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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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added vararam , headers and exhaust,,,should i dyno tune ?
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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added vararam , headers and exhaust,,,should i dyno tune ?
Yes, unless you enjoy leaving HP on the table.
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 11:14 PM
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Oh yea get her up on the rollers.
Alot of places once they tune it for a price, when you add more mods they wont charge you full price to re-tune.
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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Do you plan on any more mods, like a cam? If so, I'd wait till that was done, as long as it runs good without the tune.

I installed the same stuff like you did. Car ran fine, but I had it tuned by FLP in Naperville any way. Next year I added a cam and Z06 heads, and had to have it tuned again, to the tune of $550 each time. I wish I would have saved the first $550 for additional mods. Would have had the cam much sooner.

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$550 is a expensive tune just for bolt-on's.
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 11:34 PM
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$550 is a expensive tune just for bolt-on's.
Chicago area. What can I say, things aren't cheap here.
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Chicago area. What can I say, things aren't cheap here.
$550 is accurate for an FI tune in the Chicago area......not N/A.
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$550 is accurate for an FI tune in the Chicago area......not N/A.
You may find it cheaper, but FLP in Naperville is the best in the area.
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
If you plan on doing additional mods, I would wait until you have all the mods done and have the tune done once rather than paying twice or more.
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I just added the same thing to my '01. I'm going to go with the ECS mail order tune for $150... Later on if I decide to do a cam and head swap I'll spend the cash for a dyno tune..
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with vararam and headers with exhaust.....i had a shop tell me port intake and throttlebody and dyno..nother said street tune dont do the porting..not worth the money...any advice on what to do after bolt ons????
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