My car sux =(

[Kinezo]

went with the local maxima club to dyno our cars this morning

a few things to note:
-new 6spd Maxima with intake...217@the wheels
-RSX type S...172 baseline, put on an Injen intake (cold air?) 178
-me :(

3rd gear - 163/116 (hp/tq corrected)
4th gear - 158.4/115

apparent reasons for my ****ty numbers: soaked/clogged filter (i had snow packed in the wheel wells and control arms - guess the rallying on the snow covered streets didn't help), my fugly steelies, and something else i just cant remember

*sigh* any other thoughts on this??

[larryd]

what are your mods.. only a CAI?? thts not too bad for only a CAI.. figure 153 stock.. most cars are putting down close to 170 with CAI..

[Kinezo]

1st gen Injen RD and blitz nurspec

when they were looking at my graph, the first thing they said (judging by the way it looked) was the filter, so i guess i'll hafta try again with a clean filter

[DigableGTS]

maybe you need some tuning with safc?

or toss the CAI and just get the Blitz intake

:)

[DaksGT]

u got 24 on me, damn u lift guys

[Dealer Xing]

How can you compare a 1.8 liter car to one with a 3.0L engine?

[FriedRice]

some people just care about overall hp.... displacement not many people are concerned about. however, the better the hp/displacement value, the higher technology required. (output from input) the GT-S has a ratio of 100. S2000 has a ratio of 120. in my book they are "high tech" cars. as for nissan, their engines are kinda LOW tech.... high displacement, moderately high hp.

thats what i like about japanese cars too, most have highly developed engines. unlike them big muscle cars..... with 10L displacement and 500 hp....(exaggeratin, but u know what i mean)

i deviated from the topic somewhere after the first sentence... sorry ;)

kinezo: dont feel bad about ur car, its a wonderful piece of machinery...

[Kinezo]

Dealer Xing: not comparing the celica to the maxima or the rsx - i just thought you guys would wanna know what these things really got (ie the whole 180ish to the wheels the rsx got from clubrsx)

dont get me wrong, i was just surpised (and reporting) my low (low) numbers :( guess it's a lesson to all to keep your filters clean and dont be lazy like me :)