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06-11-2006, 06:17 PM
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and does anyone know anyone with a 4.8 and a corsa exhuast system. id really like to hear it. i have heard the 5.3 and 6.0l and they sounded great but now im just wondering about the 4.8 if it sounds like the 5.3 or whats the deal???
06-11-2006, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.8 stocker
and does anyone know anyone with a 4.8 and a corsa exhuast system. id really like to hear it. i have heard the 5.3 and 6.0l and they sounded great but now im just wondering about the 4.8 if it sounds like the 5.3 or whats the deal???
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06-12-2006, 01:12 AM
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ok thanks for the help.. and are the w4m tunes still 150? if so ill prolly order one this week.... o and if i decide on the corsa all i do is take out the pcm and send it to him and hill send me another one right??? and the same 4 no2???
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06-12-2006, 01:51 AM
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If you are going the handheld route, I would recommend steering clear of Hypertech. A cow orker got one and all it did was make his engine ping like crazy. If you search both this board and others, you will find many people have had trouble with them.
06-12-2006, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Wilde Racing
The only thing mine was good for is shift point changes and raising the speed limiter, and less mpg. more power, not enough to justify the price. felt faster with-out the perditor.
Funny thing is, I use it more as a scan tool than I ever did programing. But I have heard they have got better.
4.8, Not every tune is going to need a relearn, A Nelson tune might need one too. Just never know. I wouldn't waste my time with a hand held, for the price of a hand held, buy HP TUners and learn to tune it your-self.
Funny thing is, I use it more as a scan tool than I ever did programing. But I have heard they have got better.
4.8, Not every tune is going to need a relearn, A Nelson tune might need one too. Just never know. I wouldn't waste my time with a hand held, for the price of a hand held, buy HP TUners and learn to tune it your-self.
I feel ta hell with it if i'm down enough to have to sell it so be it but until that time shes my scan tool!!!!!!
I did get some decent performance gains with it though.The new ones from what i hear can remove tourque managment and such....which would be a big thing on a handheld since the other ones don't do that.
If you wanted a handheld that is.
06-12-2006, 09:13 AM
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sleeper if u can tell me where i can find a hand held for 150 let me know. ask around i don't think anyone would suggest a hand held over a mail order. which one are u using? any dyno #'s? lot of guys get 20-30 hp out of a mail order. unless u own a diesel hand held r over rated.
06-12-2006, 09:27 AM
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ANY time a PCM is swapped, a crank learn is NEEDED. Even if it doesnt throw a code, it is needed. Sure you can get away with out it, but its just one more saftey feature to get the proper info to the PCM in case of a misfire. Im not 100%, but if you dont do the re-learn, it makes sence that the PCM could possibly pick up a false misfire and your performance would suffer. On the other hand, it could fail to pick up a real misfire and affect your performance in other ways. 
06-12-2006, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by black4.8
sleeper if u can tell me where i can find a hand held for 150 let me know. ask around i don't think anyone would suggest a hand held over a mail order. which one are u using? any dyno #'s? lot of guys get 20-30 hp out of a mail order. unless u own a diesel hand held r over rated.
This run was the same day as base run with handheld 247/276
I got 13/21 with the handheld and another 16/13 with smoothing out the a/f
thats a 29/34 tune that i can put on or take off in 15min.
I am not saying that a handheld is better than a mail order tune, just that a handheld can give a stock 5.3 some good gains and alot of tuning options for the 300.00 price tag.