Tuner for stock V6, worth it?
#1
Tuner for stock V6, worth it?
First, thanks for having me to this great resource. My first car was a '67 Fast Back 289 3-speed. I'd still have it if my brother didn't total it, without permission to drive it. Dad stopped me from totaling him, but that was all 30 years ago....
Just picked up a base '12 vert auto with the V6. I drive about 37k miles per year, so I'm not gonna go crazy with the mods.
Can a good tune improve drive-ability as well as the fun factor? It just seems like there is a lot of meat left on the bone as far as stock performance goes, at least on the bottom end. I'm pretty sure my wife's Kia Optima SXL can take me from 0-40 or so. It seems there is a lot of off the line torque management in play as it doesn't like to break the tires loose at all.
Thanks for the opinions.
'slot
Just picked up a base '12 vert auto with the V6. I drive about 37k miles per year, so I'm not gonna go crazy with the mods.
Can a good tune improve drive-ability as well as the fun factor? It just seems like there is a lot of meat left on the bone as far as stock performance goes, at least on the bottom end. I'm pretty sure my wife's Kia Optima SXL can take me from 0-40 or so. It seems there is a lot of off the line torque management in play as it doesn't like to break the tires loose at all.
Thanks for the opinions.
'slot
#2
It made a heck of a difference in my car. It will smoke 'em on take off and EASILY squall the tires when shifting from first to second and that's with an auto trans, although it does slam the gears pretty hard when you are getting on it. The tune changes the shift points on the trans also.
#3
Yes, better off the line and improvement across the power band.
BTW I drive almost the same a year and still put headers, true X-Pipe and A/B on mine, the biggest gain was from the short tube headers, low to mid range torque is up a bunch.
BTW I drive almost the same a year and still put headers, true X-Pipe and A/B on mine, the biggest gain was from the short tube headers, low to mid range torque is up a bunch.
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You will love your aftermarket tune and intake combo. At first when i got my set i didnt think it did all that much. But after driving around for a bit and then removing the tune to see how it would feel like, it was a night and day difference, I couldn't drive my car without the tune anymore. Plus the Intake makes a stang sound really nice.
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Thanks. I'm going to end up getting the tune first. Seems to be a logical first step. I don't think the CAI intake is that big a factor with the possible exception being at WOT, which I don't spend much time at. I "may" end looking at Axle Backs though. I was too interested until the last two days. You see, its Cruise In week here in OC MD. I think I'm the only car in town with stock pipes