Dyno Tune Stock

[54fighting]

Is it worth getting a dyno tune on a stock engine, no header?

[DarkPira7e]

It really depends on what you're after. I played around with my car a lot, and I can confidently say that if you're not chasing fractions of a second on a track or at the drag strip, I would leave the car exactly how it is if you're not adding forced induction.


This is just my biased opinion, but I'll never tune an NA car again, it feels like such a waste unless you're after a very specific goal. After my car blew up a couple times times from my Toyota recall hell, I drove the car with stock tune, stock headers, stock exhaust, and it felt every bit as quick and exciting as when I was balls to the wall "tuned" and I could drive it without needing to monitor my AF/r, IAM, knock count, etc. I vote to throw a catback on it, enjoy the neat sound and wait for a concise need before spending any amount of money on engine performance.

[LRNAD90]

While I have no personal experience with doing such, I doubt there is much to be had unless hardware changes are made (Intake or exhaust that can actually flow more air, and that still may be hobbled by the rest of the intake system or even valve sizes). Like @DarkPira7e has said, you are just looking at adding headache for likely no noticeable gain..

Now if you want to change headers and exhaust to chase something specific like leveling out the 1st gen torque dip, there seems to be ample example out there that it can be of some benefit, but is it enough to outweigh the cost?

That is something only you can decide, and it doesn't sound like you are looking to make hardware changes, so..

But check out this video by EveryDay Driver. The first part of this video deals with dyno testing these small changes, and later talks about driving impressions after making them..

[tomm.brz]

no, do a remote tuning instead

[54fighting]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

It really depends on what you're after. I played around with my car a lot, and I can confidently say that if you're not chasing fractions of a second on a track or at the drag strip, I would leave the car exactly how it is if you're not adding forced induction.


This is just my biased opinion, but I'll never tune an NA car again, it feels like such a waste unless you're after a very specific goal. After my car blew up a couple times times from my Toyota recall hell, I drove the car with stock tune, stock headers, stock exhaust, and it felt every bit as quick and exciting as when I was balls to the wall "tuned" and I could drive it without needing to monitor my AF/r, IAM, knock count, etc. I vote to throw a catback on it, enjoy the neat sound and wait for a concise need before spending any amount of money on engine performance.

Thanks!!