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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:36 PM
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4th gear hp loss

Hi guys my car is all stock except for hks exhaust and ebay air filter it has ok power up until 4th gear then it sucks can u help me out!!oh it is a 87 n/a s4
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:39 PM
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Maybe its those rice cannons you got there?

Is it an auto? If it is, problem found.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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No its a 5 speed what wrong with my mufflers they sound good and all custom exhaust from engine back
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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then thats not JUST mufflers then now is it? And they are huge fart cannons thats whats wrong with them

What do you have from the from to the back of the exhaust please elaborate.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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What exactly do you mean by sucks? Does it feel like it hit a wall and just can't go any faster, or does it start bogging, or something else? Also, are your exhaust 5-6 ports open (since its a custom exhaust they will probably need to be wired open)? That is most likely the reason for the slowdown. Did it do this before you put on the exhaust system? Also about that air filter, you should have bought an APEXi or K&N, those generic filters suck sometimes.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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Still stock exhaust manifold one high flow cat and all new pipe front to back.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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It just feels like it has so much more power in 1st 2nd and 3rd also i thought u didn't have to wire open the 5th and 6th ports on a s4
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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First of all DO NOT EVER wire open the ports. Your only solution for maximum overall power is to FIX THEM!

S4's need to have an air tube hooked up to the auxilary port actuators and they need something around 4psi to open up. Unless they are stuck or jammed in which case you best get to cleaning them up.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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Im new at this I have really no clue what your talken about what are auxilary port actuators
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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Do and a search and read up on them..
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:57 PM
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THey are the little barrel shaped things hooked up to your 5th and 6th ports which open them up at higher rpms to aid in power and stay closed at low rpms to make better low end.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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You don't happen to have a pic do u Im stupid as u can see lol also what are some good injectors they suck to they dont seat right anymore and are half clogged.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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U live in texas come check it out
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:04 PM
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You dont need injectors unless you have some massive porting or really extensive mods on an NA.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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U live in texas come check it out
Where in Tx do you live? I am down south. BTW if you want to talk about other **** just hit me up on AIM my user name is santiagorx7


And I think i have a couple of pictures but I have to look for them.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:07 PM
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I live near Waco tx in a little town called Bremond you might of heard about it on the news because our superintendent at the school stole like 300,000 dollars from the scholl ight will do mine is JCurry1500 on aim
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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You can buy new injectors from the forum(someones used/spare set) or many other places but victoria british is like 95 bucsk an injector. If your car can be down for a week or two then just have them rebuilt buy a company that does this.
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:13 PM
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Ight thanx how hard is it to get the primary ones off
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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Here is a shot of an actuator from my Sport


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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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Can u come down and look u think
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Old Jan 24, 2004 | 02:43 AM
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So wheres the HKS exhuast? Those look like cheap knockoffs.
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