Got me my First HP mod.
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From: Wallingford CT
Got me my First HP mod. For Christmas I got a SLP Flow Pack Kit, which has the Lid, Smooth bellow, Blackwing filter (blue) and the sheet metal duct that goes under the lid.
I go to a place that will let me make a few pulls and I want to do this.....
2 Baseline Stock dyno pulls
1 Pull with the Air Filter only
1 Pull with the Bellow only
1 Pull with the Lid only
1 Pull with the Lid, Filter, Bellow
1 Pull with the Lid, Filter, Bellow, and Duct
The neat part is that I only pay 50$ , the Air Fuel never works as good as a Wide band but that no biggie for me. This car I bet has a pig rich factory tune.
After this, I want to get my rear installed with 4.10's and ABS rings for the TCS installed. From there I can get the Corsa, DS, rear and suspension installed. I hope the Corsa cancels out the loss for the rear.
I paid with shipping 280 for the kit, I want to see what gains and what doesnt. More to the point do the sum of the parts give overall better power then individual pieces.
I go to a place that will let me make a few pulls and I want to do this.....
2 Baseline Stock dyno pulls
1 Pull with the Air Filter only
1 Pull with the Bellow only
1 Pull with the Lid only
1 Pull with the Lid, Filter, Bellow
1 Pull with the Lid, Filter, Bellow, and Duct
The neat part is that I only pay 50$ , the Air Fuel never works as good as a Wide band but that no biggie for me. This car I bet has a pig rich factory tune.
After this, I want to get my rear installed with 4.10's and ABS rings for the TCS installed. From there I can get the Corsa, DS, rear and suspension installed. I hope the Corsa cancels out the loss for the rear.
I paid with shipping 280 for the kit, I want to see what gains and what doesnt. More to the point do the sum of the parts give overall better power then individual pieces.
Good Luck with your new SLP items! Personally, I wouldn't waste my time on a dyno measuring those little items. Although, it would be interesting to see if the bellow or filter make any gain at all. Your lid will make the big difference and, if you have a fan in front the car, the cold air intake will show a little too.
My predictions: 8-10 RWHP and maybe 10-12 RWHP with the fan on.
I did pretty the same thing back in 2002 and I would assume the same.
Happy New Year!
My predictions: 8-10 RWHP and maybe 10-12 RWHP with the fan on.
I did pretty the same thing back in 2002 and I would assume the same.
Happy New Year!
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From: Wallingford CT
Originally Posted by 99Andrew
Good Luck with your new SLP items! Personally, I wouldn't waste my time on a dyno measuring those little items.
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Thats my point, I am willing to say there is an increase becuase its decreasing the restriction or the turbulance. Now if you go to External Mod section every time its asked is it worth it, everyone says no but none states that they bought everything and dynoed it seperately. More like going with what they read, not what they exp.
This should end the debate about the Smooth bellow debate. On a stock set up and when I get more modified I will take it off and change it to see if it gains proportional to the engine combo.
This should end the debate about the Smooth bellow debate. On a stock set up and when I get more modified I will take it off and change it to see if it gains proportional to the engine combo.
For $50 you might as well try! I'm sure this same question will be asked over and over for years to come. When we did it back it 2002, we gained nothing with the filter and smooth bellow. The lid proved to be the winner and the cold air intake made a few horses with the fan on. I think we made 15-20 dyno runs on this one, but I hope it works out better for you!
BTW, we only made 2-4 horses with a B & B cat-back at the time - that thing was so restrictive.
Eventually, we went the whole H/C, converter, NOS, headers and stuff. The car finally came together and we got into the 10 second range before it was totalled in Englishtown.
Again, let us know about your results!
BTW, we only made 2-4 horses with a B & B cat-back at the time - that thing was so restrictive.
Eventually, we went the whole H/C, converter, NOS, headers and stuff. The car finally came together and we got into the 10 second range before it was totalled in Englishtown.
Again, let us know about your results!
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From: Wallingford CT
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
The only problem with dynoing like that is the cars tune will change as soon as you drive down the street.The stock computer has to learn the parts you put on.
Well that is true since the computer is a learning computer. Then one should just put all the mods on, dyno, drive 100-200 miles, cycle the car a few times and redyno, I wonder what gain could be seen either under the curve or peak.
