Yeah my superman mechanic buddy (the one that came on the Holley plant tour with me) gave it a look over and gave me the thumbs up and good job. Once he approves something I don't question it.
Based on your sig you've got most of the small to medium budget items. Maybe lowering springs or a different grille?
Glad to hear. Header leaks ( especially at the flange) can be a real nightmare. Really hoping I don't have to face any. But I'm starting to think headers may not be as soon for me as I was thinking. Can you get away with longtubes without a tune if you use o2 sims? I'm sure you won't see as much in the way of performance gains but I'd imagine the car would still be fine without it. I haven't put a set of headers on a car since my last LS1. Never tuned it afterward and it always ran strong.
Depends on what you're into, straight line speed or cornering? If you like the twisty's the sways are good way to go, plus they are adjustable!
Good luck finding an 02 sim, ever since the feds really started coming down on them they are almost impossible to find, or at least they were when I put headers on our QX56 that we had. Luckily the Stillen ones came with an 02 sim so I didn't have to try to locate a third party one. I was having a really hard time trying to find one. I doubt I'd go through all the trouble of the headers without an intake and tune.
I would like to do a grill delete maybe, but I'd probably just do it myself and see how it turns out. I can't really justify 300 dollars for someone to just cut out a grill. I also wanted to test out the springs before I chose them. I know a couple of the guys said I could ride in their car and feel the difference in springs, so I would probably hold off on Springs.
Now that I think about it I may just go with a Cobb tuner. You are tuned I belive. Do you ever go to the dealership? The only thing stopping me from the AP is voiding my warranty. Does the key cycle after returning back to stock actually keep them from questioning your ecu. If you take it to a dealership which one and are they mod friendly?
I doubt the tune is any less aggressive, so far it looks like everybody is seeing about the same gains on the FF tune vs the straight E85 tune. The fuel quality is measured post consumption and takes it just a tad of time to adjust which is why he says to run it and let it adjust before going WOT. I'll probably run a tank of E85 through it when I know I can burn off an entire tank and not let it sit.
I let the dealership in Franklin try to align my car and I got it back with a chip on the shock tower where they put a pry bar on my upper mount. They were super careful with my wheels though. I just won't go back unless absolutely necessary. Once it's flashed they can tell even if you flash back to stock. I'm just not sure how mod friendly the dealers are around here.
Let me know what he says that is where I bought mine.
What do you mean by that? Is the drive ability with an aftermarket tune not as smooth as the OEM tune? How does your E85 tune compare to the factory tune in terms of smoothness snd drive ability?
