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Safe to run bolt-ons without a tune for a little bit?

phuxtick

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Sorry for the dumb question, new to this platform....coming from a Stinger GT1 and Alfa Romeo Stelvio, both I had piggyback tunes (JB4 on the Stinger and Madness Auto on the Alfa) put on within days of putting on intakes/spark plugs/exhaust.

I am planning on putting the following parts on my '25 ST and won't have the funds immediately available to go with the ZFG 93 tune just yet - may be a few months...so just want to make sure the stock tune can deal with the better airflow without doing something stupid to the engine.

CVFab Intercooler + charge pipes
CVFab downpipes
Thermal R+D 3" catback
S&B intakes
(and just for peace of mind - AWR diff brace and HSF upgraded rear diff bolt)
I was also going to get the upgraded spark plugs, but have them gapped to .028 (seems to be what I could find for suggested gapping with bolt-ons minus the tune, then gapping .026 after the 93 ZFG tune).
 

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No tune required for any of those.
 

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No tune required for any of those.
Whew lol - I do understand I won't get the full potential of any of it until I tune, but just wanted to be sure it won't hurt anything but the warranty lol
 



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