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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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i went to the dump today with my dad, and as we drove by race city, i saw that they are already demolishing it
They were working on this when I was in Calgary and Mark and I drove by it.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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Do you guys know any one in calgary to do a HP tune? on my car?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Pickles uses HPtuner;
I hear he does great work.

If you can't nail him down, I too offer tuning for your car.

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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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there's pickles, Which he really isn't tuning anybodies cars anymore and jonathan(Soundjunky) who is a trifecta dealer

Beat me to it you bugger! lol
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SylverSS/SC
Street racing it is!!!! Lol
unfortunately this WILL be the scene till another track opens...

I hope no one that we know dies from it - becasue I figure it will get kinda nutty.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Ownedbyagirl?
Do you guys know any one in calgary to do a HP tune? on my car?
Not to be a bit bossy here but I read through your thread and if your completely stock why would you want a tune?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SylverSS/SC
Not to be a bit bossy here but I read through your thread and if your completely stock why would you want a tune?
Jon;
the LE5 tune is CRAZY conservative...
by just turning off some of the emissions related aspects of the tune he's been told that cars can gain up to 5/10ths in the quarter mile...

that to me says ALOT.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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lol time means nothing to me. speak hp
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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on an aggressive tune on a stock 2.4 can gain about 20hp
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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although if timing isnt done properly... not a good thing...

me and pickles didnt even start dabbling in timing on my ion... haha!
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:09 PM
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^ lol 20 hp for an aggressive tune? that sounds kinda pointless isn't it?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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on a n/a car though.

and my brother turned up haha. he passed out last night and couldnt wake up in the morning. so he went to work around 2 and surprisingly he still has his job
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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lol for now
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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yea haha
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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it will come back to bit him in the ass. just wait! lol
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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my parents are pissed off haha.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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lol he lives at home?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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yea and is paying rent as of yesterday. he turns 20 in 2 weeks
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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lucky little punk!
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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yea haha
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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my parents basically threw my stuff in my car and said go live with your sister in calgary when I graduated high school! lol
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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that sucks! they said i can stay as long as i am saving money
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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I hate kids now a days! lol
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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haha sucks to be you
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SylverSS/SC
^ lol 20 hp for an aggressive tune? that sounds kinda pointless isn't it?
but Jon, you're focusing on peak numbers;
it's moreover about the whole curve - and gains seen before the peak numbers... which iirc are higher than that...

but even still 20hp over most of the curve would be huge...

EDIT:
Come to think of it, I believe typical peak numbers are more around 10hp;
but disabling the fuel delay combined with the overall gains, I have been told that it really changes a car.

Understandably Jordan hasn't been tuned - but I don't understand why it isn't more common... I mean how often do you hear of people spending upwards of $200 for a CAI... which in the grand scheme of things doesn't do too much...

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