I have a 90 teg ls 5-speed so far i have intake and a custom 2.25in exhaust. I want to have an idea of how much high end power i can can gain and how much low end power I could loose. Is it a worthy mod?
depends…
Originally posted by AZN
depends…
That answer was certainly worth the bandwidth! Why bother?
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Originally posted by AZN
depends…
That answer was certainly worth the bandwidth! Why bother?
ShootingStar …
dont worry about it!!! your comment was certainly worth the bandwidth! Why bother? haha…e-mail me if you wanna take this further! no need to make a fool of yourself here.
now now if you cant play nice blah blah blah…anyway most of the time in my experience you do lose some low end but depending on what else is done to the car it may not be enough to even worry about it imo
theorectically you should lose a “little”, but it’s not a big hp gainer anyways. “depends” what other mods you have, how built your engine is, etc etc.
but it WILL cause extra “rasp” to the tone of your exhaust for sure…
it’s a little more responsive on the freeway
i think it all depends on what size piping you’re gonna use. i would personally go with a 2" if i were gonna use a straight pipe. i say this because i saw a nissan sentra (older models) in Puerto Rico with a 2" pipe and a CAI and that lil **** was whippin’ ass all over the place. Im aware that nissans and acuras are different but im also makin’ my decision on the few mods you have. Just my .02
-White 90 Teg
depends…
are you gonna do more mods? if so yes. if no, well its up to you. youll tell a little but i dont think its worth 100+. unless of course you gut 
Not worth the illegality no matter how many you have or will have.
Very large fines if you are caught without a cat.
I noticed a fairly big loss when I removed my Cat, but shortly after I installed an MSD cap and external coil and gained it all back, plus some. I am currently researching high flow cats, you will get an increase in rasp in your exhaust note and the exhaust just plain stinks without a cat.
lol @ XDEep.
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Originally posted by islandteg
I noticed a fairly big loss when I removed my Cat, but shortly after I installed an MSD cap and external coil and gained it all back, plus some. I am currently researching high flow cats, you will get an increase in rasp in your exhaust note and the exhaust just plain stinks without a cat.
how do you figure you gained your losses with a cap and coil???
cause tony he shifts mad faster now yo!
Well after I installed the cap and coil, the car pulled harder from about three grand all the way to redline. Before I would’nt get much power untill at least four grand, especially with the straight pipe. The wires I removed were junk so I guess it was a combination of the wires, cap and coil, but there was definately a big improvment.
Originally posted by islandteg
Well after I installed the cap and coil, the car pulled harder from about three grand all the way to redline. Before I would’nt get much power untill at least four grand, especially with the straight pipe. The wires I removed were junk so I guess it was a combination of the wires, cap and coil, but there was definately a big improvment.
but that didn’t “gain back” low end loses that you had with your straight pipe.
that helped your car run better than with your old wires, etc… but wires/cap don’t gain hp.
Well I guess the improved spark and delivery of it produced a more intense burn which in turn allowed the engine to make full use of the fuel/air mixture on the compression stroke. This obviously made the car run more efficent. After I had the straight pipe put on, I noticed a loss of low end torque. When I replaced the wires, etc, I noticed there was no longer a loss of low end torque and the car felt stronger closer to the red line than before.
Obviously because the spark stayed strong longer than with the stock set up. Just my $00.02.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
Originally posted by islandteg
Well I guess the improved spark and delivery of it produced a more intense burn which in turn allowed the engine to make full use of the fuel/air mixture on the compression stroke. This obviously made the car run more efficent. After I had the straight pipe put on, I noticed a loss of low end torque. When I replaced the wires, etc, I noticed there was no longer a loss of low end torque and the car felt stronger closer to the red line than before.
Obviously because the spark stayed strong longer than with the stock set up. Just my $00.02.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
I’m not debating that your car ran better with a replaced cap and wires, but it’s just the way you stated that original comment, made it sound like you were implying that new cap and wires can give you gains that were taken away by a straight pipe.
they are totally unrelated. my .02