i have installed a polished z-tube with a K&N cone intake very similar to the pop charger, and i have noticed my idle being lower then usual, i remember it being a little higher, but i dont know if this is normal after installed the short ram intake...anyone have any idea of the reasoning for this?

also, i bought white LEDs for the corner light, parking light and license plate bulbs, i have installed all the lights and look great, but i am having a hard time taking out the headlamps to get to the parking lights, i only am seeing one bolt holding the head lamp, but it is still intact firm, so i'm sure there is another bolt holding the lamp in place, anyone know where that is located? or any other method of getting to that parking light?


i also just got my custom y-pipe made at Ed Handsons muffler shop, he did an awesome job with the welds and manderel bends. the piping is 2.5 in all the way down to a greddy sp2 muffler, the sound is just amazing it sounds like an exotic v8, very very nice, a noticable difference over the stock set up.

sorry for asking many questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. i am going to get a video clip of the car doing a few runs and for the exhaust note.

 

sorry for the lame picture quality, i lost my digital camera and am using my phone

 

cant really see.........but do you feel any gains???

 

id also like to know about the lower idle also...anyone?

 

yeah definitly i noticed it right away, the rpm's flow a lot quicker now, didn't lose any low-end torque, but i have noticed a better difference in low rpms though, also added a deeper throatier sound

 

I'm not why the idle drops after installing an intake. It did the same thing with mine after i installed the Z-tube and KN filter. I'd suggest resetting the ecu, perhaps that will fix it, it fixed mine.

 

It looks like its idling at 600 rpm, which is normal. Running the AC adds another 100 rpms, but the ECU compensates for that. Actually, +/- 50 rpms is still in specs. Anything beyond that will throw a SES code.

Try a ECU reset and idle air learning procedure: ECU

 

the idle is the same as mines... We hooked up a scanner on my car and was told that it was fine...

 

thanks for the comments guys i'm not worried about it anymore

can anyone give me a clue on how to take out the headlight? i need to get to the parking lights so that i can change the bulbs to white LEDS thanks