Mugen Header Dyno Sheets
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bieg:
[B]Maybe the Mugen headers transfer MORE heat to the engine compartment than the stock headers do.
So you lost 2 HP peak and shifted it lower down in the rev range and picked up 4 pounds of torque.
Doesn't seem worth the effort.
[B]Maybe the Mugen headers transfer MORE heat to the engine compartment than the stock headers do.
So you lost 2 HP peak and shifted it lower down in the rev range and picked up 4 pounds of torque.
Doesn't seem worth the effort.
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Fito: Might be 
I was thinking I would get the Vtec controller tho.
GTR: ok, then I will install it. I don't think the heat shield would have made any diff on the dyno tho. Hood was open, and fans were blowing on the front of the car.
I was thinking I would get the Vtec controller tho.GTR: ok, then I will install it. I don't think the heat shield would have made any diff on the dyno tho. Hood was open, and fans were blowing on the front of the car.
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Originally posted by cdelena:
I have been told that the S2000 with the stock ECU is so sensitive to air temp/water temp that dyno runs are very easily affected and that many should not even be considered valid.
I have been told that the S2000 with the stock ECU is so sensitive to air temp/water temp that dyno runs are very easily affected and that many should not even be considered valid.
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Originally posted by krazik-s2k:
I have heard the car is succeptable to heat soak, but I never heard the second part.
I have heard the car is succeptable to heat soak, but I never heard the second part.
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Actually, Chris is right on that one.
Because the stock ECM is so sensitive to temperature variances, you will never get consistent dyno runs, which is what I was alluding to earlier. I think the biggest hinderance to the S2000 making decent power is the ECM, then bettering it's breathing capability with intake, and exhaust mods. But, in any case, the header is a very good purchase. Congrats!
-Nick
Actually, Chris is right on that one.
Because the stock ECM is so sensitive to temperature variances, you will never get consistent dyno runs, which is what I was alluding to earlier. I think the biggest hinderance to the S2000 making decent power is the ECM, then bettering it's breathing capability with intake, and exhaust mods. But, in any case, the header is a very good purchase. Congrats!
-Nick