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Old 12/30/05, 07:49 AM
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Hey all,
My brother has an 03'GT and I have an 05'GT. By now everyone knows how sensative the computer is for the 05. When I got my 4:10's put in, I got a tune to recalibrate everything. My brother is thinking about adding gears and we were both wondering about a tune. How esential is it for this year model. I would assume that he would need one, but not to sure about this year and the tuning. Excuse the ignorance.
Thoughts??????
Old 12/30/05, 08:47 AM
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You don't need a tune for a gear swap, you will need to get a SCT tuner or speedo gear or something to correct the speedometer, but a reflash isn't needed.
Old 12/30/05, 09:23 AM
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Is his an auto or 5-speed.

If it is a automatic, you will have to have a tuner as the computer controls the tranny completely and it will redo the shift points as well as recal the speedo .

For a 5-speed, you can use a tuner or a speedcal, which you can get from steeda, partshopper or other places. I recommend a tune anyways since you will get some power increases, turn off emissions and other things.
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He has an auto.
Old 12/30/05, 01:30 PM
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Gonna require a chip or a tuner. I recommend Doug904 at BamaChips.com as he can do either and has great automatic tunes for 99-06 cars.
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If you redo the entire exhaust, intake, and pully system, would you need a tune?
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Originally posted by DrunkenDragon713@January 1, 2006, 3:01 PM
If you redo the entire exhaust, intake, and pully system, would you need a tune?
Not necessary, but you would pick up some Hp and Tq but adding a tune.

Before the SC upgrade,I picked up 18HP, and 33TQ when I was N/A with an SCT Tune.
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