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2/3/13, 10:35 AM
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VMP offers revisions on their tunes. He has no problem turning the 02 sensors off too if need be. I prefer to go with tuners that use their own tune, race them, win with them and are proven. I like the work of both Lund and VMP, I sell VMP but I'm currently running a Lund tune however I'm waiting on VMP's initial tune for our Boss.
10/15/13, 07:02 PM
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alright i got the airaid CAI and bama tuner now. i also am getting the bbk throttle body in a week or so. what should i get next? thinking shortys and off road x pipe or maybe long tubes but how much hp are they seeing from getting rid of the cats?
10/15/13, 07:12 PM
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297 rwhp and 276 rwtq.
10/15/13, 07:16 PM
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sweet, i want to break the 300rwhp mark soon and those might just do it. what gear ratio should i get? the 3.31's in it now have 1st gear kinda short.
10/15/13, 07:20 PM
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Those numbers seem low, I figure with those mods it would be a little higher.
10/15/13, 07:28 PM
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Well, I was hoping for 300 rwhp. Lol. Remember an auto v6 is making around 257 rwhp stock. I am making 297 rwhp. That's a gain of 40 rwhp. I was thinking that was good but maybe not.
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10/15/13, 08:22 PM
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10/16/13, 05:08 PM
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10/16/13, 05:57 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. I can't see it being anywhere close to 360 rwhp. Sorry bro. The gears and aluminum driveshaft won't effect rwhp numbers. I only made 297 rwhp and that's with tune, CAI , long tube headers and off road x pipe. I don't have the BBK 73 mm throttle body but one is not gonna gain 60 rwhp from the throttle body. If anything the shorty headers will make less rwhp compared to the long tubes.
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10/16/13, 06:20 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. I can't see it being anywhere close to 360 rwhp. Sorry bro. The gears and aluminum driveshaft won't effect rwhp numbers. I only made 297 rwhp and that's with tune, CAI , long tube headers and off road x pipe. I don't have the BBK 73 mm throttle body but one is not gonna gain 60 rwhp from the throttle body. If anything the shorty headers will make less rwhp compared to the long tubes.
10/16/13, 07:01 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. I can't see it being anywhere close to 360 rwhp. Sorry bro. The gears and aluminum driveshaft won't effect rwhp numbers. I only made 297 rwhp and that's with tune, CAI , long tube headers and off road x pipe. I don't have the BBK 73 mm throttle body but one is not gonna gain 60 rwhp from the throttle body. If anything the shorty headers will make less rwhp compared to the long tubes.
10/16/13, 07:05 PM
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I'm sure one may be able to squeeze a few more HP numbers out with bolt on mods but 60 plus rwhp more, I'm not feeling it but a man can dream and hope. Lol
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10/16/13, 11:14 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. I can't see it being anywhere close to 360 rwhp. Sorry bro. The gears and aluminum driveshaft won't effect rwhp numbers. I only made 297 rwhp and that's with tune, CAI , long tube headers and off road x pipe. I don't have the BBK 73 mm throttle body but one is not gonna gain 60 rwhp from the throttle body. If anything the shorty headers will make less rwhp compared to the long tubes.
I have seen time and again that going to a higher gear ratio will actually drop the whp/tq numbers slightly. I forget why that is, an engineer explained it to us once, but I have seen the numbers. We're not talking about a huge change, and obviously the car is faster, but in terms of sheer numbers it comes into play a bit (like 1-2% difference). It's hardly noticeable, but it's there so I just thought I'd bring it up for edu-ma-cation.
The aluminum driveshaft also affects the numbers slightly. It's pretty basic -- it takes less effort to spin the lighter driveshaft, so there is less drivetrain loss, which translates to higher numbers. Not a huge difference, but another 2-3% counts (probably 6-10whp).