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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 01:08 AM
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Question for the tuned heads

What's up people. There's been a lot of great talk and information about several ecu upgrade options for the 450. For those of you who are tuned or have an understanding of the process, did you change out your spark plugs with a particular brand? When I upgraded my Audi, everyone said the best plugs to run were ngk. Obviously, this is a much different vehicle but was curious on everyone's thoughts were regarding that.

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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 06:24 PM
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I have a renntech ecu dealer installed and have k&n filter .i didn't change out my plugs but I am studying if I should go with bmc filters instead?
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I am completely stock other than my tune.
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 07:37 PM
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I have a renntech ecu dealer installed and have k&n filter .i didn't change out my plugs but I am studying if I should go with bmc filters instead?

I heard mixed reviews about the K&N because of the oil the filter requires and how it can potentially detrimental to the intake environment. How long have you had yours installed? Does it make any difference?
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I am completely stock other than my tune.
Who did you go with to get your tune?
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Old Sep 13, 2017 | 08:40 AM
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Who did you go with to get your tune?
http://www.eurocharged.com/products/...ngine-software
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