should i get a canned tune for the time being?

[Doug 97 gtp]

im recently rebuilding my motor and i put a vs cam with supporting mods in also with headers. should i buy a canned tune until i get a street tune or just wait until i get a street tune?

 

[txslow6]

I'd wait till the street tune. How far out are you before you could get one done?

 

[Elite6]

How about get a real tune right away? Why risk the $ investment by pissing around with a canned tune?

 

[Doug 97 gtp]

because i found a member that is willing to help me tune my car with his hp tuner... but he lives in daytona and i live in palm harbor. that's a big drive without a tune

 

[Elite6]

because i found a member that is willing to help me tune my car with his hp tuner... but he lives in daytona and i live in palm harbor. that's a big drive without a tune

You should be ok if you take it easy

 

[Doug 97 gtp]

you dont think it would be smart to get one just until i get it properly tuned?

 

[GTPpower]

You'll be fine either way.

 

[dsmuts]

I'm running a stock tune right now

 

[Doug 97 gtp]

I'm running a stock tune right now

and you have no problems with the car?

 

[dsmuts]

Nope runs fine other than a little lifter tick

 

[Z34Phoenix]

do you have a wide band yet? what all mods do you have? I deff think a custom tune should be done but agree with you that a 2-3 hour drive untuned could be bad. what type of scanning tools do you have? if you don't have a way to scan kr your basically driving blind. Id say step one make sure you have a scan tool, 2 if there is kr then i would suggest a canned tune that way you can safely make it to get tuned

 

[GTPpower]

Dear Lord.....don't beat the piss out of the car, and you could drive it for 200k+ miles on the stock tune.

Use some common sense and just drive it there.

 

[dsmuts]

I floored mine for the first time today and all was well worth stock tune. Afr is fine and no kr

 

[Z34Phoenix]

Your car yes. But how do you know this guys car won't knock. We are at sea level down here and have higher boost and knock then most of you all in the mountains. Pretty much we all have to run a pulley size smaller for a given mod set. As will all the modding guides you need to scan your car as all cars react different.

 

[Doug 97 gtp]

yeah i plan on getting an aeroforce from a member on here. so i will know exactly what my car is doing

 

[comatoast]

If you never get into boost and just monitor kr ( if you can ) you should never have an issue

 

[REDCRAPGP]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned just pulling the belt off...


pull the belt off and drive it there..no point in spending money on a canned tune if your having Z34 tune it soon after.

 

[Doug 97 gtp]

ive got an 0bd2 scan tool at my house that has live data i think im going to plug that is when i first start my car just to see if there is anything out of whack