tune up?

[scof0elife]

I have never gotten a tune up and really dont know the benifit of it. Ive read on here that it will better performance for my car. Right now my mods are. CAI with K&N filter, wisper lid, magna exhaust. Just ordered my pacesetter headers and going to install those with a high flow cat I just purchased.

So will all those mods, do you think I should get a tune up? How much does that usually cost? And do I just call a local auto bodyshop and ask for a tune up?

[navyblue2000]

How many miles? what year vehicle? auto or manual trns?

[V8 Killer]

A complete and major tune up can cost around $250

Just do plugs and wires if your low on $

[scof0elife]

Yo navyblue2000 I have about 35,000 miles on my car. Its a 2001 and its manual transmision.

Yo V8 Killer, is that all I would need. New spark plugs and wires? What kind of plugs and wires though?

[V8 Killer]

Has it ever had a tuneup before?

Use ordinary AC Delco plugs and wires.

[ThatsMeGC]

Get a fuel filter too. And check all the fluids.

[scof0elife]

It has never gotten a tune up. I got the car at 21,000 miles and it has 35,000 now. And I definatley will get those parts when I do a tune up.

What do you guys think about electric cut-outs or just cut-outs in general for the 3.8L? I am thinking of getting an electric cut-out for my next mod. What do you guys think?

[01MaroIL]

move to intake/exhaust???

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by 01MaroIL:
move to intake/exhaust???

Why? They're talking about tune ups.

[scof0elife]

I have CAI and magna exhaust. Will be installing mid-tube pacesetter headers,high flow cat and 160 thermostat this week.

[01MaroIL]

What do you guys think about electric cut-outs or just cut-outs in general for the 3.8L? I am thinking of getting an electric cut-out for my next mod. What do you guys think?

Am i wrong? i didnt get a cut out with my tune up.

[scof0elife]

If you guys are going to be a smart *** about this post don't bothering replying to it. Just go somewhere else if you can't help me. And with the others, thanks for your help guys I really appreciate all the reply's.

[V8 Killer]

Originally posted by 01MaroIL:

Am i wrong? i didnt get a cut out with my tune up. [/QUOTE] What the HELL are you talking about?

[Red]

When i read this and your other post you mentioned all your mods, then sounded interested in a "tune up" for performance. I believed you were talking about getting your car tuned to incorporate all you mods.

So are you looking to get it tuned, or getting a tune up (changing fluids, filters, belt, et)?

[Die Ford V8]

at 35,000 miles you have a long way to go before you need a tuneup. our cars are built to go 100,000 miles before your first real tuneup.

for performance and a good price get taylor pro performance wires. they are about $35. your plugs are platinum stock and are probably pretty good. mine lasted 110,000 and worked great till my tuneup.

if you install the wires make sure you use the stock heat shields on the wire boots and dont ziptie them together, but ziptie them away from the hot exhaust manifold.or you new headers.

while you are doing you headers that would be a good time to swap the wires. your plugs are probably fine if it seems to run smooth. and your fuel filter is probably fine too, but for $10 what could it hurt. yeah plugs are cheap too, but are a real pain in the butt to change and in my opinion are not worth changing till 60,000 or so and dont help that much in performance unless you are running nitrous or a turbo.

for your next mod, look into a performance clutch so when yours goes out you will have a good performance clutch to swap in.

you might look at gears and a cam for you next mod, but with gas prices i would just stick to intake and exhaust. wires will help with mileage too.

only other thing i could think of would be to port and polish OR get an ls1 throttle body. there are other mods but after a while certain mods will start hampering the reliability of your car.

i would definitely have your computer reprogrammed to your mods. it should help efficiency and from what i hear it will greatly increase your horsepower and throttle response.

wires, fuel filter, for now
air filter, pcv valve, tranny lube, rearend lube, plugs, etc at 70,000 or so.