Test Pipe vs HFC

p3t3rc

FP - I'll have to look into the tuner. I'll have my brother in law help me with the installation. Thanks for all the info!!


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FPenvy

most places where you go to get a tune sell you the license in the price of the tune itself.

i however was uneducated 3 weeks into owning my Z and bought a tuner kit w/ cable and the license when really i dont need it.

is it nice to have the ability to do datalogs, code checks and clears, etc....yea but i dont ever use it lol

it'll be $300 for the license and typically $300 for the dyno time and tune so ~$600 total for a dyno tune. unless you go ecutek over uprev then i'm not sure how that license is priced but dyno/labor should run the same.

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p3t3rc

I guess I'm in your shoes when you first started. I really appreciate all the info.. So with the initial tune they give me a license and I can go back as needed? Does that mean I just pay for labor in the future?


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FPenvy

yea the license goes onto your ECU and stays. going back to a retune is different depending on your tuner. i would assume paying for the dyno time is all they'd ask but i am not experienced with ever having a retune done.

the license is yours once purchased.

also in the end i'm glad i bought my cable because the intakes i have are much larger than ones on the makret and required a whole new MAF mapping to get it to run. the company sent me the map, used the cable, drove the next day to my tuner lol thats a very odd situation though and wont happen to 99% of other people.

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p3t3rc

For the most part as I've said this is going to be it for a while.. So assuming that.. And getting a tune done correctly the first time around.. It might be moot to get a tuning cable right? Even if I did get it I don't know where I would start when using it. Lol


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FPenvy

yes it's pretty much pointless if the plan is to throw on exhaust and intakes, get tune, then wait awhile for boost.

just go get your exhaust first since the stock Z sounds super weak.
then go add intakes.
then get it tuned.

then

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p3t3rc

So I have a confession.. Sometimes I can be an impulse buyer.. Soooo.. I already picked up the AAM system before asking the question.. I was just trying to figure out if I should swap out the Test Pipe for the HFC.. but from what it seems like I think I'll be alright with the Test Pipes.


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