Getting GT Heritage....do I tune or leave stock?

[HOOKED ON GT]

I've got a Heritage ready to go in the next week and I've got a bit of a problem.
I like the uniqueness of the traditional colors of the Heritage, but I'm in the tuning business and I know I'll want to play with some things a bit once I get the car.

I've got a Gallardo with a Chip (ours) and Kreissieg exhaust and I'm very happy with that, but can I leave good enough alone with the GT....I doubt it.

Now the guts of my question is can I add an exhaust and pulley and an adjusted software program and play with it for the time period I own the car and then turn it around to stock and have it hold it value at the time perfectly?


I feel that those things I mentioned can be taken off and totally reverted back to the original condition if need be for the next owner to have a totally factory car.

Your thoughts guys..
Stuart A

 

[Roger Vincent]

Stuart you probably know the answer. If I were that buyer in the future, and I wanted a stock FGT, I would also want it unmolested, even though I know it would probably be just fine. So, if resale of a stock FGT is your objective, my vote is to leave it stock. Or be willing to take a little less for it when you sell it.

Alternatively, enjoy the car and don't worry about it. As most everyone here has written, they aren't great investments.....yet.

Others will have different opinions for sure.

 

[dbk]

Pulley and tune is no big deal for me. It takes an hour or two to put the stock pulley back on, and you can reflash to stock in a couple seconds...and I think the car is MUCH more fun with the extra hp.

 

[BlackICE]

My understanding is that the stock pulley has a press fit to the shaft. Based on the time to change the pulley I would guess that I can be swapped (pulled and press on) without removing the supercharger. Is that right?

My guess at the steps are:

1. remove interior panels to get access to the belt and tensioner.

2. Remove the belt.

3. Pull the superchanger pulley.

4. Press on new pulley.

5. Install belt (new length?)

6. Replace access panels.

7. Tune and flash.


Is that correct?


BlackICE

 

[dbk]

Nope, you have to take the blower off. My time perspective is slightly skewed on the pulley change time because the guys who did it for me know the car inside out better than anyone...

 

[SLF360]

I feel that those things I mentioned can be taken off and totally reverted back to the original condition if need be for the next owner to have a totally factory car.

Your thoughts guys..
Stuart A

Stuart,

you can revert to stock. Tune in 30 seconds, Pulley needs to be done in few hours on and off, and go to someone who's done this before. But the point is different:
1. It is sort of dishonest to first tune it, and then untune it back to stock with the intention to sell it for a higher price. Morally incorrect. Tune it correctly, and say so when you eventually sell it. My view.
2. Once you have the car and you will tune it properly, YOU will fall absolutely in love. You won't think of selling it anymore, rather think of a bit smaller pulley, a bigger whipple, or all out a TT setup. That's how it goes for all of us.

And, to be replaced with what !? It's a keeper, no matter what else you get. One of a kind.

And. welcome in the community !
:cheers
Stefan

 

[FlorIdaho Chris]

...
1. It is sort of dishonest to first tune it, and then untune it back to stock with the intention to sell it for a higher price. Morally incorrect. Tune it correctly, and say so when you eventually sell it. My view...
:cheers
Stefan

Right on Stefan! :thumbsup

 

[dbtgt]

Right on Stefan! :thumbsup

Absolutely Ditto!!! :thumbsup

 

[50 BMG]

I feel that those things I mentioned can be taken off and totally reverted back to the original condition if need be for the next owner to have a totally factory car.

Sounds like you won't be owning it long anyways...do what makes you happy.

Over the next 10-15 years, a pulley and reflash isn't going to really do a whole lot to the value of the car so long as nothing gets hurt in the process.

 

[HOOKED ON GT]

I dove a Heritage GT a week back and fell in love, so your right, why would I want to get rid of it in the future, so some adjusting will be on the way in the future.

I'll get in Monday hopefully but as it stands now it could be parked in my garage with less then 10 miles on it till March of next year as I'm heading back home to Australia for our summer.
DAMMMMM

SA

 

[FlorIdaho Chris]

I dove a Heritage GT a week back and fell in love, so your right, why would I want to get rid of it in the future, so some adjusting will be on the way in the future.

I'll get in Monday hopefully but as it stands now it could be parked in my garage with less then 10 miles on it till March of next year as I'm heading back home to Australia for our summer.
DAMMMMM

SA

Orlando during the Northern hemisphere summer? Don't you have things reversed? :biggrin

 

[HOOKED ON GT]

Your right Chris, a great time of year in FL, I never spend time there from Nov - Feb, but everyone else from up north will make up for me and some!
Gotta say it's pretty nice in OZ as I'm a native and it's catch up with family that time of year.

SA

 

[B O N Y]

Stuart,

you can revert to stock. Tune in 30 seconds, Pulley needs to be done in few hours on and off, and go to someone who's done this before. But the point is different:
1. It is sort of dishonest to first tune it, and then untune it back to stock with the intention to sell it for a higher price. Morally incorrect. Tune it correctly, and say so when you eventually sell it. My view.
2. Once you have the car and you will tune it properly, YOU will fall absolutely in love. You won't think of selling it anymore, rather think of a bit smaller pulley, a bigger whipple, or all out a TT setup. That's how it goes for all of us.

And, to be replaced with what !? It's a keeper, no matter what else you get. One of a kind.

And. welcome in the community !
:cheers
Stefan

bravo, spot on!

 

[SYCO GT]

I feel that those things I mentioned can be taken off and totally reverted back to the original condition if need be for the next owner to have a totally factory car.

Yeah, I would agree. If you modify it, then later return it to its original form, it's not the same thing. How would you feel if you bought a car that was represented as stock and you later found it had been modified and raced and tracked and no one disclosed that? Of course, people probably do it all the time, so just food for thought.

I ended up selling my modified '01 M5 with everything on it, since it was well set up and tuned, and I wanted the new buyer to enjoy it. Sure, I did take a hit financially, as opposed to stripping off all the supersprint, stoptech, tubi, bbs lm, h&r parts, but at least the buyer knew what he was getting, and the car was in the condition I thought it was meant to be. For all the time I put in to getting the car that way, I felt it would be sad to sell it stripped.

 

[Big Carrot]

This car won't be a huge collectors item for a long time. You will REALLY enjoy the car after a pulley and tune. I say do it. If you decide you want to sell it, just pull the stuff off. It only takes a couple of hours, and nobody will ever know it was there.

 

[SYCO GT]

When you say "pulley and tune" - are you using all the factory supercharger components, and simply changing the press on pulley with one of a smaller diameter?

It would seem that would be a really cost effective way to open up horsepower.

Or is the new bolt on Pulley Upgrade, like what Kenne Bell is offering?

Sorry, I've only had my GT less than a month, so I am trying to sort through all the upgrade offerings and ascertaining which route might be best for me and what is a popular effective method for most.

 

[Big Carrot]

When you say "pulley and tune" - are you using all the factory supercharger components, and simply changing the press on pulley with one of a smaller diameter?

It would seem that would be a really cost effective way to open up horsepower.

Or is the new bolt on Pulley Upgrade, like what Kenne Bell is offering?

Sorry, I've only had my GT less than a month, so I am trying to sort through all the upgrade offerings and ascertaining which route might be best for me and what is a popular effective method for most.

Yeah, you just press on a smaller pulley, and upload a new tune. It's a fairly inexpensive way to open up a LOT more power. It really makes this car feel like I think it should.

 

[SYCO GT]

Sounds like a must do.

Thanks for the quick response Big Carrot.

I assume no change in octane level is required (unless requested), and since it is being tuned, it can simply be left for the owner and tuner to work out an acceptable level of tune for the owner's desires...