12-19-2025, 05:47 PM
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Super Stock
Drives: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Join Date: May 2022
Location: Concordia
Posts: 782
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Originally Posted by Whoomba
I watched one of those car restoration shows the other day and they were putting a LT4 crate motor in an old muscle car. They didn’t get the hp they thought they should have and the owner was complaining they were “locked out” of the map basically. They found out they had put too small an intake plenum on it. Anyway, back to the “locked out”. Has this been your experience?
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Everyone is locked out of the VVE and Virtual Torque maps. HPTuners now requires that you take some bullshit mandated EPA courses in order to gain access to them.
Sucks, but that speaks to the current state of affairs that the car industry is in. Paywall this, lock out that, but fortunately, there are still workarounds for things.
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2017 Red Hot ZL1 A10 - Apex ARC-8's, 305/ 325 PS4's, DSX 9.06 12% lower, Griptec 2.5 upper, NGK HR7 Ruthenium plugs, Nostrum 22+ injectors, XDI Goliath HPFP, Katech dual in tank low side pump, Katech oil pump, LME tensioner, DOD delete, LT1 big fuel cam, Jokerz ported blower, MPI lid, GMS hood extractor bracket, Soler ported 87mm (91mm eff) TB, Granatelli SS plug wires, Cordes LTR reservoir, DMS T-stat housing, 186* LS3 T-stat, Black Widow Angry Housewife/ Corsa NPP mufflers, Borla X pipe, BMR engine mounts, Banks iDash, Lithium Battery, AEM X- Series, HP Tuners, E85, 16.5 psi
834 HP/ 840 TQ
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