When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
And having it welded. and a new rack if that gets botched up.
If it was a DD, sure i'd probably do it. But for what I use the car for, I have zero complaints on the steering, especially after this new alignment. Can't wait to get it on track.
In reality, its maybe 20% more road/tire feel, and maybe a few extra pounds steering effort, but 15 pounds off the car, lower parasitic drag on the engine...
I'm honestly shocked at how light the steering is, even in a higher speed corner. Just make sure your caster is under 5 and you will love it at all times.
I was as scientific as possible. I had the custom intake ready to be installed, and a 10mm socket for r and r.
I did 6 base line VirtualDyno runs yesterday, and 4 baseline runs today(35*F colder today), numbers all over the place. (Anywhere between 105/94 to 112/100)
I installed the U bend intake on the side of the road, drove a bit to settle the IATs, and then made 3 back and forth passes. VD is all over the place, and within the same number range as stock intake. Totally inconclusive, and not even close to as precise as i need.
Absolutely accelerates harder. Feels like sea level now, and im at 6000feet. Pretty cool. Too bad the vd plots meant nothing (why i didnt post any)
I even used earplugs to mitigate intake sound influenced placebo effect.
Here is the almost finished result... 21inches from throttle plate to diameter increase within the air filter.
I still have to get a bung welded for the return intake breather, and insulate the coolant tube. The intake pipe just soaks up the coolant heat.
IATs with the new intake stabilized at 120*F while it was at 96*F with full oem intake.
I am surprised the car pulls harder even though IATs are much higher.
filter is way too small
I doubt it's flowing more than oem with that filter, and with higher ait's I doubt it's making more power, but if it feels faster then great, just kinda surprising