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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 04:33 AM
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Well I have had the car for just a little over a month. Its an 02 A4. I purchased the car stock. I have done a haltech stinger, corsa pace exhaust and a corsa X-pipe. Would I benefit from a tune?
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You'd gain some HP, but if it were me, I'd wait until I did more extensive mods like LT headers, heads/cam, etc. If you don't plan on doing any more perf mods, then a tune will help a little bit.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
You'd gain some HP, but if it were me, I'd wait until I did more extensive mods like LT headers, heads/cam, etc. If you don't plan on doing any more perf mods, then a tune will help a little bit.
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You're biggest benefit would be setting the shift points, maybe a couple of HP. If I were you, I'd wait like everyone else said.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
You'd gain some HP, but if it were me, I'd wait until I did more extensive mods like LT headers, heads/cam, etc. If you don't plan on doing any more perf mods, then a tune will help a little bit.


Good advice.
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If i can ask in a tune is he wanting to take it to someone with a dyno or is he talking about one of those hand held like a Predator?
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I you want bang for the buck, change out that 2.73 with a 3.42 differential.
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