lllateralus
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- 2007 liquid plat. CX-7
BUT!!!!! This requires a little modding to be safe for the car.
Im sure one of you has done this, (at least) but just for fun I unclipped the 4 airbox clips, pulled it up about an inch away from the filter and kind of kinked it in there so that it was pulling air directly in, and not going through the resonance chambers and killing the sound.
Sounds awesome! Thats a turbo car should sound. Even the recirculating BOV is audible. (sounds similar to a conventional 'vent to atmosphere' BOV)
You can really hear the turbo like this, but the air is unfiltered, so dont do it for long. (you CAN mod the airbox to make this a reversable 'permanent' mod though)
Anyways the car is doing something that concerns me, and it might be tied with my 'hesitating in third gear' post.
Try to imagine what I say here... getting on the freeway in manual mode, third gear, full throttle the car feels quick. BUT, tonight I let off the throttle, then floored it again and there is a split second of STRONG acceleration then it settles. Hard to explain over computer, but you can even hear the turbo spool HIGHER for the split second. This makes me think the engine/computer is bleeding boost for some reason.
The split second feels like an additional 40HP+. It really kicked me in my seat hard, then settled to the normal third gear acceleration im used to over the last 2300 miles.
Remember, mid RPM full throttle accel., (maybe 4500) third gear manual mode, and I release throttle, then jab it again.. and the car feels like it gets full boost for about half a second. Like for that half second its boosting 16 lbs, then settles to 10. It would do this repeatedly if I let off throttle, then jab it in.
Any ideas? I can only imagine how much faster the car would be if it would boost like that all the time. It felt MUCH stronger for those short moments.
Cool night, about 70 degrees btw, windows down, and with airbox altered, I could hear the turbo spool very clearly.
Im sure one of you has done this, (at least) but just for fun I unclipped the 4 airbox clips, pulled it up about an inch away from the filter and kind of kinked it in there so that it was pulling air directly in, and not going through the resonance chambers and killing the sound.
Sounds awesome! Thats a turbo car should sound. Even the recirculating BOV is audible. (sounds similar to a conventional 'vent to atmosphere' BOV)
You can really hear the turbo like this, but the air is unfiltered, so dont do it for long. (you CAN mod the airbox to make this a reversable 'permanent' mod though)
Anyways the car is doing something that concerns me, and it might be tied with my 'hesitating in third gear' post.
Try to imagine what I say here... getting on the freeway in manual mode, third gear, full throttle the car feels quick. BUT, tonight I let off the throttle, then floored it again and there is a split second of STRONG acceleration then it settles. Hard to explain over computer, but you can even hear the turbo spool HIGHER for the split second. This makes me think the engine/computer is bleeding boost for some reason.
The split second feels like an additional 40HP+. It really kicked me in my seat hard, then settled to the normal third gear acceleration im used to over the last 2300 miles.
Remember, mid RPM full throttle accel., (maybe 4500) third gear manual mode, and I release throttle, then jab it again.. and the car feels like it gets full boost for about half a second. Like for that half second its boosting 16 lbs, then settles to 10. It would do this repeatedly if I let off throttle, then jab it in.
Any ideas? I can only imagine how much faster the car would be if it would boost like that all the time. It felt MUCH stronger for those short moments.
Cool night, about 70 degrees btw, windows down, and with airbox altered, I could hear the turbo spool very clearly.