New gears

[3.8Camaro98]

Hey guys, I just got some new gears (3.42's) and i was wondering did u drive the car for a while before you got it tuned? Also does it hurt anything if i dont get it tuned immediatley(sp). Let me know thanks.

[FunkZ]

Automatic or manual?

[3.8Camaro98]

auto

[98Camaro3.8]

A year ago there was no tuning available, and people still got gear swaps. Not getting it tuned now will not hurt anything, you just won't benefit as much. ;)

[00firebird]

where can i get it tuned? so i dont have to blow 500$ on hp tuners i will probably only use once

[ January 05, 2005, 02:15 AM: Message edited by: 00firebird ]

[FunkZ]

www.texas-speed.com

[chadder]

u can get a hypertech, like i did [img]smile.gif[/img] but i dont have different gears yet... :( you can also go to a dealer and get them to flash your pcm with a different VIN number (one with 3.42's, that would be a y87 car)

[00firebird]

well actually i might need to buy one, because if i change back to snow tires every winter... whats the deal with telling it your tire size? what kind of difference does it make?

[chadder]

if you change the size of your tires, your speedometer will be off as well as shift points because with smaller tires, the computer sees the equivelent of a shorter gear ratio, and with larger tires, a taller gear ratio (correct me if im wrong/backwards), but your computer will still shift like you have all stock tires/gears, so therefore will be off, but probably by a small margin. If your snow tires are OEM size, then you are ok, but if they arent...well, thats why i like texas [img]smile.gif[/img]