Whos ur dadd
05-20-2005, 10:36 AM
So, I\'m waiting at the airport for a flight home and pick up one of dem tuner mags. They dyno\'d two cars, baseline and then with mods. The cars were the RX8 and the S2000.
In each case, the intakes resulted in about 2 to 2.5 hp and the exhausts about the same. After ground wires and related stuff, it was about 7hp total (in aggregate with all them other mods). AND the products were well known brands too - Comptech, Racing Beat, K&N Typhoon.
THAT SUCKS. The only thing I could think of is that these cars are really finely tuned at the factory and aftermarket mods only reveal small (IMO puny) gains. I don\'t think the 3 is that poorly tuned from the factory that would make us get good gains with mods?
My main goal for an exhaust system is the glorious sound, but it would have been nice to get a good kick in the pants... :(
In each case, the intakes resulted in about 2 to 2.5 hp and the exhausts about the same. After ground wires and related stuff, it was about 7hp total (in aggregate with all them other mods). AND the products were well known brands too - Comptech, Racing Beat, K&N Typhoon.
THAT SUCKS. The only thing I could think of is that these cars are really finely tuned at the factory and aftermarket mods only reveal small (IMO puny) gains. I don\'t think the 3 is that poorly tuned from the factory that would make us get good gains with mods?
My main goal for an exhaust system is the glorious sound, but it would have been nice to get a good kick in the pants... :(