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Old May 14, 2015 | 05:45 PM
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Hey guys,

I have sort of a silly question. I've worked on cars for long enough to be dangerous but something I've never gotten into was tuning or anything about it really. I'm in the market for an 87-89 vette and will want to make some changes to her but I wanted to know if there was a rule of thumb or something like that about when to get a car tuned.

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Heads or cam will require a tune.
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Well that's nice and simple lol thanks!
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Check the BLMs. If they are at or near the limits (108 and 160) then you need to tune.
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Old May 22, 2015 | 04:21 PM
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The best time to tune is when your finished adding parts......WW
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