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Old May 28, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by iamkhanz
So is the point of the midpipe to make the car sound better? Because obviously 1 to 2 hp is not worth the mod..
I'm pretty sure that intake/headers/exhaust is generally never a cost effective way to add power to the car. I'm sure there's some exceptions out there, but doing any of those mods is a waste of money if you're looking at gains. It's pretty much for the sound.
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Old May 28, 2011 | 11:06 AM
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Tanabe mid pipe for the win lolz, best gain lolz
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Old May 29, 2011 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by kumquatism
I'm pretty sure that intake/headers/exhaust is generally never a cost effective way to add power to the car. I'm sure there's some exceptions out there, but doing any of those mods is a waste of money if you're looking at gains. It's pretty much for the sound.
Being bolt on's, if we could tune the darn thing then . oh well
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Old May 29, 2011 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Being bolt on's, if we could tune the darn thing then . oh well
tuning wouldn't help much... as folks who've used AFCs found out there's maybe 8-10 hp total available that way...the stock programming and engineering on this motor is pretty good.

(Note: it's not super useful to use an AFC in normal driving as the ECU tunes its changes back out in closed loop mode... but it'll "work" for 50-100 miles or so before that so could help a touch for a track day)
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Old May 29, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
tuning wouldn't help much... as folks who've used AFCs found out there's maybe 8-10 hp total available that way...the stock programming and engineering on this motor is pretty good.

(Note: it's not super useful to use an AFC in normal driving as the ECU tunes its changes back out in closed loop mode... but it'll "work" for 50-100 miles or so before that so could help a touch for a track day)
wow 50-100 miles thats it?! not worth the effort then, cause if you took it to a track you'd rack up miles in no time lol
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