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Gears are somewhat of a compromise. If you are willing to go all the way to 4.77s and don't mind shifting a lot more, cruising at higher RPMs etc, then you may like the gears. There is no compromise with the tune, you get more power and don't lose anything. I have driven an AP1 with 4.44s and wasn't impressed at all. Having VTEC 2000 RPMs lower and having more peak HP is more gratifying. I have an EMS and can easily unplug it and drive with the stock ecu, which I have been doing over and over again for the past month due to some issues. The difference is night and day.
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Having been dependent on EMS for the last couple of years until this fall, a properly tuned system should make VTEC less noticeable. Peak hp has little to do with acceleration. If you can extract more torque from the tune, you might feel that a little. For the sake of the OP's question, I still stand by my suggestion.
Now, considering his listed mods serve more purpose as weight-reducers than they do power-add'ers, I do agree that a cat-delete would serve more good than that header. I would assume, though, that if one were to go through the trouble of swapping a header and exhaust, but not a cat, that emissions may be a concern. If so, something other than a piggy-back to the ecu may not fly for him.
Now, considering his listed mods serve more purpose as weight-reducers than they do power-add'ers, I do agree that a cat-delete would serve more good than that header. I would assume, though, that if one were to go through the trouble of swapping a header and exhaust, but not a cat, that emissions may be a concern. If so, something other than a piggy-back to the ecu may not fly for him.
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Originally Posted by Ks320,Nov 29 2008, 10:40 AM
200 shot.
The OP just said no forced-induction ...
The OP just said no forced-induction ...
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Originally Posted by JoeyBalls,Nov 25 2008, 05:22 AM
Lightweight flyhweel?, although AP1's are light to begin with Flywheel wise arent they?
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Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Nov 29 2008, 07:10 PM
Having been dependent on EMS for the last couple of years until this fall, a properly tuned system should make VTEC less noticeable. Peak hp has little to do with acceleration. If you can extract more torque from the tune, you might feel that a little. For the sake of the OP's question, I still stand by my suggestion.
Now, considering his listed mods serve more purpose as weight-reducers than they do power-add'ers, I do agree that a cat-delete would serve more good than that header. I would assume, though, that if one were to go through the trouble of swapping a header and exhaust, but not a cat, that emissions may be a concern. If so, something other than a piggy-back to the ecu may not fly for him.
Now, considering his listed mods serve more purpose as weight-reducers than they do power-add'ers, I do agree that a cat-delete would serve more good than that header. I would assume, though, that if one were to go through the trouble of swapping a header and exhaust, but not a cat, that emissions may be a concern. If so, something other than a piggy-back to the ecu may not fly for him.
based solely on finding the best acceleration option, i would say gears are the best bet too.
now, looking at the mod list he has...a good piggyback and tune are what i would do first.
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[QUOTE=s2kfrog,Nov 30 2008, 07:12 PM] Technically nitrous is not forced induction. S/C's and turbo's are considered forced induction since it forces more air into your engine. Nitrous on the other hand does NOT force more air through.
