so i received my tbe. right now my car is tuned on the stock exhaust. i plan to have a re-tune done to accomodate the tbe addition. i cannot get a re-tune until roughly two weeks. my question is if i install the tbe now with the car tuned on the stock exhaust will this cause problems? it is tuned with a mbc set to 22-23~spike tapering to 20psi

 

No, it will not cause any problems. You will be fine.

 

Put it on!

Do the poor man's reset to the Ecu; it'll help. Bascially unhook the battery for a few minutes, and pump the brake pedal a few times. When restarted the car will 'learn' a little and adjust.

Make sure to watch your boost levels at first! With the free-er flowing exhaust you might over-boost. If so, just back down the MBC a little to be safe until your retune.

 

will the cel light kick on by unhooking the battery?

 

No the cel light will not kick on by unhooking your battery.

 

Nope, it won't effect the CEL.

 

how long should it take a shop to install a tbe?

 

took me about an hour with a jack and hand tools. Most of the time was used by taking off and reinstalling the undertray...

 

i hate that undertray cause the little plastic bolts kept snapping when i was putting it back on

 

It shouldn't take 2 weeks to get a retune if you have EcuFlash. Just send in your ROM and have it adjusted by the tuner (or by a tuner on here).

 

i had it customed tuned originally on a dyno by a guy near me so i need to wait...i dont mind waiting just wanted to make sure the car would run ok in the interim

 

It will - no problem.