not what i was really expecting
Sep 24, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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well i am thinking about getting rid of the programmer for a custom tune but i dont want to lose the ability to put the factory tune back in if i got warranty issues bc that would have been a waste of money for a new warranty when they dropped in the new motor lol. i dont know exactly how all these tuners do their tuning but i got to be able to pull it if i have issues and need to take it in. as for how the two trucks stacked up i figured the wheels and maybe cab setup had some to due with it. i just expected to pull a little harder on him than what i did. i dont plan on making it anything faster...well maybe a little bit more. i think a set of shorty headers and a underdrive pulley with a new tune would wake it up enough to satisfy me and be done with it. i dont want to spend to much more on it bc i got a ls powered foxbody to start working on haha
Your best investment would be tuning software..
And no shorties, no power difference in those vs stock manifolds. Go long tubes or nothing at all.
Plus you could use the tuning software to do the foxbody.
Sep 24, 2012 | 04:00 PM
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Staging Lane
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From: quitman, arkansas
i was just looking at blackbear and i like that i can just keep my old pcm and swap out if i need to for warranty so they might just be my answer on the tune. i have heard a bunch of people say that shorties do flow more than factory. i was reading some testing on long tubes vs shorties and both headers made pretty much the same power just the long tubes held it for a 1000 rpm longer or so before dropping off (seen this on couple magazine all sticking to one brand so its not a shootout of brands. then the cost comes into play again by the time i put a new y pipe in i will be out more money than what its worth for the few extra ponies. i guess i am just still playing with ideas but a tune is in the near future for sure. mustang wont need a computer bc its getting carbed
Sep 24, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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Sep 24, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Staging Lane
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well i wouldnt see how it would help them if they are using brand x only on both long and short tube. would be more understandable if they was comparing brand x vs brand y. but i do agree some of these deals are rigged lol
Sep 24, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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yeah till the guy with a slower mph blows your doors off and leaves you scratching your head lol.. on a track mph dont tell everything either until you put some e.t's with it and compare to old runs. but yeah i see where your going with the statement lol
Sep 24, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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MPH at the track will always tell if you are making more rwhp. E.T. is the result of traction along with trap speed.