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Would it be worth it to go to a performance shop and get yur car put on a dyno with bolt ons and have them tune it?

 
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i doubt it since you wont get any hp gains worth having anyway

 
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Maybe. Remember tho you need something to tune with like the vafcII. That would be the best. However as far as being worth it, it always helps to have the correct a/f ratio. I gained 2whp after dyno tuning. They add or remove fuel to make the curve a straight line. As far as being worth it, $300 for vafcII and $125 for dynotune = $425 for 2whp. Is it worth it?

 
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^no

 
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definitely no...

 
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waste of money

 
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if you just want to check your whp for $75 then knock yourself out but tuning and spending roughly about 180 smackers, it's not worth it for boltons.

 
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anyone know stock whp for lx 5sp. ? 2002

my guess is the high to mid 80's

 
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no i know its over 90

 
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really ... i thought it was 20% loss in fwd cars that would be like 91... ill go with 90whp...
what about tourqe?

 
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maybe 85-88

 
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A stock manual ex is around 110whp.

 
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no way its only losing 17 hp.... really?

 
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Now auto is a whole other story. My modded auto only makes 100whp. So it's still slower than a stock manual. I think the whp between ex and lx manual is only 5-10whp. Not very much.

 
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2whp sign me upp

 
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not worth the money..

 
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no way, 5spd is about 10-15% loss, our vics have small gears and they dont weigh that much so it's easier on our engines to turn them. so 115 times .85(.90) = 97-103whp. Ex 127 times .85(.90) = 107-114whp

 
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badass^^^

 
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so I prolly have 112-116whp.. wooooooooooowwwwwww

 
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what have you done?^^^

 
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dyno tuning is not worth it unless you are tuning your car after a big modification on the car, usually new bigger turbos or turbo on a n/a car. the purpose of tuning is to modify the fuel supply map in various rpm to get a better a/f ratio and also allow tuning of ignition timing, boost pressure and other engine related items, provided that you have the modification to do so (stand alone ecm, vafc, etc...)

i am going to a dyno this weekend to see my dyno numbers, since it's 30 bucks for 2 pulls, but i am not going to dyno tune it until i get a standalone ecm (www.mrcontrols.com)

if you only have bolt ons such has intake, exhaust and header, those modifications do not make enough of an air/fuel variance (if at all) to justify the cost of dyno tuning

 
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I've seen members with a manual and i/h/e get 5-10whp more after tuning with vafcII.