Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
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From: Toronto
RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
i like the 2.8L...i dont race anyway. i go to work, then home, then chill with buddies. its not a slow car. having to get tickets, and pay highers insurance rate is not worth it, just to show that im faster then them. 2.8L is just not made for modding. i have the exact same car as yours man and same year. well mines a 99.5. but if i ever wanted to race, i'll get a honda.
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RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
ORIGINAL: cer7ifiedhustle
7500.. right
ORIGINAL: FinalVr4
I paid 750 for the 1.8t
I paid 750 for the 1.8t
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RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
ORIGINAL: vgo
i like the 2.8L...i dont race anyway. i go to work, then home, then chill with buddies. its not a slow car. having to get tickets, and pay highers insurance rate is not worth it, just to show that im faster then them. 2.8L is just not made for modding. i have the exact same car as yours man and same year. well mines a 99.5. but if i ever wanted to race, i'll get a honda.
i like the 2.8L...i dont race anyway. i go to work, then home, then chill with buddies. its not a slow car. having to get tickets, and pay highers insurance rate is not worth it, just to show that im faster then them. 2.8L is just not made for modding. i have the exact same car as yours man and same year. well mines a 99.5. but if i ever wanted to race, i'll get a honda.
. I'm sooooooooo glad I'm not alone on wanting a sweet honda to "race"
5th Gear
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Orlando, FL
RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
ORIGINAL: UpstateNYA4
Not necessarily. Everyone talks about peak hp gains all the time, but there's a lot more to it than that. A chip in a 2.8 might gain 6-8hp peak, but what about midrange, the so-called "area under the curve" of the dyno chart? Depending on how it's tuned relative to stock, there is the possibility to realize real gains in the midrange. While the relatively few hp the car gains in total, as read on a dyno, may only be a few, how many of us are really romping the sh*t out of our cars (besides TheRussian, who apparently is either parked or driving sideways lol) on a daily basis? The chip may only gain a few hp up top, but a midrange increase of 10-15hp could happen, again, depending on how the SpeedTuning program compares to stock. I used to see this with headers on the non-turbo Nissans as well. They only made an extra few hp at the highest hp point on the curve, but they picked up midrange gains in torque and hp of 15-20 in both categories. Personal preference for me would be a chip that picks up midrange power at the expense of top-end power, since I don't drive my 2.8 with the illusion that it revs like an S2000. I'd prefer power in the part of the band that I use, and some of the 2.8 owners who've chipped have commented on the midrange gains as being the most impressive, so it seems that SpeedTuning may have gone this route as well.
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RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
ORIGINAL: Trey25
only supersprint makes headers for the 2.8 and I don't even know if they still do. They're $900+ by the way...hardly worth it.
only supersprint makes headers for the 2.8 and I don't even know if they still do. They're $900+ by the way...hardly worth it.
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RE: Traded Cars. 2.8L upgrades?
ORIGINAL: 01A4T
LOL, There ya go. I too have a dream of having a sweet Honda "race car". I'm sooooooooo glad I'm not alone on wanting a sweet honda to "race"
LOL, There ya go. I too have a dream of having a sweet Honda "race car"
. I'm sooooooooo glad I'm not alone on wanting a sweet honda to "race"