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eatthecrayon
10-21-2009, 01:37 PM
Hey i need advice! Whats the best route to tune your TC? My Header is going on soon and i was trying to tune my Computer/Car?
eatthecrayon
10-27-2009, 11:38 AM
Hey i need advice! Whats the best route to tune your TC? My Header is going on soon and i was trying to tune my Computer/Car?


Anyone?!
THansenite
10-27-2009, 11:50 AM
You don't need to tune your car if you are getting a header. Generally, bolt on mods don't need any tuning. The ECU in the car is "intelligent" and adjusts its fuel trims automatically to compensate for the new parts. The only time you need to start thinking about aftermarket tuning is if you build your engine for serious N/A performance, or go forced induction.

Then, you have to think about if you want to go with a piggyback system or standalone ECU.
eatthecrayon
10-27-2009, 12:05 PM
You don't need to tune your car if you are getting a header. Generally, bolt on mods don't need any tuning. The ECU in the car is "intelligent" and adjusts its fuel trims automatically to compensate for the new parts. The only time you need to start thinking about aftermarket tuning is if you build your engine for serious N/A performance, or go forced induction.

Then, you have to think about if you want to go with a piggyback system or standalone ECU.

Wow thank you. The header i am getting is pretty Bad A. Idk the guy who did my exhuast advised me to tune when i get it put on. He said my car would run like crap without a tune?
THansenite
10-27-2009, 02:06 PM
The guy who told you that was probably just trying to get you to spend money and/or doesn't know much about tC's. You can run intake, headers, exhaust and other mods without needing a tune at all. The ECU compensates for the changes. A turbo kit that was around a while back was even running 5 or 6lbs of boost on the stock ECU with no issues.
eatthecrayon
10-27-2009, 06:52 PM
Awesome! I will be boosted but i am going to wait for a bit.