i have a 5.3l 02 with 113000 miles. i have a cat back to a custom flowmaster a true flow intake a bully dog chipand a cut out. should i get a custom tune with shorty headers or tb with shorty headers. after i fix my bent axle.
i have a 5.3l 02 with 113000 miles. i have a cat back to a custom flowmaster a true flow intake a bully dog chipand a cut out. should i get a custom tune with shorty headers or tb with shorty headers. after i fix my bent axle.
Custom tune with long tube headers
99RCSB Broke because I wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on my truck.
+1 what Zeake said
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LQ9 built 4L60 LTs and a billion miles on the speedo!
make sure you look at you exhaust manifold bolts before even ordering longtubes. If there is a missing bolt forget the whole thing. I had a missing rear drivers side bolt. It was broke off inside the head and I could not get it out. It was the main reason for me to get a new used LQ9.
99RCSB Broke because I wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on my truck.
then what would give me more power custom tune or Long tubes.
Do both. You can do the tune by itself but to get the most out of long tubes you really need a tune to take advantage of the free flowing exhaust. While you're at it, do a cam swap too. On the front page of the website is a topic showing how to get 100 HP out of cam, headers and tune.![]()
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both would give you more power
1951 3100
1984 C10
but i dont have enough monet for both of them& bully dog says that there gas chip gives 30hp and 50lb so would a custom shop tune give me more or should i go with long tubes or some other add on
I don't have any experience with Bullydog tuners, but my Hypercrap tuner I had made about the same performance claims. I can speak from personal experience that there is no comparison between handheld tuners and a custom tune.
Get a custom tune. You won't be disappointed.
Later, when you get some more money go for the long tubes.
2001 ECSB 5.3, Comp cam, Crane rockers, LS6 springs, Mac CAI, P&P throttlebody, OBX lt's and ory, Hooker Maximum Flow, LS1 fans, 160 tStat, Transgo shiftkit, WHEATLEY Tuned, 4.10 gears and Truetrac by axisT6