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Old 12-18-2006, 12:07 PM   #1
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I want to be somewhere in the middle. This car is a lease for 3 years and I am protected under warranty for four (granted I can get mods that comply with warranty)

Engine life is not a priority for me because I don't keep my cars for very long.

You could make the argument that driving your car hard shortens engine life and causes things to wear as well, but I still want to drive her hard. This is no different in the sense that it will put extra wear in all likelihood, but it fits in more with my purposes.

I want to make my car perform to my liking without completely compromising reliability. This is very doable and this is the middle-ground which I am looking for.

10hp would make enough difference for me to be happy. Since this is a lightweight car, it is very elastic to those power increases.

I don't want a 400hp drag car, nor do I want to keep the status quo necessarily.

If I could have gotten the S I would have, but I couldn't. I don't wanna get into personal reasons as to why.

I have been checking out the ImagineAuto stage 2 performance upgrade which includes intake an ECU "flash", but I'm not sure if it's worth 1400 bucks for a CLAIMED 15-18hp (15-18 is worth it, but it's claimed, and that makes it questionable)

Some friends told me I could get a custom muffler made for only a few hundred bucks but I can't find any places that do it.

I'm just looking for a small bit of added performance. No more than 20hp.

Then again I am sure when I get that 20hp, I will want more lol. But I will try control myself
Bavarian Motorist,

I am also considering the Imagine Auto Stage 2 next year.

$2200 for 25 HP.

I think the car will sound great and probably be a lot more responsive, but I do wonder how much of a difference an additional 25 HP will make

Nick
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Old 12-22-2006, 05:24 PM   #2
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ESLAI: Easy for you to say, you have an S!!!


NICKCATS: If I actually believed whatever their hp gains supposedly are, this would be a no-brainer!

The problem is, I don't believe it. They always over-exaggerate, so I am trying to decide what is a credible product that will even give me half of what they claim it does.

I was stupid one time, when I owned a BMW, and bought something called a turbonator from www.turbonator.com. I didn't realize what it was till I got it, but it claimed to give "up to 35hp" with a 30 day money back guarantee.

Now basically, I got a piece of metal that you are supposed to shove into your air feed pipe, and I'm like, "wow what the hell is this piece of crap going to do except BLOCK air?"

Sure enough, my 0-60 time after the installation was dropped by .5 seconds. Got my $$ back.


So yeah, I learned from my mistakes.
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