who does their own diesel tuning?

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08-12-2007, 03:08 PM

The Guy in MY 99TA

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who does their own diesel tuning?

I was wondering what its like to tune a diesel. I know some stuff about tuning a car but I was wondering how you tune a diesel.

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08-12-2007, 04:09 PM

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I have been playing with it a little with my dads lb7 with EFIlive. It's a lot easier to get power out of them. Just add some fuel and timing and you get lots more power

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08-12-2007, 09:15 PM

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i've been messin with my buddy's 07 lbz...quite an improvement so far

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08-13-2007, 04:34 AM

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I have EFI for mine its pretty easy, after you get over the intitial shock factory

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08-13-2007, 11:57 AM

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Tuned mine with EFI Live, too.

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08-13-2007, 12:36 PM

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Ive tuned 2 of my buddies Dmaxs.... .amazing of how much power you can get out of them...

and increase in fuel economy,,, one of them went from 17-21mpg!