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Old 10-15-2012, 11:09 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Midnight11 View Post
ok thats cool i do want to install some "cams" lol
heres my youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/2009YFZR?feature=mhee

have a couple cam tune vids on there with LT's. I think i have one with just the X pipe on lol
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:24 PM   #32
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IIRC, you get 3 tunes for the $200, eco, performance, and I think drag. I think it works by substitution for the idle lope tune by adding on an extra $50 to make it your third tune.
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:37 PM   #33
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Mine m has been tuned since shortly after I bought her, both with a canned tune from VMP and a dyno tune from Gearheads. I've made a hundred or so passes with her, and no telling how many "Mexico" runs, with no issues whatsoever. I see the stories about the number 8 failures and have to wonder how inept the person doing the tuning is.
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:38 PM   #34
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I understand why some want the lope tune because it sounds cool, but it's not worth the long term damage is does and the drivability issues that come along with it.
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:47 PM   #35
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I understand why some want the lope tune because it sounds cool, but it's not worth the long term damage is does and the drivability issues that come along with it.
There is no long term damage except to the cats. That's why tuners recommend off road mid pipes. Shaun said my high flows would last maybe 40k miles if I ran the tune everyday, but it's just a novelty. The lope tune is the same as the boss track key.
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:55 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by 5PointSlow View Post
There is no long term damage except to the cats. That's why tuners recommend off road mid pipes. Shaun said my high flows would last maybe 40k miles if I ran the tune everyday, but it's just a novelty. The lope tune is the same as the boss track key.
That's not entirely true. There is definetely some cylinder wash going on with the large amounts of unburned fuel. Any car that runs these tunes you can smell it, it's horrible. I also suspect there will be some long term valve spring damage as well.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:09 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by Steve View Post
I understand why some want the lope tune because it sounds cool, but it's not worth the long term damage is does and the drivability issues that come along with it.
My lope tune here soon won't have any long term damages.
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I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:11 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by BLK2012GT View Post
My lope tune here soon won't have any long term damages.
Very true providing the proper springs are being used. I'm wondering how they are going to work with the variable timing in these cars. Should be interesting to see how it comes together.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:14 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by Steve View Post
Very true providing the proper springs are being used. I'm wondering how they are going to work with the variable timing in these cars. Should be interesting to see how it comes together.
Ask Tim or Clint about that.
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I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:21 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by Midnight11 View Post
just wondering but explain how a tuner here cant do idle and part throttle and one of those guys complains about mpg haha
lol my mpg is better now that I disconnected the battery (i didn't do that when i went from the cam to the performance tune), but yes before that it was crappy and lunds was very crappy 13.4 average mpg. out of AED's tune and Lund, I would have to say so far I like AED's better
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:26 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by BLK2012GT View Post
Ask Tim or Clint about that.
LOL, didn't you research any of this stuff or you just writing a check like Ricky Bobby saying " I wanna go fast!"
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:29 AM   #42
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LOL, didn't you research any of this stuff or you just writing a check like Ricky Bobby saying " I wanna go fast!"
Pretty much the Ricky Bobby shit. LOL. No we talked about it but I'm a little drunk to remember exactly what they said. Tonight was bowling night. And we went out for Tam Wasson's B-day.
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I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:31 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by BLK2012GT View Post
Pretty much the Ricky Bobby shit. LOL. No we talked about it but I'm a little drunk to remember exactly what they said. Tonight was bowling night. And we went out for Tam Wasson's B-day.
Ahhh.Tam should be about ready for the seniors tour cleaning up the easy money. lol

When is the car going into the shop?
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:35 AM   #44
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Ahhh.Tam should be about ready for the seniors tour cleaning up the easy money. lol

When is the car going into the shop?
Friday morning. Hopefully they will be done with that fake 5.0 which is really a v-6 with fake cams that he is putting a D-1 on. If they get done with his car soon enough they will start on mine Friday.


And yes Tam is cleaning up in SASBA.
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I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.
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Old 10-16-2012, 03:41 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by Midnight11 View Post
just wondering but explain how a tuner here cant do idle and part throttle and one of those guys complains about mpg haha
Shaun@AED only tunes 5.0 and from what I read is the expert in doing so. A dyno tune is also great, and I know that True Street is the best in town. However, I would like to know what is more accurate when tuning, datalogging from the car's computer or using a sniffer out the tailpipe for afr?
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