Gears or HP Tuner?

[Matt G]

My mom just got a check in the mail for 2000 from my father and I am alloud to spend 600 of it for christmas. I am going to either:
A. buy 3.73 gears for my car or
B. buy a HP Tuner for my car

which would be a better investment? Which would increase my 1/4 mile speed the most?

I do not know much about HP Tuners but I am willing to do the required research to find out how to use one.

My brother said he would install gears on my car for $150 so installation wouldn't be a problem.

Help me out :D :D :D

[NOS2006]

I'd say gears, but listen to the other guys over me.

[FunkZ]

If you plan on adding more mods than just the bolt-ons, go ahead and get the tuners. Not saying it won't benefit you with just bolt-ons, but it really doesn't become invaluable until you are beyond the bolt-ons.

I'd go with the gears and LSD, the LSD especially is a must-mod for the car. If you put them in make sure to set some of that change aside for more frequent rubber replacement. ;)

[Matt G]

we just got a brand new computer too.. 3.5 ghz 1 mb memory, high speed cd writer 250GB HD.. its awesome.. one of the coolest days i've had in awhile.

Wonder how much horsepower I could expect from a tuner, and how much I would get from gears


Also where can I get a set of LSD 3.73 gears?

[ November 09, 2005, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: Matt G ]

[NOS2006]

Ebay! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Rob Bell]

I could see getting the mail order tune from TSP, supposedly it gets about 30 HP and makes the car a lot more driveable. I think it's $275. Plus then you'll get the PCM adjusted for your new gears. I'm thinking about doing that myself (the TSP tune).

[Matt G]

I am looking to buy gears new... whats a good manufactuer?

[FunkZ]

GM Motive or Richmond. People will say either make noise, I say it's all in how they're installed. The LSD I would definitely get from eBay, look for a Zexel torsen take-off.

And Rob brings up a good point. You don't need to spend the money for HP Tuners just to retune your PCM. You can probably see the same gains on a bolt-on car with TSP's tuning, and at half the price.

[Matt G]

If I were to choose a tuner instead, which is better... HP Tuner or Power Programmer 3 from hypertech?

[NOS2006]

HPP3 won't work on '98s..

[Matt G]

Hypertech claims to have gained 13 HP and 19 ftlbs of torque on a 3.8 firebird...

http://www.hypertech.com/get_dynocha...359277&tp=jpeg

your right.. i would have to go with the HP... do they offer a HP for a 98 firebird

[Matt G]

I decided on a tuner.. even though gears would probablly produce more horsepower, I don't want to buy something I couldn't mess around with and tuning seems like it would be a cool touch to my car... seemings how I have a laptop and would be able to put a nice setup in my car :D

I will be buying the HP Tuner with the enhanced IO & 3 pigtails.. I am choosing the 98 & 99 firebird for the 2 car selections

[ November 10, 2005, 12:41 AM: Message edited by: Matt G ]

[FunkZ]

I'm telling you, LSD is probably the single best mod for our cars. You don't know what your missing until you drive one with it. Better traction and tons more fun.

[shenanigans]

With a tuner you will be able to run a higher octane too!

[1DangerousV6]

for gears go with GM Motive..i've been through a few sets and these are nice and quiet and have stood up to a LOT of juice