Best way to get faster top end on an N/A
07-21-03, 04:55 AM
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Best way to get faster top end on an N/A
I was curious what ya'll thought the best way to increase the N/A speed off the line. When I open up my port I don't really want to lose much on the top end.
07-21-03, 11:11 AM
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oh man...this is a good canidate for that picture of the teenager with the nitrous bottle saying "dude, your getting nawwwwwwssssss" but seriously just do a search on n/a performance upgrades there are a million threads about it.
07-21-03, 01:20 PM
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It's pretty simple - Less weight & It needs to breathe.
Header, exhaust, cold (ram) air intake, port job.
In the drive line: LSD & a high final drive ratio.
Header, exhaust, cold (ram) air intake, port job.
In the drive line: LSD & a high final drive ratio.
07-21-03, 01:28 PM
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Putting Miata Gears in wouldn't hurt, cuz it makes 1st a little taller, 5th a little shorter, and it puts you right back into the meat of the powerband with every gear change.
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07-21-03, 07:48 PM
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I think the stock manifold has a humongous restriction. As I understand it you will get more power out of a header than removing/replacing your cats.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
07-21-03, 07:53 PM
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Originally posted by rx7raca
do headers really make that big of a difference in power? the stock exhaust manifold looks to have no restriction...
do headers really make that big of a difference in power? the stock exhaust manifold looks to have no restriction...
07-21-03, 08:06 PM
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if the headers are seramic coated then they are better but if there not, all your doing is overheating the exhaust, your bound to crack something sooner or later
07-21-03, 08:50 PM
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Originally posted by CaliRx7guy
if the headers are seramic coated then they are better but if there not, all your doing is overheating the exhaust, your bound to crack something sooner or later
if the headers are seramic coated then they are better but if there not, all your doing is overheating the exhaust, your bound to crack something sooner or later
07-21-03, 09:15 PM
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What RXMFN7 said.
A header smooths out the flow of the exhaust making it less restrictive that way.
Headers will crack after many MANY years usually. I don't know anyone with a RB header which has gone bad yet.
Ceramic just helps insulate keeping the heat from other under the hood parts(intake),etc.
The only thing I could think of that would crack a header would be tossing Ice water on one instantly after driving a lot.
A header smooths out the flow of the exhaust making it less restrictive that way.
Headers will crack after many MANY years usually. I don't know anyone with a RB header which has gone bad yet.
Ceramic just helps insulate keeping the heat from other under the hood parts(intake),etc.
The only thing I could think of that would crack a header would be tossing Ice water on one instantly after driving a lot.
07-21-03, 11:05 PM
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A header is known to produce 10-15 more whp on the 13B in best cases. Highflow cats, presilencers or straight pipes seem to give a milder change in performance according to the reports I have read here.
And one other thing, why does this topic keep coming up every three days?
And one other thing, why does this topic keep coming up every three days?
07-22-03, 02:24 AM
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It keeps coming up because we N/A folk are forming a secret army against you turbo guys. See those black helicopters in the sky? You didn't really think that was just the UN did you? 
07-22-03, 08:32 AM
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Originally posted by j200pruf
Putting Miata Gears in wouldn't hurt, cuz it makes 1st a little taller, 5th a little shorter, and it puts you right back into the meat of the powerband with every gear change.
Putting Miata Gears in wouldn't hurt, cuz it makes 1st a little taller, 5th a little shorter, and it puts you right back into the meat of the powerband with every gear change.
