From "stay tuned" to T U N E D !!

JDGolden said:
That’s fine, I still like my shitty trans car. When I could finally buy one of these, I decided on lower mileage cars with an auto vs extremely clapped out t56 cars that were in my budget.

If budget weren’t a concern I’d have looked at low mileage 6 speed ws6 cars, firehawks, or a SOM SS.


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Growing up, guy down the street from me had a silver WS6 that he put exhaust on. He did not obey the speed limit, but I knew when he was coming home or leaving. Wanted one then, still want one now. They fetch a premium in good shape though.


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I keep seeing a black Elantra N around here. Never at full steam, but cool car. Definitely a 6 speed. But yours looks better with that color/badge modification/wheels.


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JDGolden said:
I keep seeing a black Elantra N around here. Never at full steam, but cool car. Definitely a 6 speed. But yours looks better with that color/badge modification/wheels.


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I'm glad it's a 6 spd

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Well I just found out those N Performance CF tips aren't available separately, it's apart of the N Performance axle-back and it's $1500...for an axle-back and I don't think that includes shipping🫣 Now you and I both know an axle-back isn't going to make power alone, especially since this N has a great, tuned exhaust already, even if the N Performance axle-back was 3" piping, which it isn't.

Damn I wanted those tips

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So while on the way home from watching my buddy install his new Stillen cat-back exhaust on HIS EN I got to do a slow roll acceleration, spun the tires but didn't hop too bad, so now I've gotta try launch control to see what's what

Anywho, my car has what I guess you'd call an "on-board dyno". Once you put your foot in it you can check everything from power, torque, boost, throttle, speed, oil temp, engine temp and these are graphs over time. So what saw were the following, kinda weird:

-Power...322 PS
-Boost...22 psi
-Torque...289 (###)

Not sure what to make of the Torque reading, did the tires spinning confuse it

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Re: From "stay tuned" to T U N E D !!

Little update today, finally used launch control and recorded the 0-60 times with the Stage 1 mods.

So we got to a very safe spot to do this and when I say we it was my daughter and I, she calls it "Speed Boost". Temps were 79 degrees and set the launch control for 2800 RPMS and let it rip! It spun all the way through 1st and wheel hopped into 2nd, not too violent so I'm happy with the Powerflex bushes! I tried at 3000 RPM and FORGET ABOUT IT, LOL

So the results were the following, 5.8 to 5.5 but spinning hard, so yeah the narrower KN tires aren't cutting it, not to mention the 5% additional aspect ratio. I'm not too concerned but I'd like to get it under 5 seconds, many cars have done it already, my buddy Marsins EN did a 4.76 but that was at the drag strip...but stock except for the Powerflex trio of bushes.

I'll say this too, once the hop stopped into the next gear I could feel the pull through the steering wheel, car is pulling HARD

***EDIT***

My previous best was 5.8 stock, now it's 5.5 0-60 mph

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I am late to the party here. Congrats Roger!! Game changing mods for sure!! Enjoy brother.
 
hoyt66 said:
I am late to the party here. Congrats Roger!! Game changing mods for sure!! Enjoy brother.
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Thank you and as always...stay "tuned" as a dyno day is coming

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Re: From "stay tuned" to T U N E D !!

Klasse Act said:
Little update today, finally used launch control and recorded the 0-60 times with the Stage 1 mods.

So we got to a very safe spot to do this and when I say we it was my daughter and I, she calls it "Speed Boost". Temps were 79 degrees and set the launch control for 2800 RPMS and let it rip! It spun all the way through 1st and wheel hopped into 2nd, not too violent so I'm happy with the Powerflex bushes! I tried at 3000 RPM and FORGET ABOUT IT, LOL

So the results were the following, 5.8 to 5.5 but spinning hard, so yeah the narrower KN tires aren't cutting it, not to mention the 5% additional aspect ratio. I'm not too concerned but I'd like to get it under 5 seconds, many cars have done it already, my buddy Marsins EN did a 4.76 but that was at the drag strip...but stock except for the Powerflex trio of bushes.

I'll say this too, once the hop stopped into the next gear I could feel the pull through the steering wheel, car is pulling HARD

***EDIT***

My previous best was 5.8 stock, now it's 5.5 0-60 mph
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Hindsight's 20/20, but it woulda been nice to have done some timed 30-80 pulls before and after tuning as it's a real world stat you probably do quite frequently. (Actually, I've driven in Chicago, 30-95 would probably be more like it. :laughing: ).

Saying that out loud, when the time comes for software for my new shooter I'll have to make sure to do that to have more than just a butt-dyno comparison!
 
Yeah it only records 0-whatever, like from 0 to 30 all the way to 0 to 120 mph

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Klasse Act said:
Well I just found out those N Performance CF tips aren't available separately, it's apart of the N Performance axle-back and it's $1500...for an axle-back and I don't think that includes shipping🫣 Now you and I both know an axle-back isn't going to make power alone, especially since this N has a great, tuned exhaust already, even if the N Performance axle-back was 3" piping, which it isn't.

Damn I wanted those tips

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$1500 for an axle-back? Are you sure you don't have a VW? LOL
 
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It's actually $1000, LOL

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That's certainly more reasonable!

I'm between the Neuspeed and MBRP. $1300 and $750 respectively. Significant difference in design and far less material used in the MBRP.

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Although not branded with the N Performance plate on the top of the tip, I swear these are the same ones I posted previously

I know these aren't cheap but between this and the upgraded mid-pipe it could be all I need
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PouncingPanzer said:
That's certainly more reasonable!

I'm between the Neuspeed and MBRP. $1300 and $750 respectively. Significant difference in design and far less material used in the MBRP.

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Totally different application than your GLI, but a guy ran a GR86 not long ago at one of our autocross events with an MBRP exhaust. I had never heard of them and it caught my interest. The quality didn't seem to bad and the sound was actually quite good. Not quite like an Neuspeed or HKS, but not bad. Due to a bit of a language barrier with the owner of the car, I couldn't quite figure out if he had an axel-back or a cat-back. I was just impressed by the deeper rumbling tone it produced vs the tinny/raspy note that seems to be popular these days.
 
Desertnate said:
Totally different application than your GLI, but a guy ran a GR86 not long ago at one of our autocross events with an MBRP exhaust. I had never heard of them and it caught my interest. The quality didn't seem to bad and the sound was actually quite good. Not quite like an Neuspeed or HKS, but not bad. Due to a bit of a language barrier with the owner of the car, I couldn't quite figure out if he had an axel-back or a cat-back. I was just impressed by the deeper rumbling tone it produced vs the tinny/raspy note that seems to be popular these days.
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MBRP is a Canadian company, up here it's nice to see how they have grown. They are very popular with Ford F150 crowd. Sound amazing on them. Good, solid company.
 
Re: From "stay tuned" to T U N E D !!

Just a small update

Now that I've got my winter shoes on (Michelin X-Ice 225/40/19's) and it's mid-40's out, I thought I'd try the launch control and 0-60 times

Launch control set @3000 rpm and I did a 5.4 seconds...completely spinning ALL THE WAY through 1st gear but NO wheel hop

The onboard computer showed 317 PS, I should've checked the torque number, oh well, next time...stay "tuned"

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Elantra N vs Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi - YouTube

Not my car but you'll hear me say "first kill of the day". My buddy Marsin took out this Challenger R/T 6 spd. I belive he ran a 13.1-13.3 here @106 mph.

He was runnin' 30K worn Michelin Pilot Sport 4s @45 degrees and various tire psi. His best of the day, with the piggyback turned on, was 13.1@109 mph, so a 12 second pass is in there, just need some new(er) tires and some warmth.

I didn't run due to the Michelin X-Ice 's being installed but did get that 5.4 0-60 mph run later that day on them

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****UPDATE****

So my buddy with the same EN as me (has 20K more miles) has set up a dyno day THIS Friday. This is the same place he dyno'd in the spring where he put down 277/283 w/o using the NGS button and 283/289 using it. Now he's got a full Stillen cat-back exhaust and Stillen piggyback w/colder NGK plugs to support it. He's got an aFe open intake and aFe TIP but those aren't installed yet and will not be for the dyno, that's too bad actually.

We get 4 pulls on the Mustang dyno for $125 and its supposed to 45 and rainy this Friday, figures but apparently that doesn't matter for us. There's another car dynoing too, an STi w/COBB everything including E30 tune. He roll raced him "In Mexico" and the STi put a solid car on him but it's supposed to make 415 whp, I guess we'll see.

So what's your prediction for his EN and what do you think I'll make

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