uprev or wheel first?

TongMan

I choose rims. The uprev tune is not even worth it.

SPOHN

How to you come to that statement? If you have three of the basic NA mods as the OP has most likely your A/F ratios are going to be running a little lean. So that really needs to be taken care of. A tune is maybe around $600-650 on avg. We pay nearly that and some on the basic mods.

I got 20whp out of my tune alone. How is that not worth it combined with better A/F ratios. It probably took two of my breather mods to equal that. Which would be more than a tune. Now given not all are gong to get this much whp all the time. But on avg at least 10. In which you get the most out of your mods. And also correct the A/F which is a win win.

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TongMan

I'm sure a tune is all beneficial to the mods currently on the OP's car, but remember to add a couple hundred dollars to have an authorized uprev tuner shop do the dyno tune. More time and money wasted to make appointments and getting there. Just from reading threads in the past on this forum, the gains just doesn't justify the cost of getting the tune.

All the tune does is balances out the a/f ratio and nothing else really. No launch control, no VVEL modifiers, no raising the rev limiter, etc. If you got the money to spend, feel free to get the tune. But if you want to chose one over another, get the rims first. Rims add a "wow" factor to your sports car. It's not like you go out racing every weekend, line up with other cars on the streets like you've got something to prove, or redline through every stop light, do you?

Basic bolt ons will change the a/f ratio, but it's not like your motor is going to blow up or anything like that without the tune. Get some nice rims.

Cmike2780

You might want to read up on UpRev a bit more. Just last weekend, a g37 having up rev done picked up 26hp and more torque..... at the wheels. It was tuned on a dyno for about $600. That's well worth it considering an exhaust nets you, at most 18hp to the wheels. I'm sure someone out there has the know how to add Launch control and raise the rev limiter if our willing to experiment. The car will run fine with bolt on's and stock tune, but it could be better.

UpRev is well worth it IMO and I plan to get it done in the future.

Maybe it just me, but more power and torque always puts a bigger smile on my face.

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