Of coarse it goes with out saying you will see more gains with a dyno tune over a canned tune. As far plugs there is to much debate on the subject, I have been using Denso Itv-22's the same plugs darrell and 1st-sho have been using. But I was under the impression back when I changed my plugs it was only needed with stage 5 meth tune. Now where taking 2yrs ago since its install, and there may have been changes since that require a colder plug.