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Old 04-27-2001, 04:19 PM
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What is the best Bang for the Buck mod for horsepower????
Is it the AirFilter? A computer chip? An exhaust?

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Old 04-27-2001, 04:21 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by WildWolf:
Is it the AirFilter? A computer chip? An exhaust?

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Intake IMO if you don't have the extra 1400 sitting around for the headers.

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Clearly the best bang for the buck is NOS, but do u really want to do that? hummmm...

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Go with a CAI....

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Remove Resonator. Its free. 2.5 more horses.

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Old 04-27-2001, 04:37 PM
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how do u Remove the Resonator? i wann a do it for 2.5 hp

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What is CAI?


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Cold Air Intake and might be the the best bang for the buck because you can install it yourself.

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headers. Or NOS...but NOS is only temporary. $1000 = approx. 40 horses at the crank. You paid $2000 for 35 more horses right!?! Good Deal.

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Power is nothing without good rubber on the pavement. Get new wheels and tires! At least new tires.

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At the current rates, the best bang for the dollar is a Zephyr Cold Air Induction Intake.
Headers yield about 1 hp for approx $48.00 and the intake gives you 1 hp per $31.25. Of course you can only get about 8-10hp from the intake and the headers will give you about 30hp on a TL-S

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Type S Smokes All:
how do u Remove the Resonator? i wann a do it for 2.5 hp

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Not sure how it is on the type-s, but just look for it. Its like a box under your intake. I'll try it on my friends Type-S and let you know.

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Old 04-27-2001, 10:20 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Type S Smokes All:
how do u Remove the Resonator? i wann a do it for 2.5 hp

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Don't do it..you will lose power at SS mode when you start your car, if you remove it, it would only make some noise. how do i know this?? coz i just remove the resonator for my buddy's 2000 lude; he has an intake,and the mugen catback exhaust,his car is really loud but after removing the resonator, his car is even loluder. so we take the car to the high way for a run, the car feel powerless when he was at the second gear, the car feel normal when it hit 4th gear.so if you want to try it yourself..give it a shot, maybe it would give you a different result for your CL-S

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Get the Xephyr CAI!!!

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i agree go with the xephyr intake and now i hear that park ave acura is selling them too. good job guys.
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Bah! Get the headers...big bucks, but mo-bigger bang.

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