Project: TL Type S

[D_Eclipse9916]

They definitely slow him down a little too. We had a fun little stoplight to stoplight jaunt a few months ago (on a closed course, of course... haha) and I pulled him by about a half car up to ~70mph. His intake sounded so mean when he hit VTEC though, I'm pretty stoked to pick that up with the combo of my exhaust

Well in that case, actually being fast > looking the part.


How much labor is involved in re-gearing your car to overcome the gear you "lose" with the 19's?

Unless the overall rolling diamater has changed (not likely) then there was no change in "gearing" Most likely it resulted from A) lack of sidewall for a drag start B) Weight is further from the hub meaning the car has to work harder C) we all know MMers CANNOT LOSE!

Also a lot of people dont realize that at speed, most new air-inboxs are designed using more than just fluid dynamics but resonance and pressure zones of the front end. Your friend may have lost power going more than 10mph on that intake. Why that wont show up is because a dyno is sitting there at 0mph, with maybe 5mph of wind from a stupid fan, nothing that actually takes into account real aerodynamics. He probably lost power using that CAI at speed.