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Old 07-05-2007, 04:52 AM   #1
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I personally bought the Yaris to put money into... which sounds silly, but it's an affordable, excellent micro-tuner. I would spend $700 on full exhaust, hell, 2 carbon canisters for my Ducati cost $850.

Anyhow, there might be a 4-2-1 solution in the near future... but a question I have is how many HP and ft/lbs. of torque would make it worth buying? Dollar per HP, nothing beats a turbo kit.
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:04 AM   #2
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Anyhow, there might be a 4-2-1 solution in the near future... but a question I have is how many HP and ft/lbs. of torque would make it worth buying? Dollar per HP, nothing beats a turbo kit.
Nothing will compare dollar to dollar with a turbo's ability to produce power. That being said, we still need a better exhaust than the one we were given that wraps around the torsion bar 5 times.
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Old 07-05-2007, 03:36 PM   #3
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I personally bought the Yaris to put money into... which sounds silly, but it's an affordable, excellent micro-tuner. I would spend $700 on full exhaust, hell, 2 carbon canisters for my Ducati cost $850.

Anyhow, there might be a 4-2-1 solution in the near future... but a question I have is how many HP and ft/lbs. of torque would make it worth buying? Dollar per HP, nothing beats a turbo kit.
I want a turbo. So unless someone can make a header that kicks at least 15hp for under $500, I don't know if I'll bite. With a 85+hp engine, 15hp seems to be impossible. The smart thing for some enterprising company to do would be to produce a header 4-1 or 4-2-1 but pair it with a piggyback unit with optional tunes available at time of purchase depending on our configurations. That would be hot and might even produce close to 15hp if done properly. I guess we'll have to wait until someone cracks the engine management before we see if a piggybacked N/A system will even produce power.
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Old 07-05-2007, 04:11 PM   #4
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I want a turbo. So unless someone can make a header that kicks at least 15hp for under $500, I don't know if I'll bite. With a 85+hp engine, 15hp seems to be impossible. The smart thing for some enterprising company to do would be to produce a header 4-1 or 4-2-1 but pair it with a piggyback unit with optional tunes available at time of purchase depending on our configurations. That would be hot and might even produce close to 15hp if done properly. I guess we'll have to wait until someone cracks the engine management before we see if a piggybacked N/A system will even produce power.
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Old 07-05-2007, 04:13 PM   #5
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was i that unclear?
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Old 07-05-2007, 04:19 PM   #6
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unless someone can make a header that kicks at least 15hp for under $500, I don't know if I'll bite.
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