C6 tuning questions

warwolf · 07-25-2009, 11:39 AM

Hello, just bought my 2006 manual a few months ago. Found out it has Kooks custom headers and Corsa exhaust. I installed Snake Charmer Ram Air. Is there any way of knowing if my car has been tuned or not? If it hasn't been tuned, I plan on tuning it. What should I expect as far as horse power?

ShinodaVette · 07-25-2009, 12:36 PM

The only way I know of to see if it has been tuned is to look at the existing tune in the car and compare it to a known stock tune for the same car. I'm sure there are other ways to do the same thing but you mentioned that you are going to tune the car so I'm assuming you might have access to a way to read the existing tune such as HP Tuners. Their tune repository usually has stock tunes for comparison. Somebody else with chime in I'm sure.

REVAK · 07-25-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by warwolf

Hello, just bought my 2006 manual a few months ago. Found out is as Kooks custom headers and Corsa exhaust. I installed Snake Charmer Ram Air. Is there any way of knowing if my car has been tuned or not? If it hasn't been tuned, I plan on tuning it. What should I expect as far as horse power?

If you have access to a scanner , you could data log and compare your numbers with typical stock parameters. If your WOT A/F ratios are mid 11's , probably hasn't been tuned. This would be a basic approach, a pro with a lap top and the right software could read it and give you complete detail.

warwolf · 07-26-2009, 05:08 PM

thanks for tha info.

carlrx7 · 07-29-2009, 05:36 AM

my car with that combo made 379whp

racingvett · 08-01-2009, 03:03 AM

If it was tuned most likely you should see the radiator fans working more, cooler water temps, might have a non stock idle RPM, rev limiter higher.
They also may have turned off torque management.
If manual trannie the CAGS turned off, if A6 faster and stiffer auto shifts.

If due to custom exhaust the rear o2 sensors are missing and no error codes then it had to been tuned and those error codes turned off.

warwolf · 08-01-2009, 02:05 PM

Fairly new to Corvettes. Don't know much about mods and stuff. Fans do turn on very quickly and there's no error codes on my dash. I think it's already tuned. I appreciate the info, thanks a lot.