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2008-07-25 22:33:46
#151
Originally Posted by gracefulspeed
you guys got a sticker? damn, my system must be old, since I didint get one, and it says carb pending on the instructions


I'll sell you mine

If you need it I could probably get it to you.
2008-07-26 02:26:58
#152
well i am in nazi cali....lol
2008-07-26 02:36:07
#153
So just got done remaking my header to downpipe gasket, other one was leaking.

Took a drive, best numbers that I got was 207BHP @ Redline with 82*F intake air.

Thats pretty good, the car feels great too :-). I think I will be getting the BPi Stack and putting it on and we'll see how it performs
2008-07-26 06:14:56
#154
Originally Posted by ishkabibble
No intake is going to "choke" the motor, especially compared to the stock airbox. None of them are restrictive, rather, the choice is whether you want to run an adjustable FPR to get the extra few HP a full 3" CAI will provide.

The Hotshot 3" CAI is the best performing intake for an N/A SR20, cammed or not. But it takes in so much air due to resonance that it requires an adjustable FPR in order to prevent the A/F ratio from leaning out. I'd imagine that running a Hotshot CAI with an FPR and a BPi Flow Stack could get you as much as 15 hp over stock on a cammed motor with headers and exhaust.

The other intakes vary in performance by a couple of HP, but they are not that different.



This would also go with Place racing intakes also. But good luck finding one of those.

BTW.. Keeping mine.. so no one ask.
2008-07-26 06:22:25
#155
Originally Posted by Vadim
So just got done remaking my header to downpipe gasket, other one was leaking.

Took a drive, best numbers that I got was 207BHP @ Redline with 82*F intake air.

Thats pretty good, the car feels great too :-). I think I will be getting the BPi Stack and putting it on and we'll see how it performs


If you numbers were based on that Scan Gauge.. don't believe it. Because I reset mine and adjusted it after I installed my system as a short ram with the BPi stack and I was pushing 300hp on 50% load. In more ways than one I am wondering if that thing was worth it V.
2008-07-26 16:51:28
#156
Originally Posted by Sentrixx
If you numbers were based on that Scan Gauge.. don't believe it. Because I reset mine and adjusted it after I installed my system as a short ram with the BPi stack and I was pushing 300hp on 50% load. In more ways than one I am wondering if that thing was worth it V.


I've hit 300bhp too but that was because it was 90*F one evening then the next morning it was 50*F outside, so the ScanGauage went crazy, plus it was showing me getting lower 20MPG's highway.

After I reset it, the BHP's were more realistic and MPG's.

I personally still am deciding if it's worth it, this is why I haven't advertised it bigly yet.

It did help you resolve the crank issue .

Now once you tune the MPG offset % it seems to be showing it correctly. In my case I've noticed that my City offset is about 28% while highway is in the Negatives. So that means my gas is some how disappearing in the city, aka some kind of a leak some place.

I always use the Intake Air temp and Coolant temp. This way I didn't have to buy separate gauges for the Coolant temp.

Battery Voltage is a very useful one, helped me show that my parent's Maxima's battery is about 50% dead.

So technically the ScanGauge has been pretty good for everything but the MPG part, but thats because there is an internal problem with my car

Now back onto the BHP's.

I did notice that BHP's are not 100% accurate, but fairly close at best probably 5-10% BHP off, thats like 2-3 WHP off (nothing major).

Like I did notice that the BHP feature would over shop the BHP's if you go little pass the redline. (7300 RPM)

I tried using it on my friends 98 Camry, by book it has 133BHP, ScanGauge showed 130ish, and 139 very close/past redline.

1996 Maxima by book 190bhp, but I've been in 205 range mainly (a person on this forum did mention that those models came with 200+ish)

So it might be a few off, but when I can feel the power difference between 180BHP and 206BHP, like a world of a difference, the car feels like 200+ bhp haha

Sorry for the long post
2008-07-26 21:39:37
#157
That is some good info that it does provide. My only issue with it, if it doesn't provide me with everything I need then its kinda not worth it to me. Even tho it sucks because I still have three gauges that I bought awhile ago that I still haven't installed.
2008-07-26 22:09:26
#158
theres a place racing intake right in front of me lol
2008-07-26 22:23:22
#159
got my MAF today, gonna install it tomorrow and see how things are with my silver one....blue one should be here monday......that's for the next project
2008-07-26 23:06:00
#160
Originally Posted by Sentrixx
That is some good info that it does provide. My only issue with it, if it doesn't provide me with everything I need then its kinda not worth it to me. Even tho it sucks because I still have three gauges that I bought awhile ago that I still haven't installed.


Thats true, I'm building a list of things I would love to see in the ScanGauge as gauges, like the A/F ratio or at least Rich/Lean hehe.

Maybe the guys will listen and add it
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