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Originally Posted by WearyMicrobe
I understand that but if he was running th eair and now he is not it would cause some of the symptoms that he has described.
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Originally Posted by yetis
I don't know what your symptoms are, but the dealer or mechanic sounds like he needs to go. On my recently departed 996, I had a problem with the CEL coming on and off and the engine sounding/feeling terrible. Some days it would work, other days it wouldn't. Took it to a local dealer and they said it was "bad gas" and I put in all the products. This worked for a weekend, then the problem came back. Took the car back to the dealer. The dealer said they "couldn't replicate the problem.... That was the end of that dealer (I was not very PEPE after that, 
). So, I went to a different dealer who called me back before I got home. At first they didn't believe me that I took it to another dealer. They said the tech found the problem just by turning the car on.... It was a bad coil. Not sure this is your problem, but taking it to a different mechanic can make a world of difference.
). So, I went to a different dealer who called me back before I got home. At first they didn't believe me that I took it to another dealer. They said the tech found the problem just by turning the car on.... It was a bad coil. Not sure this is your problem, but taking it to a different mechanic can make a world of difference.
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I have the whole package from Fabspeed - Headers, Max Flow, I love it, 33K miles and not one problem, Each day I drive it like I stole it. The exhaust note is a bit loud, but I love the beast within.
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Had Maxflo´s on my C4 -99 for a year or two. Beautyfull sound, excellent fit and a small performance gain. Great product.
Installed their "Cold Air Kit" yesterday. Not quite the same success.
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what kind of cold air kit are you getting???
Just the simple version from Fabspeed. Maybe a little too simple, it seems now. The "muffler block off cap" that comes with the kit didn´t seal properly in the air box lid. I had to come up with a seal myself. As was, it leaked and allowed unfiltered air into the "clean side" of the air box - and the engine...
Also, what Fabspeed calls a "Carbon muffler block of cap" is just i piece of cheap plastic with a fake CF-pattern paint on it.
I know the choice of material doesn´t affect function here (CF wouldn´t have made it fit anyway...), but false marketing bothers me. I hadn´t expected that from Fabspeed. I´m very happy with their mufflers.
As for performance gains, its too early to tell. Just a few miles last night without even getting up to real temperature. The ECU needs time to adjust properly anyway.
All the kit does is eliminate an intake resonance box located inside the air box. It doesn´t really supply any "cold air" that wasn´t there before. So I don´t expect much, if anything. It looks like the elimination of the resonance box inside the air box may give better flow at high rpm´s. But only if this section is the bottleneck of the stock system. The loss of the resonance box on the intake side can actually lead to a loss of performance at some rpm´s... We´ll see.
Some added induction noice can be heard, wich is why i bough the thing in the first place.
Hmm...
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Installed their "Cold Air Kit" yesterday. Not quite the same success.
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Originally Posted by C70Pete
what kind of cold air kit are you getting???
Just the simple version from Fabspeed. Maybe a little too simple, it seems now. The "muffler block off cap" that comes with the kit didn´t seal properly in the air box lid. I had to come up with a seal myself. As was, it leaked and allowed unfiltered air into the "clean side" of the air box - and the engine...
Also, what Fabspeed calls a "Carbon muffler block of cap" is just i piece of cheap plastic with a fake CF-pattern paint on it.
I know the choice of material doesn´t affect function here (CF wouldn´t have made it fit anyway...), but false marketing bothers me. I hadn´t expected that from Fabspeed. I´m very happy with their mufflers.
As for performance gains, its too early to tell. Just a few miles last night without even getting up to real temperature. The ECU needs time to adjust properly anyway.
All the kit does is eliminate an intake resonance box located inside the air box. It doesn´t really supply any "cold air" that wasn´t there before. So I don´t expect much, if anything. It looks like the elimination of the resonance box inside the air box may give better flow at high rpm´s. But only if this section is the bottleneck of the stock system. The loss of the resonance box on the intake side can actually lead to a loss of performance at some rpm´s... We´ll see.
Some added induction noice can be heard, wich is why i bough the thing in the first place.
Hmm...
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Originally Posted by s.bjorn.hoffman
As for performance gains, its too early to tell. Just a few miles last night without even getting up to real temperature. The ECU needs time to adjust properly anyway.
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Originally Posted by C70Pete
I'm using a K&N flat panel filter with stock airbox and that definitely made a difference in throttle response and power vs. stock paper air filter.
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