Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

best way to describe the power gain

......give your car a good hit on a 35 degree day.....then take it out and give it the same hit on a cold misty night.

the difference is the power gain you will see.

Edited by Jetwreck
  • Replies 160
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

As we run fairly high boost, yes it will make a fair difference, especially on hotter days. Worth the cash? I wouldnt bother until the exhaust and highflow is done.

good point .. i noticed virtually no difference on stock turbo.

but i know its taking away alot more heat from that turbo and engine and i live in qld so thats important for summer on its way. power difference though i wont see it until a hiflow or like craig says.. take it out on a really cold night vs a hot day.

As we run fairly high boost, yes it will make a fair difference, especially on hotter days. Worth the cash? I wouldnt bother until the exhaust and highflow is done.

Agreed with Scott, i installed one on mine.. its pretty much the same piping as before, and half the intercooler doesnt get cooled behind the reinforcement bar.

it would only make a differenct with the exhaust and HF turbo..

Things i noticed was a smoother accelaration, and a slightly earlier response.

i thought it was worth the money, but.. yeh

good point .. i noticed virtually no difference on stock turbo.

but i know its taking away alot more heat from that turbo and engine and i live in qld so thats important for summer on its way. power difference though i wont see it until a hiflow or like craig says.. take it out on a really cold night vs a hot day.

I converted mine to ball bearing and high flowed the turbo. i still didnt notice much "extra power" but I noticed a smother acceleration I guess. To agree with you the cooler wouldnt really pull much more air in seeing as the "intake pipe" (air filter to turbo) is the same size, much like the stock dump-cat, its small and restrictive.

but then I put scottys custom dump on. I think the 3 mods together (HDI FMIC/bb-HF turbo/dump back exhaust) made a huge difference. although the dumping of fuel is annoying.

Im really eager to see what the cooler will do in the summer. hopefully better.

I converted mine to ball bearing and high flowed the turbo. i still didnt notice much "extra power" but I noticed a smother acceleration I guess. To agree with you the cooler wouldnt really pull much more air in seeing as the "intake pipe" (air filter to turbo) is the same size, much like the stock dump-cat, its small and restrictive.

but then I put scottys custom dump on. I think the 3 mods together (HDI FMIC/bb-HF turbo/dump back exhaust) made a huge difference. although the dumping of fuel is annoying.

Im really eager to see what the cooler will do in the summer. hopefully better.

its more the size of the cooler and the flow rate of the cooler that would give it more air than the stocky if anything. bearing in mind mine is alot stealther and less flow behind the number plate and the grill too. i bet yours has slightly more exposure there.

i put mine on today. looks the goods in the aero front bar. no holes needed :P

it seems there is some lag around 3k. i thought it wasnt revving that high for some reasoin but i just put my boot into it and it went nicely past it :)

its more the size of the cooler and the flow rate of the cooler that would give it more air than the stocky if anything. bearing in mind mine is alot stealther and less flow behind the number plate and the grill too. i bet yours has slightly more exposure there.

yeh slightly abit more exposure since I go an angle grinder n cut some of the number plte holder n the fins out of the fron bar..

I thought of what Craig did with the GTR styles vents but.. i'm not to comfortable cutting through the reinforcement bar.. especially since im still on my P's..looks great though!

get an aero front bar, the opening is larger!

ill take a pic next time i go outsite

Yeh I would, I actually like them.. BUT.. because of the AR-X's so called "wide body kit" I can fit them on without spending another $1000 on top to putty and fill things in and paint fenders and boots n yeh.

not the effor to get a couple more mm's of air.

yeh slightly abit more exposure since I go an angle grinder n cut some of the number plte holder n the fins out of the fron bar..

I thought of what Craig did with the GTR styles vents but.. i'm not to comfortable cutting through the reinforcement bar.. especially since im still on my P's..looks great though!

how does that work.. is it legal to drive for you still and just not to own ?

whats the deal there on your p's ?

already did that. just without the gtr vents

and yeh i put a mesh on it to.. after i took the pic.

and does the axis front actually fit? or is it going to cost a house like the converions to the 2005 headlights. even though they are nice(no offence)

post-77654-1289353217_thumb.jpg

Edited by AaronNM35
No. :blink:

LMAO Scott

*QUOTE?*how does that work.. is it legal to drive for you still and just not to own ?

whats the deal there on your p's ?

no, no, and it works... just.

nah when I bought the Car I got approval from vic roads to drive it, because its an import they didnt have much knowledge about it. i took a couple of pictures, sent it with a description being a low perfomance Turbo charged vehicle/Family Wagon.

they sent me an approval saying I'm allowed to drive the car with VIN#...

its not so low powered anymore ..but only a month left on P plates :unsure:

LMAO Scott

*QUOTE?*how does that work.. is it legal to drive for you still and just not to own ?

whats the deal there on your p's ?

no, no, and it works... just.

nah when I bought the Car I got approval from vic roads to drive it, because its an import they didnt have much knowledge about it. i took a couple of pictures, sent it with a description being a low perfomance Turbo charged vehicle/Family Wagon.

they sent me an approval saying I'm allowed to drive the car with VIN#...

its not so low powered anymore ..but only a month left on P plates :unsure:

lol so when you get done youll get done for no p's and driving a high powered m35 :P

dont get caught racing eh :blink:

Edited by PetroDola
lol so when you get done youll get done for no p's and driving a high powered m35 :blink:

dont get caught racing eh :unsure:

lol.. the outside is stock. the only thing you can hear is the exhaust n the ball bearing whining..

n yeh that enough to get done. but stock the turbo is Ball Bearing( so ive been told/just really quiet ones) n my excuse is, it broke so i 'rebuilt' it

exhaust? got epa'd and was exactly on the DB limit(not any more since the dump install)

and intercooler, standard is front mount. tell the cop to try looking for a good one.(this is where everyone on the forum doesnt have one..shh.)

BOV is plumb back.

its an AR-X a midget could walk under my car(slight exageration.. only slight)

i dont race. i dont see a point in competion with other P platers and their dads Commonwhores. and I wouldnt stand a chance against a 1000+/-kg evo.

I drive the car coz i like it.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Nah, they'll do it without a receipt, tell em roughly when it was, that it was cash, youll likely only get store credit, but that gets you some dollars towards the newer better shovel, or other item you need/want later.   Still take it back and have a crack at returning it.
    • Nah. Was just wondering if you were having a small stroke or if there was some slur/gaf/inside joke that I wasn't aware of.
    • That was a fark up, it's Salamanca Place I was thinking of. And now I'm curious as to what potential slur/gaf I have caused with Salamander Road, ha ha!
    • Actually everyone on the roads was really well behaved. The only person that did any minor tailgating was a local hoon in a Turbo Focus. Unfortunately we weren't going the same way so there was no grand initial D touge battle. Lots of people pulled over and let me through. The amount of "Hey man nice car, omg skyline, nice 34 man woo" was suprising. Like really suprising. Like almost annoying. My partner was obviously surprised, she'd never seen anyone in the real world point out the car/like the car/want to chat about the car before, so to have like 3 people per day mention it was notable, I could finally say SEE? SOMEONE THINKS THEY'RE COOL. Everyone was also pretty suprised about the weather. Every day was dry and about ~13-14C. Mount Wellington had a sign that said they close the gates at 9pm and I was heading up there at about ~7:30. It was VERY apparent that conditions were getting significantly worse by the minute on the way up and down. The road on the mountain was terrible though, it's no driving road. I have various suspension related questions now. Luckily it was only about 20 minutes from where we were staying to the top of the mountain as said Google maps. We only had the 2 nights in Hobart. We went to the Farm Gate Market though which was really good - And went down to the Hastings Thermal springs/caves down there during the day. I'd definitely be up for going back again, so luckily there's a few more sights yet to see. Didn't get to do the west coast/queenstown/cradle mountain so this was supposed to be a 'scouting' trip anyway of sorts if I were to one day do/take part in/organize a more car-focused trip. As for the boat, it wasn't bad. Well it was bad, but not in the way you're thinking. We did the night trip which leaves at 6:45 (though you have to be there ~2 hours earlier) and arrives the next morning at about 6am. There is nothing to do on the ship. If you plan accordingly and bring a book/tablet/show to watch/charger you can just chill out, take some Travacalm and just sleep through it. The food there is an extremely basic buffet that costs $32 a plate, or $14 for a $3 pizza. The way back we had a travel kettle and a few different types of cup noodles and made our own tea/coffee in the room. This was a far superior way to do it. At the very least book one of the rooms with beds. I guess as we were in the off season we didn't have room mates. You get an option for rooms with 4 beds (2x bunks) or a room with just the two bottom beds. There's also some option for a deluxe queen bed but it's much pricer. We've been on sleeper trains in Asia before so we figured this is similar (and it was)
×
×
  • Create New...