Venom 400?

CManT1914 said:

http://store.summitracing.com/defau...earchinresults=false&N=0&target=egnsearch.asp

Sounds to good to be true. Anybody have any experience with these? I was always under the impression that chips are useless, and it's better to go with a custom tune. But then again, a custom tune is useless on a near stock car (like mine). Thoughts?

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OK Chris, I got a thought or two about this topic

A custom tune on a mild modded or even stock Stang is not a useless thing.

A custom tune on the above two examples will allow you to be able to really feel a difference with just these 3 things:
1) Spark table............More total spark at a quicker rate
2) Fuel table..............Dial in what your combo likes
3) Tip in Retard..........Kill it totally

Don't forget that a custom tune will help with drivability issues also

You don't see too many peeps do it simply because of the cost

To self tune with all options available to you like wb, d-logging, laptop, etc your looking at a minimum investment of about $1K

Later
Grady

friend of mine used one on a 94 Accord a few years ago.....biggest waste of money I ever saw.....car ran like **** below 3000rpms and wouldnt even idle.....only mods on the car was full exhaust and a CAI.....he called Venom but they were no help......

Every car is different. Save your money for a custon tune.

CManT1914 said:

I didn't figure it was worth it. But I had never seen it before and figured I would ask. Grady, thanks for the info on the custom tune. There's an auto store close to here that does dyno-tuning, and I know the guy that runs it. So I'll probably call him sometime and see how much a good tune would run me. Thanks again.

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Let me do a Part 2 of the last post or possibly make things more clear than I did in that first post.

You will gain from a custom tune on a stock or near stock Stang as I said in the first post.

When I had just a few mods (self ported E7's & stock intake, shortys, x-pipe) I knew I wanted to self tune cause I had a lot of different future plans so I got the equipment at that time as the cost is no different if you start early on with your combo or wait until drivability issues force you to do it, lol. I wanted to learn while my combo was not too far from stock as it really is easier that way. The tune made a nice difference as I said in the first post.

I guess I'm trying to say I did the custom tune thing early on with my combo simply because it was always in my MASTER PLAN

Again if your not going to do a lot to your combo the gain for the cost is not justified iMHO.

Later
Grady