lost power cause of z tube and pop charger ???
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Originally Posted by Jamaica2G
To all my Florida G's 
which would you suggest?
1) Z tube & K&N filter
2) Nismo CAI
3) stillen box with cone filter
Many thanks for the opinions - I already know POP charger is out of the equation. :-D
Adrian
which would you suggest?1) Z tube & K&N filter
2) Nismo CAI
3) stillen box with cone filter
Many thanks for the opinions - I already know POP charger is out of the equation. :-D
Adrian
Just picture a ~100 degree day with under the hood temps which are much much higher. You're sitting at a long traffic light (say 90 seconds) then you floor the G to get going. With the P/C, all of the ambient air around the cone filter is WAY OVER 100 degrees. This hot air gets 'injested' by your G and it hesitates. The reason for this is... (insert a bunch of technical stuff from Q45tech about manometers and pressure drops here) and that's the problem.
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Originally Posted by Speedoholic
What an interesting and well-established observation... 
Once you got past 3-4000 rpm it may have made a small difference...
For someone like me who does a lot of stop/go city driving, that thing was just plain annoying.
Better?
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Originally Posted by BlackonBlackG35
For the 2 weeks I had the popcharger, I could feel MAJOR low-end lag.
Once you got past 3-4000 rpm it may have made a small difference...
For someone like me who does a lot of stop/go city driving, that thing was just plain annoying.
Better?
Once you got past 3-4000 rpm it may have made a small difference...
For someone like me who does a lot of stop/go city driving, that thing was just plain annoying.
Better?
Originally Posted by neffster
1 or maybe 3. I've tried the stock set up, the z-tube and p/c, the z-tube and K&N, and I have a stillen CAB on the way. As of now I'd recommend the z-tube and K&N for hot climates. The "loss of performance" isn't something that you measure in rwhp, it's something that you measure in hesitation (or having the car 'bog down' at take off). Removing the p/c removed this phenomenon.
Just picture a ~100 degree day with under the hood temps which are much much higher. You're sitting at a long traffic light (say 90 seconds) then you floor the G to get going. With the P/C, all of the ambient air around the cone filter is WAY OVER 100 degrees. This hot air gets 'injested' by your G and it hesitates. The reason for this is... (insert a bunch of technical stuff from Q45tech about manometers and pressure drops here) and that's the problem.
Just picture a ~100 degree day with under the hood temps which are much much higher. You're sitting at a long traffic light (say 90 seconds) then you floor the G to get going. With the P/C, all of the ambient air around the cone filter is WAY OVER 100 degrees. This hot air gets 'injested' by your G and it hesitates. The reason for this is... (insert a bunch of technical stuff from Q45tech about manometers and pressure drops here) and that's the problem.
The stillen airbox is open on the driver's side. It is not a closed box, like the stock airbox. I feel that heat soak is still a problem with the Stillen. It just sounds so damn good!!! 
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well has anyone tried the Nismo CAI? its supposed to come with a bypass for the rainy / floody weather... and from what I understand it goes down by the bumper or below the headlight for the air. What do you think?
yep, thats right, I said "floody".
ROFLMAO! Black just got gunned down... now that didn't sound right!
Adrian
yep, thats right, I said "floody".
Originally Posted by WRAH
Yes better. People that drive black g's and use the word "gnarly" are homo's
Adrian
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CAI are the best for our cars, however; you can't use it in the rain! Even if you convert it to a WAI you still wont get better gains than a z-tube with K&N Filter. Luckily for me, it doesn't flood where I live and am able to keep the CAI on about 95% of the time during the year.