Dyno, For all you...yeah Options

[snadman]

For all of you people who STILL feel that exhaust, plugs, and intake will add amazing ammounts of horsepower...I'm going to a dyno on the 28th of June. I will make sure to find this thread and post the graphs so you can see my car isn't a supercar with just those mods. I'm just getting kinda sick of people saying their intake's going to add 15HP, because it's not. I'm sick of people saying that exhaust adds 15HP, cuz it doesn't. AND I'm sick of people saying that plugs make so much more of a difference...

-For the intake, I may see a few HP, nothing big though or noticeable.
-Exhaust same as intake...you're actually just freeing up HP you already had with better flow (learned the exact details from Exhaust 101 in Import Tuner)
-Plugs...may add something, but not much. I've seen it where plugs don't do anything, but I've also seen minimal HP increases. I'm guessing it won't be anything and basically upgrading to expensive plugs on an NA Celica isn't going to help much.

**PLEASE don't take my whole plugs rant seriously if you run nitrous or turbo. You guys need good plugs, cold plugs! This is for NA Celica's only!

[snadman]

Yeah, after they've been told umpteen billion frickin times. And yes, a good exhaust can add...horsepower. You start getting too good of flow and you lose backpressure, which means less torque...it's all a compromise. I didn't get a full exhaust system though, I'm just saying catback...it's all mandrel though, so no crush bent like stock would be...which will give me better flow.

I'm glad that the site is turning a bit more realistic, but every now and then we get these people asking "What mods can I get for some easy HP?" and people are still answering...

"Intake, exhaust, plugs, wires...easy 30HP." I just think it's laughable.

Now I'm not just doing the dyno to prove a point, it's for my own good. I want to see what my HP is before my major engine project which includes basically rebuilding my 5SFE and making it a 5SFTE. Most likely a 5g project. Then I will dyno again to see what I gained, do a write up on it yeah. Besides, they are having a special...60 bucks for 3 runs...can't beat that!