tune with a cam??

[black95maro]

ok i have a 3.4 with the obdI and i was thinking about sending my pcm to fastchips.com for a tune but i wanted to know if i did that would it be ok if i went with a cam that would have been safe with a stock tune because htey cant tune for a cam?

[97rs4life]

Re: tune with a cam??

why would you send them your pcm if they can't tune for a cam? Wouldn't that be the point of trying to get your 3.4 tuned?

[black95maro]

Re: tune with a cam??

no i just wanted to know if they tuned it and i run like a smiple cam like funkz did would it be okay or should i just stay away fromeven trying it. because i was to get my comp. tuned for my speedo being off but i dont want to pay 300 bucks just for that i wanted the other goodies with it.

[FunkZ]

Re: tune with a cam??

You'll still get the benefit of basic performance tuning even if they won't adjust for the cam specs. The only reason I would not go for a tune is if you are thinking of a power adder because a lot of the performance increase comes from timing advance.

[Camarorulz]

Re: tune with a cam??

What kind of cam were you thinking of?

A cam isn't just something you throw in and mail-tune for.

Depending on what you're getting, you need valvetrain modification as well.

Some mail-order tunes have been known to decrease power on stock or near-stock cars. Just have it adjusted for the gears and leave everything else alone. That's the only thing they're really good for IMO.

You get what you pay for. Mail-order tunes are cheap, so you don't get a whole lot. It's so much better to dyno tune or at least tune with the car present. You could pay a couple hundred more and get Hptuners, then you can do practically anything with the computer.

[97rs4life]

Re: tune with a cam??

What kind of cam were you thinking of?

A cam isn't just something you throw in and mail-tune for.

Depending on what you're getting, you need valvetrain modification as well.

Some mail-order tunes have been known to decrease power on stock or near-stock cars. Just have it adjusted for the gears and leave everything else alone. That's the only thing they're really good for IMO.

You get what you pay for. Mail-order tunes are cheap, so you don't get a whole lot. It's so much better to dyno tune or at least tune with the car present. You could pay a couple hundred more and get Hptuners, then you can do practically anything with the computer.

you do realize this is a 3.4 right and that most of the things you talked about won't work for him (like hptuners) as tuning a 3.4 is practically impossible right now unless you go with megasquirt or another standalone setup. People are trying different things with it, but as of right now there is no cheap solution to tuning these cars that I am aware of

[black95maro]

Re: tune with a cam??

you do realize this is a 3.4 right and that most of the things you talked about won't work for him (like hptuners) as tuning a 3.4 is practically impossible right now unless you go with megasquirt or another standalone setup. People are trying different things with it, but as of right now there is no cheap solution to tuning these cars that I am aware of

yea i wish there was a cheap tuner but if i got the 260h comp cam u think that still wouldnt worko ut on a tune from them?/