7th Gen ('06-'07): 7th Gens unite! Quick question.
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That's not to bad when most tuners out there are $250 and up lol. And the fact that it's a full tune done by professionals who specifically do chevy's, I think it's not to bad at all. That and I get to see what kind of power my car is pushing lol
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Saint Louis, MO
Ima email lew and see what I can find out lol. I think I might do straight pipe with a tune, idk, maybe see how I like the sound. I like the growl and burble, and when i take off I like to hear the burble vroooom, not the loud craptastic tuner stuff, lol.
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Saint Louis, MO
What places sell the dyno tune? Do you take it to a shop or buy the tuner itself? Ive never tuned a car before so...excuse all the questions. To be honest, this is my first real performance car, and im just now getting into cars lol. I didnt have anyone to talk about these things with besides..well you guys ! and maybe 2 buddies.
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Dyno tune:
Shop that specializes in performance modifications put your car on a dyno. They hook it up to a computer and push the car hard on the dyno. This is where they can tell you the HP you are putting down, but they can also use the data to make changes to your car's computer and increase power.
You buy nothing, you pay for their time and the equipment that they already have. Once you do this, you retain nothing and can't make changes later on. You would have to go back and pay again.
Shop that specializes in performance modifications put your car on a dyno. They hook it up to a computer and push the car hard on the dyno. This is where they can tell you the HP you are putting down, but they can also use the data to make changes to your car's computer and increase power.
You buy nothing, you pay for their time and the equipment that they already have. Once you do this, you retain nothing and can't make changes later on. You would have to go back and pay again.
A lot of the time re-tunes are cheaper after the first one. Even Lew cuts the price in like half for returns after more mods or whatever.
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Saint Louis, MO
Oh, thanks fellas ! That helps me find out whats next. Maaaaaaan what would I do without you guys? lol. That wasnt sarcasim at all, I would probably do, nothing. Or go another year with big rims and subwoofers, instead of using my car for what its made for .
With my mufflers it is actually pretty bad. If you have a more tamed exhaust/mufflers I can see it not being that bad. The stock exhaust isn't to bad. I have Spintech pro street 9000 mufflers which are significantly louder than stock and when DOD kicks on it does sound like a helicopter and gets really annoying after a while.
I have the magnaflow cat back and it really doesn't sound like a helicopter. Ive heard this before but I don't think so at all. Tune out the Dod I guess.
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I have the MagnaFlow cat-back system as well.
Everyone talks about the helicopter sound the exhaust makes when DOD (4cyl.) kicks in, and I should mention that is a statement about the car's exhaust in general and not one exhaust system over another. I know the sound and personally I don't think it's THAT annoying, if at all, and cruising on 4cyl. mode on the highway isn't THAT bad. I think some of you guys way over exaggerate this.
Everyone talks about the helicopter sound the exhaust makes when DOD (4cyl.) kicks in, and I should mention that is a statement about the car's exhaust in general and not one exhaust system over another. I know the sound and personally I don't think it's THAT annoying, if at all, and cruising on 4cyl. mode on the highway isn't THAT bad. I think some of you guys way over exaggerate this.