do I do?
I just bought the SCT from Brenspeed today and Brent contacted me to get my car information and what kind of tune's I was lookin for. I also have K&N CAI and it does great. Brenspeed said they could do my tunes using the K&N with not problem. Should be shipped out tomorrow. I will post back results soon.
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Old 09-07-2006, 10:38 AM
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Based on the camparisions you guys read.. what kind of increases are they seeing with the K&N w/out the tune?
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Old 09-07-2006, 11:37 AM
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Based on the camparisions you guys read.. what kind of increases are they seeing with the K&N w/out the tune?

I can't really say. Never had it on a dyno.....yet.
Some say 15-30 hp gain????? Don't know about that.
It did make a big difference on my 06 GT though.

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