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Originally Posted by bspangler
I currently have a magnaflow muffler and a superchips flashpaq installed aswell. What tune would I want to use if I got either the k&n or airaid.
They only go up to year 10 I think, so if yours is older you should be all set.
They are cheap too, my airaid tune was $7.99. Good luck, btw I have have flowmasters with the airaid intake and neither did much until the custom tune. Now it's like I thought it would be when I bought it new in 05.
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Originally Posted by masitile
Have you plugged your tuner into your computer yet? Don't yell at me if you've done this already, but the company says plug the tuner into the computer first, so it can update and transfer your info ( in case there's any issues they can see). Once there, there's the custom tune option. Now I had to call because the sight froze, but depending on what year your truck is, mine is an 05 you should have 5 or 6 tunes to pick from. K&N, airaid, volant, etc.. if you have the right year.
They only go up to year 10 I think, so if yours is older you should be all set.
They are cheap too, my airaid tune was $7.99. Good luck, btw I have have flowmasters with the airaid intake and neither did much until the custom tune. Now it's like I thought it would be stock when I bought it new in 05.
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Sorry, if I confused you. I have been frustrated with how my truck has run since day one, basically it was unresponsive and slow as hell. So after exhaust, intake and now the tuner it runs great, Like I expected it to run when I bought it.
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Originally Posted by masitile
Sorry, if I confused you. I have been frustrated with how my truck has run since day one, basically it was unresponsive and slow as hell. So after exhaust, intake and now the tuner it runs great, Like I expected it to run when I bought it.
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Originally Posted by masitile
Have you plugged your tuner into your computer yet? Don't yell at me if you've done this already, but the company says plug the tuner into the computer first, so it can update and transfer your info ( in case there's any issues they can see). Once there, there's the custom tune option. Now I had to call because the sight froze, but depending on what year your truck is, mine is an 05 you should have 5 or 6 tunes to pick from. K&N, airaid, volant, etc.. if you have the right year.
They only go up to year 10 I think, so if yours is older you should be all set.
They are cheap too, my airaid tune was $7.99. Good luck, btw I have have flowmasters with the airaid intake and neither did much until the custom tune. Now it's like I thought it would be when I bought it new in 05.
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Originally Posted by Franchi Motorsports
You wont see MPG gains from a intake alone. Combined with an intake, tuner, and exhaust, you will see maybe 1-2 mpg gains real world. But stand alone, intake won't do nada for that. Add some power yes, and help the engine breathe better indeed.
Besides who are we kidding? We mods cars/trucks for POWER not mpg. :-)
Besides who are we kidding? We mods cars/trucks for POWER not mpg. :-)
X2!!!! What the heck is 1 mpg gonna help?? I always bitch about my gas millage, but I'd reather get 11 mpg and drive my truck than 20-30 and drive a car! It's worth it
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Originally Posted by bspangler
No i havent yet. I have an 05 too so im in luck! Im running milage xs right now untill i decide on what intake to get. I was going to get a k&n but im leaning more toward airaid. Thanks for all the help!
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Originally Posted by masitile
I was amazed by how different the custom tune was over the canned tune. The canned "performance" tune was okay, but the custom "Cai performance" tune really did the trick.
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Originally Posted by Nateharsh
"we mod our engines for power not mpg"
X2!!!! What the heck is 1 mpg gonna help?? I always bitch about my gas millage, but I'd reather get 11 mpg and drive my truck than 20-30 and drive a car! It's worth it
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Originally Posted by bspangler
I havent ran performance yet because it says to run 91 octane with the performance. Do you have to run 91 with either the cai performance or the canned performance or is 87 ok too?