Motordyne MREV Mod
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Motordyne MREV Mod
You good folks decide . . .
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive Motordyne Engineering's new MREV mod for my 2005 6MT G35 Coupe. It had been sitting in my garage waiting . . . Until my G passed its final engine oil consumption test, which it did with flying colors, this pass Tuesday. I installed it yesterday, Saturday morning.
Now, before I attempt to share my brief experience and thoughts about this new mod . . . Please bear with me and allow me to make a few comments.
This was strictly an "out of the pocket mod," on my part. I had never personally dealt with Tony. My only dealings with Motordyne have been MREV related via a few e-mails with Tony.
I purchased my '05 6MT Coupe in the later part of May, 2005. In my mind, it was the only real practical alternative to purchasing a 4th BMW, which I miss. . . Up until now. My G has some 8100 miles on her, currently. Yes, I love to drive this baby. I never had any aspirations to mod my G. I only wanted to deepen the exhaust note a bit, which is evident by some of my original G35Driver.com posts . . . And as such, I have installed a Z Tube and a K&N drop-in filter. After having heard a fellow G member's HKS Hi-Power exhaust at a recent local meet . . . I had to have it . . . The HKS exhaust was ordered and is on its way.
My knowledge of my G is limited to what I know from these very same boards. I am not technical, if you will, with regard to cars in the same sense that many of my fellow forum members are . . . You folks are the best, "Thank you!" Charts and graphs are fine for those, whom understand them and can appreciate their value(s). I only know what a car may or may not be capable of by sitting behind the wheel and actually driving it.
Soooo . . . Here is my review of Motordyne's new "MREV" mod. The mod came packaged quite well. Up until this point, I had only installed a Z Tube, K&N filter and Gord's GroungingGear. When I opened the Motordyne package, I was a bit taken back . . . I am not a "Wrench," as some people say . . . And as such, I thought I would have trouble installing the mod. With a few extremely quick e-mail replies from Tony, I had the MREV mod installed in about 2 and 1/2 hours. LOL . . . If I can install this mod, anyone can . . . Honestly!
I held my breath and started my G. Without getting into specific details, I knew right away, I had something special under the hood. I took it out for a short drive. Immediately, I noticed that the car's exhaust note sounded deeper and a louder. My wife had made the same comment to me when the car had been idling in the garage for some 10 minutes, as she gave me a, "What did you do?" and a "How much did it cost look?" . . . Women!! . . . She had just had her nails and hair done that morning, which I reminded her of, as she walked away with a smile of approval. After having read all of the other 2 testers' positive review comments on another thread, I still was not prepared for what I was going to experience for the rest of the day and into the late night. By the way . . . All of my drives were with the VDC "ON."
First drive (15 minutes) . . . The car felt quite normal, driven as I usually would. However, somewhere between 3k and 4k rpm, the car definitely had more power at 1/2 throttle. It speed up with less effort, if you will. Was it a neck breaking speed? . . . No! . . . It was smooth and very deliberate. Smiles by the miles, as I rowed through gears 1 through 5. Break time! . . . Time for lunch.
Second drive (30 minutes) . . . This time I concentrated on gears 3 and 4. The car takes on a whole new personality from 3.5k rpm at WOT. I thought my G had plenty of passing power prior to the MREV install . . . Now, it pulls with much more authority. Once again, the additional power is smooth and deliberate. Hmmmm . . . I don't think that I am going to be punching it through freeway ramp-type turns in 3rd gear above 3.5k rpm for sometime . . . Until I become much more familiar with the effects of MREV.
Third drive (30 minutes) . . . All freeway this time, baby . . . Fasten your seat belts . . . As we are clear for take-off. Now, mind you . . . I normally am a very responsible driver. However, I had to put this mod to the test. For you local folks . . . My runs were all done around the Daly City through the Millbrae areas via 280 and Skyline/35. Jumping onto 280 South bound at John Daly Blvd./Westlake . . . Dang, I had to let off the throttle in 2nd gear, prior to the turn, which is prior to the merge of oncoming traffic. The car had accelerated much more quickly than usual and I had too much speed for the said turn. Once I had merge onto the 280 south bound, I was smiling from ear to ear . . . Next to no Traffic!!!! . . . It was about 10:30pm. Experiment time . . . I grabbed 4th gear and hovered at 4000 rpm. The car sounded great! Put the pedal alllll the way down and the car surged forward like it never had done so before . . . And it wasn't smooth this time . . . It kicked some seriousl A$$.
It surprised the "You know what out of me," as I shifted to 5th gear at about 6000 rpm and change, while I was looking around for the local CHP. I applied the same procedure to 5th gear . . . While hovering at 4000 rpm, I floored it. Needless to say . . . The G pulled much stronger than before the mod was installed. Personally, I now have plenty of passing power for my taste. I kept all of my experimenting in the 4000 to 6000 rpm range this time. I repeated the 4th and 5th gear scenarios a few more times and drove home absolutely wide-eyed and astounded. "Mommy, can I go on that ride, again?" . . . "No, son, it's time to go home and rest. There's always tomorrow." . . . Yes!
Fourth and final drive, this morning, prior to writing my comments for review (1 hour) . . . Hehehe . . . Got up at 6:30am, today. I had not reset the clocks in the house for the time change. Therefore, I was up earlier than I thought. There is going to be little or no traffic this morning, I am thinking . . . I am right, as I start out. A quick stop to Starbucks and off to Sklyline/35 southbound. Without shear pleasure and delight, the 1st and 2nd gears hops are just simply amazing when WOT is applied above the 3500-3600 rpm range. If you jump on it here, you better know what your next move is and where you are headed.
For you local folks, I headed to the base of Skyline/35, located behind at Lake Merced/Fort Funston. MREV took that long climb without a hitch. The car obviously did not pull as hard as it did on level ground . . . But it did perform far better than before, as I had expected it to. This was true for all of the subsequent long mountain climbs. However, the car proved itself more than worthy on the flat level runs, once again . . . Newly founded POWER!
Just for fun, I hovered at 5000 rpm in gears 3, 4, 5 and jumped on it. Wow . . . 3rd and 4th gears snapped my head back into the headrest and 5th pulled like a bat late for Halloween. Sorry, people . . . No 6th gear runs. That review experience will be reserved for you future Motordyne MREV'ers.
Now that I have had my fun with MREV and avoided the local authorities . . . I can honestly say that this new mod of mine has exceeded all of my expectations and more. Will my G keep up with a stock C6 Corvette . . . What? . . . Are you out of your mind? The MREV's gains cannot be equated to nor compared to that of a SC ot Turbo type installation. The MREV was not designed for that purpose. I personally think that Tony designed the MREV to do one thing. It was designed for people like myself, whom want a practical and truly unmistakably noticeable gain in rwhp and torque in the middle to lower high end portion of the our G's power band. If that is what he had set out to do . . . He has definitely accomplished his goal.
Dollar for dollar, I personally do not believe I could have spent the same amount of monies and afforded my G the same amount of additional power gained, which the MREV mod has, as such. My brother, whom is also a G35Driver.com member, is anxiously awaiting his first drive in my car. He drives an '04 6MT G35 Sedan. No! . . . I have no plans on lining up with his car . . . But then again, I had not planned on applying any mods to my car either.
To Motordyne Engineering, "Keep up the good work!" . . . To Tony, "Thank you, Sir, for allowing me to be among the first to install the new MREV mod."
Now, another drive . . .
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive Motordyne Engineering's new MREV mod for my 2005 6MT G35 Coupe. It had been sitting in my garage waiting . . . Until my G passed its final engine oil consumption test, which it did with flying colors, this pass Tuesday. I installed it yesterday, Saturday morning.
Now, before I attempt to share my brief experience and thoughts about this new mod . . . Please bear with me and allow me to make a few comments.
This was strictly an "out of the pocket mod," on my part. I had never personally dealt with Tony. My only dealings with Motordyne have been MREV related via a few e-mails with Tony.
I purchased my '05 6MT Coupe in the later part of May, 2005. In my mind, it was the only real practical alternative to purchasing a 4th BMW, which I miss. . . Up until now. My G has some 8100 miles on her, currently. Yes, I love to drive this baby. I never had any aspirations to mod my G. I only wanted to deepen the exhaust note a bit, which is evident by some of my original G35Driver.com posts . . . And as such, I have installed a Z Tube and a K&N drop-in filter. After having heard a fellow G member's HKS Hi-Power exhaust at a recent local meet . . . I had to have it . . . The HKS exhaust was ordered and is on its way.
My knowledge of my G is limited to what I know from these very same boards. I am not technical, if you will, with regard to cars in the same sense that many of my fellow forum members are . . . You folks are the best, "Thank you!" Charts and graphs are fine for those, whom understand them and can appreciate their value(s). I only know what a car may or may not be capable of by sitting behind the wheel and actually driving it.
Soooo . . . Here is my review of Motordyne's new "MREV" mod. The mod came packaged quite well. Up until this point, I had only installed a Z Tube, K&N filter and Gord's GroungingGear. When I opened the Motordyne package, I was a bit taken back . . . I am not a "Wrench," as some people say . . . And as such, I thought I would have trouble installing the mod. With a few extremely quick e-mail replies from Tony, I had the MREV mod installed in about 2 and 1/2 hours. LOL . . . If I can install this mod, anyone can . . . Honestly!
I held my breath and started my G. Without getting into specific details, I knew right away, I had something special under the hood. I took it out for a short drive. Immediately, I noticed that the car's exhaust note sounded deeper and a louder. My wife had made the same comment to me when the car had been idling in the garage for some 10 minutes, as she gave me a, "What did you do?" and a "How much did it cost look?" . . . Women!! . . . She had just had her nails and hair done that morning, which I reminded her of, as she walked away with a smile of approval. After having read all of the other 2 testers' positive review comments on another thread, I still was not prepared for what I was going to experience for the rest of the day and into the late night. By the way . . . All of my drives were with the VDC "ON."
First drive (15 minutes) . . . The car felt quite normal, driven as I usually would. However, somewhere between 3k and 4k rpm, the car definitely had more power at 1/2 throttle. It speed up with less effort, if you will. Was it a neck breaking speed? . . . No! . . . It was smooth and very deliberate. Smiles by the miles, as I rowed through gears 1 through 5. Break time! . . . Time for lunch.
Second drive (30 minutes) . . . This time I concentrated on gears 3 and 4. The car takes on a whole new personality from 3.5k rpm at WOT. I thought my G had plenty of passing power prior to the MREV install . . . Now, it pulls with much more authority. Once again, the additional power is smooth and deliberate. Hmmmm . . . I don't think that I am going to be punching it through freeway ramp-type turns in 3rd gear above 3.5k rpm for sometime . . . Until I become much more familiar with the effects of MREV.
Third drive (30 minutes) . . . All freeway this time, baby . . . Fasten your seat belts . . . As we are clear for take-off. Now, mind you . . . I normally am a very responsible driver. However, I had to put this mod to the test. For you local folks . . . My runs were all done around the Daly City through the Millbrae areas via 280 and Skyline/35. Jumping onto 280 South bound at John Daly Blvd./Westlake . . . Dang, I had to let off the throttle in 2nd gear, prior to the turn, which is prior to the merge of oncoming traffic. The car had accelerated much more quickly than usual and I had too much speed for the said turn. Once I had merge onto the 280 south bound, I was smiling from ear to ear . . . Next to no Traffic!!!! . . . It was about 10:30pm. Experiment time . . . I grabbed 4th gear and hovered at 4000 rpm. The car sounded great! Put the pedal alllll the way down and the car surged forward like it never had done so before . . . And it wasn't smooth this time . . . It kicked some seriousl A$$.
It surprised the "You know what out of me," as I shifted to 5th gear at about 6000 rpm and change, while I was looking around for the local CHP. I applied the same procedure to 5th gear . . . While hovering at 4000 rpm, I floored it. Needless to say . . . The G pulled much stronger than before the mod was installed. Personally, I now have plenty of passing power for my taste. I kept all of my experimenting in the 4000 to 6000 rpm range this time. I repeated the 4th and 5th gear scenarios a few more times and drove home absolutely wide-eyed and astounded. "Mommy, can I go on that ride, again?" . . . "No, son, it's time to go home and rest. There's always tomorrow." . . . Yes!Fourth and final drive, this morning, prior to writing my comments for review (1 hour) . . . Hehehe . . . Got up at 6:30am, today. I had not reset the clocks in the house for the time change. Therefore, I was up earlier than I thought. There is going to be little or no traffic this morning, I am thinking . . . I am right, as I start out. A quick stop to Starbucks and off to Sklyline/35 southbound. Without shear pleasure and delight, the 1st and 2nd gears hops are just simply amazing when WOT is applied above the 3500-3600 rpm range. If you jump on it here, you better know what your next move is and where you are headed.
For you local folks, I headed to the base of Skyline/35, located behind at Lake Merced/Fort Funston. MREV took that long climb without a hitch. The car obviously did not pull as hard as it did on level ground . . . But it did perform far better than before, as I had expected it to. This was true for all of the subsequent long mountain climbs. However, the car proved itself more than worthy on the flat level runs, once again . . . Newly founded POWER!
Just for fun, I hovered at 5000 rpm in gears 3, 4, 5 and jumped on it. Wow . . . 3rd and 4th gears snapped my head back into the headrest and 5th pulled like a bat late for Halloween. Sorry, people . . . No 6th gear runs. That review experience will be reserved for you future Motordyne MREV'ers.
Now that I have had my fun with MREV and avoided the local authorities . . . I can honestly say that this new mod of mine has exceeded all of my expectations and more. Will my G keep up with a stock C6 Corvette . . . What? . . . Are you out of your mind? The MREV's gains cannot be equated to nor compared to that of a SC ot Turbo type installation. The MREV was not designed for that purpose. I personally think that Tony designed the MREV to do one thing. It was designed for people like myself, whom want a practical and truly unmistakably noticeable gain in rwhp and torque in the middle to lower high end portion of the our G's power band. If that is what he had set out to do . . . He has definitely accomplished his goal.
Dollar for dollar, I personally do not believe I could have spent the same amount of monies and afforded my G the same amount of additional power gained, which the MREV mod has, as such. My brother, whom is also a G35Driver.com member, is anxiously awaiting his first drive in my car. He drives an '04 6MT G35 Sedan. No! . . . I have no plans on lining up with his car . . . But then again, I had not planned on applying any mods to my car either.
To Motordyne Engineering, "Keep up the good work!" . . . To Tony, "Thank you, Sir, for allowing me to be among the first to install the new MREV mod."
Now, another drive . . .
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Very nice review andy, thx ... looking forward to the actual release of this mod ... too bad the winter is coming in the north east so Im not doing anything to the G until after the snow has melted away. But by reading your review and posts of others that have tried the MREV mod this will be the first thing that goes on my G ... cant wait!
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Originally Posted by Klumzyee
Nice to see a positive review for this mod =) makes all the time we took installing/uninstalling/testing worth it.
Thanks to you. You got the ball rolling and got a bit of heat for it, in doing so. Tony came up with a true winner in MREV. I can't wait to see what else Motordyne has up its sleeves.
G35_TX, I won't be flying in for that test ride anymore.
Sooooooo.........
What exactly is the Mrev mod. I have been following along the other thread, but it has yet to be revealed what the MREV is. Is it an upper intake manifold?
What exactly is the Mrev mod. I have been following along the other thread, but it has yet to be revealed what the MREV is. Is it an upper intake manifold?
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Great review! That is exactly how I felt about my car as well. I hope the non-believers finally stop argueing about this! 
Originally Posted by andy2434
You good folks decide . . .
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive Motordyne Engineering's new MREV mod for my 2005 6MT G35 Coupe. It had been sitting in my garage waiting . . . Until my G passed its final engine oil consumption test, which it did with flying colors, this pass Tuesday. I installed it yesterday, Saturday morning.
Now, before I attempt to share my brief experience and thoughts about this new mod . . . Please bear with me and allow me to make a few comments.
This was strictly an "out of the pocket mod," on my part. I had never personally dealt with Tony. My only dealings with Motordyne have been MREV related via a few e-mails with Tony.
I purchased my '05 6MT Coupe in the later part of May, 2005. In my mind, it was the only real practical alternative to purchasing a 4th BMW, which I miss. . . Up until now. My G has some 8100 miles on her, currently. Yes, I love to drive this baby. I never had any aspirations to mod my G. I only wanted to deepen the exhaust note a bit, which is evident by some of my original G35Driver.com posts . . . And as such, I have installed a Z Tube and a K&N drop-in filter. After having heard a fellow G member's HKS Hi-Power exhaust at a recent local meet . . . I had to have it . . . The HKS exhaust was ordered and is on its way.
My knowledge of my G is limited to what I know from these very same boards. I am not technical, if you will, with regard to cars in the same sense that many of my fellow forum members are . . . You folks are the best, "Thank you!" Charts and graphs are fine for those, whom understand them and can appreciate their value(s). I only know what a car may or may not be capable of by sitting behind the wheel and actually driving it.
Soooo . . . Here is my review of Motordyne's new "MREV" mod. The mod came packaged quite well. Up until this point, I had only installed a Z Tube, K&N filter and Gord's GroungingGear. When I opened the Motordyne package, I was a bit taken back . . . I am not a "Wrench," as some people say . . . And as such, I thought I would have trouble installing the mod. With a few extremely quick e-mail replies from Tony, I had the MREV mod installed in about 2 and 1/2 hours. LOL . . . If I can install this mod, anyone can . . . Honestly!
I held my breath and started my G. Without getting into specific details, I knew right away, I had something special under the hood. I took it out for a short drive. Immediately, I noticed that the car's exhaust note sounded deeper and a louder. My wife had made the same comment to me when the car had been idling in the garage for some 10 minutes, as she gave me a, "What did you do?" and a "How much did it cost look?" . . . Women!! . . . She had just had her nails and hair done that morning, which I reminded her of, as she walked away with a smile of approval. After having read all of the other 2 testers' positive review comments on another thread, I still was not prepared for what I was going to experience for the rest of the day and into the late night. By the way . . . All of my drives were with the VDC "ON."
First drive (15 minutes) . . . The car felt quite normal, driven as I usually would. However, somewhere between 3k and 4k rpm, the car definitely had more power at 1/2 throttle. It speed up with less effort, if you will. Was it a neck breaking speed? . . . No! . . . It was smooth and very deliberate. Smiles by the miles, as I rowed through gears 1 through 5. Break time! . . . Time for lunch.
Second drive (30 minutes) . . . This time I concentrated on gears 3 and 4. The car takes on a whole new personality from 3.5k rpm at WOT. I thought my G had plenty of passing power prior to the MREV install . . . Now, it pulls with much more authority. Once again, the additional power is smooth and deliberate. Hmmmm . . . I don't think that I am going to be punching it through freeway ramp-type turns in 3rd gear above 3.5k rpm for sometime . . . Until I become much more familiar with the effects of MREV.
Third drive (30 minutes) . . . All freeway this time, baby . . . Fasten your seat belts . . . As we are clear for take-off. Now, mind you . . . I normally am a very responsible driver. However, I had to put this mod to the test. For you local folks . . . My runs were all done around the Daly City through the Millbrae areas via 280 and Skyline/35. Jumping onto 280 South bound at John Daly Blvd./Westlake . . . Dang, I had to let off the throttle in 2nd gear, prior to the turn, which is prior to the merge of oncoming traffic. The car had accelerated much more quickly than usual and I had too much speed for the said turn. Once I had merge onto the 280 south bound, I was smiling from ear to ear . . . Next to no Traffic!!!! . . . It was about 10:30pm. Experiment time . . . I grabbed 4th gear and hovered at 4000 rpm. The car sounded great! Put the pedal alllll the way down and the car surged forward like it never had done so before . . . And it wasn't smooth this time . . . It kicked some seriousl A$$. It surprised the "You know what out of me," as I shifted to 5th gear at about 6000 rpm and change, while I was looking around for the local CHP. I applied the same procedure to 5th gear . . . While hovering at 4000 rpm, I floored it. Needless to say . . . The G pulled much stronger than before the mod was installed. Personally, I now have plenty of passing power for my taste. I kept all of my experimenting in the 4000 to 6000 rpm range this time. I repeated the 4th and 5th gear scenarios a few more times and drove home absolutely wide-eyed and astounded. "Mommy, can I go on that ride, again?" . . . "No, son, it's time to go home and rest. There's always tomorrow." . . . Yes!
Fourth and final drive, this morning, prior to writing my comments for review (1 hour) . . . Hehehe . . . Got up at 6:30am, today. I had not reset the clocks in the house for the time change. Therefore, I was up earlier than I thought. There is going to be little or no traffic this morning, I am thinking . . . I am right, as I start out. A quick stop to Starbucks and off to Sklyline/35 southbound. Without shear pleasure and delight, the 1st and 2nd gears hops are just simply amazing when WOT is applied above the 3500-3600 rpm range. If you jump on it here, you better know what your next move is and where you are headed.
For you local folks, I headed to the base of Skyline/35, located behind at Lake Merced/Fort Funston. MREV took that long climb without a hitch. The car obviously did not pull as hard as it did on level ground . . . But it did perform far better than before, as I had expected it to. This was true for all of the subsequent long mountain climbs. However, the car proved itself more than worthy on the flat level runs, once again . . . Newly founded POWER!
Just for fun, I hovered at 5000 rpm in gears 3, 4, 5 and jumped on it. Wow . . . 3rd and 4th gears snapped my head back into the headrest and 5th pulled like a bat late for Halloween. Sorry, people . . . No 6th gear runs. That review experience will be reserved for you future Motordyne MREV'ers.
Now that I have had my fun with MREV and avoided the local authorities . . . I can honestly say that this new mod of mine has exceeded all of my expectations and more. Will my G keep up with a stock C6 Corvette . . . What? . . . Are you out of your mind? The MREV's gains cannot be equated to nor compared to that of a SC ot Turbo type installation. The MREV was not designed for that purpose. I personally think that Tony designed the MREV to do one thing. It was designed for people like myself, whom want a practical and truly unmistakably noticeable gain in rwhp and torque in the middle to lower high end portion of the our G's power band. If that is what he had set out to do . . . He has definitely accomplished his goal.
Dollar for dollar, I personally do not believe I could have spent the same amount of monies and afforded my G the same amount of additional power gained, which the MREV mod has, as such. My brother, whom is also a G35Driver.com member, is anxiously awaiting his first drive in my car. He drives an '04 6MT G35 Sedan. No! . . . I have no plans on lining up with his car . . . But then again, I had not planned on applying any mods to my car either.
To Motordyne Engineering, "Keep up the good work!" . . . To Tony, "Thank you, Sir, for allowing me to be among the first to install the new MREV mod."
Now, another drive . . .
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive Motordyne Engineering's new MREV mod for my 2005 6MT G35 Coupe. It had been sitting in my garage waiting . . . Until my G passed its final engine oil consumption test, which it did with flying colors, this pass Tuesday. I installed it yesterday, Saturday morning.
Now, before I attempt to share my brief experience and thoughts about this new mod . . . Please bear with me and allow me to make a few comments.
This was strictly an "out of the pocket mod," on my part. I had never personally dealt with Tony. My only dealings with Motordyne have been MREV related via a few e-mails with Tony.
I purchased my '05 6MT Coupe in the later part of May, 2005. In my mind, it was the only real practical alternative to purchasing a 4th BMW, which I miss. . . Up until now. My G has some 8100 miles on her, currently. Yes, I love to drive this baby. I never had any aspirations to mod my G. I only wanted to deepen the exhaust note a bit, which is evident by some of my original G35Driver.com posts . . . And as such, I have installed a Z Tube and a K&N drop-in filter. After having heard a fellow G member's HKS Hi-Power exhaust at a recent local meet . . . I had to have it . . . The HKS exhaust was ordered and is on its way.
My knowledge of my G is limited to what I know from these very same boards. I am not technical, if you will, with regard to cars in the same sense that many of my fellow forum members are . . . You folks are the best, "Thank you!" Charts and graphs are fine for those, whom understand them and can appreciate their value(s). I only know what a car may or may not be capable of by sitting behind the wheel and actually driving it.
Soooo . . . Here is my review of Motordyne's new "MREV" mod. The mod came packaged quite well. Up until this point, I had only installed a Z Tube, K&N filter and Gord's GroungingGear. When I opened the Motordyne package, I was a bit taken back . . . I am not a "Wrench," as some people say . . . And as such, I thought I would have trouble installing the mod. With a few extremely quick e-mail replies from Tony, I had the MREV mod installed in about 2 and 1/2 hours. LOL . . . If I can install this mod, anyone can . . . Honestly!
I held my breath and started my G. Without getting into specific details, I knew right away, I had something special under the hood. I took it out for a short drive. Immediately, I noticed that the car's exhaust note sounded deeper and a louder. My wife had made the same comment to me when the car had been idling in the garage for some 10 minutes, as she gave me a, "What did you do?" and a "How much did it cost look?" . . . Women!! . . . She had just had her nails and hair done that morning, which I reminded her of, as she walked away with a smile of approval. After having read all of the other 2 testers' positive review comments on another thread, I still was not prepared for what I was going to experience for the rest of the day and into the late night. By the way . . . All of my drives were with the VDC "ON."
First drive (15 minutes) . . . The car felt quite normal, driven as I usually would. However, somewhere between 3k and 4k rpm, the car definitely had more power at 1/2 throttle. It speed up with less effort, if you will. Was it a neck breaking speed? . . . No! . . . It was smooth and very deliberate. Smiles by the miles, as I rowed through gears 1 through 5. Break time! . . . Time for lunch.
Second drive (30 minutes) . . . This time I concentrated on gears 3 and 4. The car takes on a whole new personality from 3.5k rpm at WOT. I thought my G had plenty of passing power prior to the MREV install . . . Now, it pulls with much more authority. Once again, the additional power is smooth and deliberate. Hmmmm . . . I don't think that I am going to be punching it through freeway ramp-type turns in 3rd gear above 3.5k rpm for sometime . . . Until I become much more familiar with the effects of MREV.
Third drive (30 minutes) . . . All freeway this time, baby . . . Fasten your seat belts . . . As we are clear for take-off. Now, mind you . . . I normally am a very responsible driver. However, I had to put this mod to the test. For you local folks . . . My runs were all done around the Daly City through the Millbrae areas via 280 and Skyline/35. Jumping onto 280 South bound at John Daly Blvd./Westlake . . . Dang, I had to let off the throttle in 2nd gear, prior to the turn, which is prior to the merge of oncoming traffic. The car had accelerated much more quickly than usual and I had too much speed for the said turn. Once I had merge onto the 280 south bound, I was smiling from ear to ear . . . Next to no Traffic!!!! . . . It was about 10:30pm. Experiment time . . . I grabbed 4th gear and hovered at 4000 rpm. The car sounded great! Put the pedal alllll the way down and the car surged forward like it never had done so before . . . And it wasn't smooth this time . . . It kicked some seriousl A$$.
It surprised the "You know what out of me," as I shifted to 5th gear at about 6000 rpm and change, while I was looking around for the local CHP. I applied the same procedure to 5th gear . . . While hovering at 4000 rpm, I floored it. Needless to say . . . The G pulled much stronger than before the mod was installed. Personally, I now have plenty of passing power for my taste. I kept all of my experimenting in the 4000 to 6000 rpm range this time. I repeated the 4th and 5th gear scenarios a few more times and drove home absolutely wide-eyed and astounded. "Mommy, can I go on that ride, again?" . . . "No, son, it's time to go home and rest. There's always tomorrow." . . . Yes!Fourth and final drive, this morning, prior to writing my comments for review (1 hour) . . . Hehehe . . . Got up at 6:30am, today. I had not reset the clocks in the house for the time change. Therefore, I was up earlier than I thought. There is going to be little or no traffic this morning, I am thinking . . . I am right, as I start out. A quick stop to Starbucks and off to Sklyline/35 southbound. Without shear pleasure and delight, the 1st and 2nd gears hops are just simply amazing when WOT is applied above the 3500-3600 rpm range. If you jump on it here, you better know what your next move is and where you are headed.
For you local folks, I headed to the base of Skyline/35, located behind at Lake Merced/Fort Funston. MREV took that long climb without a hitch. The car obviously did not pull as hard as it did on level ground . . . But it did perform far better than before, as I had expected it to. This was true for all of the subsequent long mountain climbs. However, the car proved itself more than worthy on the flat level runs, once again . . . Newly founded POWER!
Just for fun, I hovered at 5000 rpm in gears 3, 4, 5 and jumped on it. Wow . . . 3rd and 4th gears snapped my head back into the headrest and 5th pulled like a bat late for Halloween. Sorry, people . . . No 6th gear runs. That review experience will be reserved for you future Motordyne MREV'ers.
Now that I have had my fun with MREV and avoided the local authorities . . . I can honestly say that this new mod of mine has exceeded all of my expectations and more. Will my G keep up with a stock C6 Corvette . . . What? . . . Are you out of your mind? The MREV's gains cannot be equated to nor compared to that of a SC ot Turbo type installation. The MREV was not designed for that purpose. I personally think that Tony designed the MREV to do one thing. It was designed for people like myself, whom want a practical and truly unmistakably noticeable gain in rwhp and torque in the middle to lower high end portion of the our G's power band. If that is what he had set out to do . . . He has definitely accomplished his goal.
Dollar for dollar, I personally do not believe I could have spent the same amount of monies and afforded my G the same amount of additional power gained, which the MREV mod has, as such. My brother, whom is also a G35Driver.com member, is anxiously awaiting his first drive in my car. He drives an '04 6MT G35 Sedan. No! . . . I have no plans on lining up with his car . . . But then again, I had not planned on applying any mods to my car either.
To Motordyne Engineering, "Keep up the good work!" . . . To Tony, "Thank you, Sir, for allowing me to be among the first to install the new MREV mod."
Now, another drive . . .
Originally Posted by andy2434
Klumzyee,
Thanks to you. You got the ball rolling and got a bit of heat for it, in doing so. Tony came up with a true winner in MREV. I can't wait to see what else Motordyne has up its sleeves.
G35_TX, I won't be flying in for that test ride anymore.
Thanks to you. You got the ball rolling and got a bit of heat for it, in doing so. Tony came up with a true winner in MREV. I can't wait to see what else Motordyne has up its sleeves.
G35_TX, I won't be flying in for that test ride anymore.
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Originally Posted by Repsol
Nice review. So are these things for sale yet or did you just happen to be one of the lucky ones?
Yes, I do consider myself quite fortunate or lucky, as you said. When I get my HKS Hi-Power Exhaust installed, I will have my car tested on a dynamometer and share the data.
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G35_TX,
Your first impressions of the MREV were right on the money. I don't feel that it's a matter of non-believers having argued about your claims. I can actually understand and appreciate some of their comments.
Listen, how many posts have we all read about mods that equated to little or less that noticeable gains? . . . Or how many mods have people added to their cars at great effort, time and high costs? . . . Only to arrived at decent gains? So, I can truly understand people being a bit skeptical.
There are tons of valid and quality tested mod combos out there, which will yield excellent results. However, my needs were almost completely met with one (1) mod set-up. Considering the costs to gain ratio of other mods, I personally feel the MREV suits me to a Tee.
Once again . . . To keep the flaming to a minimal here . . . If people are seeking F.I. quality type gains, the MREV makes no such claims . . . At least not by myself nor have I heard anyone with the MREV claim so, as such.
We are simply sharing our own separate personal experiences. I would no sooner claim that I beat down an E46 M3, as I would in kind brag about annihilating a Honda Civic. That's not the purpose here. Comparisons, if any, are merely to demonstrate what the new mod is capable of, using highly recognizable and respected cars.
These boards have afforded me the pleasure of meeting a bunch of really nice people, locally. I can ill afford to come here and pull the wool over everyones' eyes, in a manner of speaking.
Your first impressions of the MREV were right on the money. I don't feel that it's a matter of non-believers having argued about your claims. I can actually understand and appreciate some of their comments.
Listen, how many posts have we all read about mods that equated to little or less that noticeable gains? . . . Or how many mods have people added to their cars at great effort, time and high costs? . . . Only to arrived at decent gains? So, I can truly understand people being a bit skeptical.
There are tons of valid and quality tested mod combos out there, which will yield excellent results. However, my needs were almost completely met with one (1) mod set-up. Considering the costs to gain ratio of other mods, I personally feel the MREV suits me to a Tee.
Once again . . . To keep the flaming to a minimal here . . . If people are seeking F.I. quality type gains, the MREV makes no such claims . . . At least not by myself nor have I heard anyone with the MREV claim so, as such.
We are simply sharing our own separate personal experiences. I would no sooner claim that I beat down an E46 M3, as I would in kind brag about annihilating a Honda Civic. That's not the purpose here. Comparisons, if any, are merely to demonstrate what the new mod is capable of, using highly recognizable and respected cars.
These boards have afforded me the pleasure of meeting a bunch of really nice people, locally. I can ill afford to come here and pull the wool over everyones' eyes, in a manner of speaking.
Great review Andy. You may not be technical about it but you know what works and are aptly able to describe it in words.
Enjoy the car and your foray into the world of DYI mods.
Enjoy the car and your foray into the world of DYI mods.
Originally Posted by QuadCam
What exactly is the Mrev mod. I have been following along the other thread, but it has yet to be revealed what the MREV is. Is it an upper intake manifold?
yes, please explain to everyone what this mod *is*! is this upper intake plenum? or their spacer? or the angled spacer? sheesh!
