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06-28-07, 02:22 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V  | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
I am planning on getting headers by the end of the summer...
i know i need to get a tune to drive the car once they are installed, lest i risk running into a severe lean situation and thus BOOM!!!
question is for those of you that have gotten headers CAN you drive these cars without tuning them in a DD situation... not long term but if i can't get it tuned for a couple days...can i still get myself to work
second... i was reading stealthV's page ... the camshaft position relearn sounds like a total PITA can you not drive the car... i don't want to incur the costs of towing just to get a stealth V tune... there are a couple decent shops near here that i know tune LSx motors VERY well... but everyone seems to lean towards rick...
fill a 'brutha' in |
06-28-07, 02:26 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 05 Stealth Gray V | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ft Myers FL | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
find a stock PCM for sale on ebay, ship it to rick and have him tune it before you get the headers put on that way you can put the PCM in the same day! |
06-28-07, 02:27 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Member Cadillac(s): 05 maggied CTS-V, 03 maggied Z06 | | | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
If your just gonna drive and not WOT or burnouts, your fine until you get it tuned.
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06-28-07, 02:28 PM
|  | How YOU doin? Cadillac(s): 2007 SRX (Previously 04 CTS-V) | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Over here. No, not there. | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
You'll actually be rich, not lean when you install the headers. I drove mine for two weeks before getting Rick to retune it. It threw a code once for "bank 1 and 2, too rich", but I cleared it and it never came back.
As far as the crank relearn, I bought a spare PCM to tune and mine fired right up with the new PCM - even before the crank relearn (which I did to prevent a CEL).
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06-28-07, 02:30 PM
|  | V-LOVIN Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
I hear and see that StealthV has a solid product. I cannot speak from experience though. I went the Dyno tune route and used local shop F-Body Central. They did a hell of job tuning the car and I would recommend them if you’re seeking a good dyno tune. Damian (Drift-Caddy) is on the boards and can give you more detail on their tunes.
I’ve read about others who’ve installed headers and drove their cars for a short period before tuning so I don’t think that will be much of an issue. Good Luck! |
06-28-07, 02:33 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
so tony...
you put the new PCM in ... cranked it over... DROVE it to your dealer and had the CKP done? |
06-28-07, 02:35 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
Staxxin,
I know Damian...i know where FBC is ...spend a good amount of time in Glen burnie actually... |
06-28-07, 02:37 PM
| | V-LOVIN Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
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Originally Posted by IgotmeaV  Staxxin,
I know Damian...i know where FBC is ...spend a good amount of time in Glen burnie actually... | Good Deal! I don't know much about Glen Burnie though. I take it there's some stories. |
06-28-07, 02:39 PM
| | How YOU doin? Cadillac(s): 2007 SRX (Previously 04 CTS-V) | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Over here. No, not there. | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
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Originally Posted by IgotmeaV so tony...
you put the new PCM in ... cranked it over... DROVE it to your dealer and had the CKP done? | I work at my Dealership. We swapped the PCM on a lift, started it up, backed it out and did the CKP. CEL never came on, but my tech said it would if I drove it. |
06-28-07, 02:47 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
hmmmm...i just wanted to be able to do the install myself... oh well sounds like it will save a bunch of headaches if i have lindsay install them...
it would have been so much easier/cheaper to do it myself... but i guess the easy part is out the window if i can't get the car from where i do the install to the dealership without the CKP |
06-28-07, 02:47 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2005 Stealth Gray CTS-V, 2009 Black CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CA | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
If Rick tunes it in person, you're probably fine.
If not, get it dyno-tuned (or drive-tune, like Big 3). If these aren't available, then goto Rick's mail order tune.
Do it in that order for ultimate peace of mind/performance. |
06-28-07, 02:51 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
then i'll get it dyno tuned... my whole question really is ... will i be able to do the install at my friend's garage drive it to get tuned a week or two later while using it as my DD.
i know i'm not going to be able to do Rick's tune since the car can't be out of service for more than a day... its my commuter for work. So dyno tuning it is. |
06-28-07, 03:10 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2005 Stealth Gray CTS-V, 2009 Black CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CA | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
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Originally Posted by IgotmeaV ... my whole question really is ... will i be able to do the install at my friend's garage drive it to get tuned a week or two later while using it as my DD. | See Heavy's comment below. Quote:
Originally Posted by heavymetals If your just gonna drive and not WOT or burnouts, your fine until you get it tuned. | |
06-28-07, 03:12 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 05 Redline CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In the barber's chair.... Age: 28 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
okey dokey... no no WOTS ... not granny driving but no runs to redline... |
06-28-07, 06:08 PM
|  | Mods on hold till diff gets fixed. Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 60 | | | Re: Question about tuning...specifically StealthV
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Originally Posted by IgotmeaV then i'll get it dyno tuned... my whole question really is ... will i be able to do the install at my friend's garage drive it to get tuned a week or two later while using it as my DD.
i know i'm not going to be able to do Rick's tune since the car can't be out of service for more than a day... its my commuter for work. So dyno tuning it is. | heavy and Luna are right. Drive sanely, and you'll be just fine. You WILL, however, throw a code ... usually related to low catalytic efficiency on one bank or the other.
Oops!  I guess I'm assuming you're getting hi-flo cats, too ... anyway, that's what happened to me. As a DD, you'll be fine.
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