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Driving Impressions...
I took the car out last night for some around town driving and found it to be light and rev happy. There's def a more eagerness to just take off when u press the GO pedal. It changes the feel from kind of a fun cruiser to something a good bit more sporty!
The cons:
It's actually a little more difficult to drive. I'll get used to it with a little more time behind the wheel and taking off from a light won't require deliberate thought or effort but for the time being it does force me to pay more attention. What i mean by that is that as rev happy as the engine is now, it is just as willing to lose or dump those revs when enough gas isn't provided. The car is def a lot easier to stall until u get used to how it wants to be driven. I should know, i did it twice on a 15 minute cruise around town. Nothing ruins ur image quite like stalling the car at a light. Haha.
Summary:
The LWFW is an excellent mod IMO. Adding the UD pulley is just icing on the cake. The car still won't push u hard back in the seat like my 2g Eclipse but that's not its intent either. It revs beautifully and is a lot more fun to drive. Much less of a chick car and more of a driver's car! I don't think it'll ever have the power it deserves until I hang a couple of small turbos off it or just take the plunge and install an Audi 4.2 but in the meantime, I can tell I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it.
I drove it out to work this morning (50 miles highway) with no issues or complaints. Ran great and pulled nicely throughout the RPM band. I can't wait to get the electric power steering pump installed which should deliver another 5-10 ponies to the wheels.
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