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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Question bang for your buck

what do you guys think about the best bang for your buck stuff ive had a few ideas because my truck only has the muffler, its otherwise stock. cai is next i was thinking volant but not too sure and then i started thinking about an underdrive pulley and then about cams and so on....
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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Tuning, hands down is the best buy for the buck.

wait a sec...


....ok found it. Stickys in this section, up top ^^

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=395748
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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Nitrous!
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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4.10 Gears!!/tune/CAM
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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[QUOTE=trever1t;3969396]Tuning, hands down is the best buy for the buck.
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Tune def!...I just did my truck this weekend and I cant believe the difference...I did it kinda backwards w/ the tune last but def. makes the truck run much much better!...what year truck??
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Tuning FTW!
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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nitrous and then tune for it..geez you idiots
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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the truck is an 06 rcsb 4x4 i bought it not too long ago and since i have put a 3 inch intermediate pipe on it and a flowmaster single chamber (10 series) on it with a dump after thats all and it helped.... a little .. i guess.. .. at least it sounds good!
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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I never saw much difference with tuning. Maybe if you're going WOT all the time you'll see this big difference everyone talks about but I don't see it. The biggest difference.is the faster and firmer tranny shifts. But that's about it. Best bang for the buck is the 6.0 swap
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