No worries Mike there will be other great deals.

 

Yep, just lemme know. Kris will match anything.

As for the exhaust, GOOD CALL on the older model. Just Tony's new X-pipe sells for over $500- alone, and it makes a DRAMATIC difference in sound & performance! Kind of douchy of him not to atleast let you know though. Weaksauce.

Are you official on the springs, or are we doing coils for you my friend??

 

Since the Springs are only 230 for now I will rock those for the rest of the year. I'm hoping to pick up the coils next year or summertime. I figured 230 bucks shipped for springs is a small price to pay to look decent and have some improved handling in the meantime. Plus I can prolly turn around and sell em for 70% of my cost...or hook up some of the new members / Janik sometime soon :P

 

Arg!

 

Btw, I did some digging and came across this as well, Its from UR's website...not the greatest graph but definitely a nice looking one


Compared to a Stillen gen 3 intake or exhaust it is prolly one of the best hp per $ mods. Approx 600 to 650ish for an extra 12 to 16 hp at every single rpm point and better mileage too. I did it on my coupe and its surely on my to do list for the G at some point.

 

Mike isn't it $346 shipped for the pulley set? (alt and crank)

 

Yup, but I'm also factoring in the cost of the 2 to 3 hours of installation as well. An exhaust and intake can be done in your garage if you wanted to....the pulley set is a bit more complicated than that. It's like saying headers at 600 bucks are a steal...but you need to have 4 to 5 hours of install time with them also. Although even at 1000 bucks it still is one of the best mods that can be done for hp and torque 16ish hp and 20 to 22 torque most likely on the HR engines, the DEs were a few hp shy of these quotes. It just gets so damn noisy LOL!

 

^^yeah, I don't think I would ever do headers. The only thing I'll be doing is the RHFC's and my exhaust will be complete.

My mod/do do list(in order)
1. Respray front
2. headlights & lighting
3. RHFC's
4. Gen3 intake
5. .....tbd

...somewhere inbetween I have to take my wheels off and drop my coils down to where I had them set last fall as well.

 

I just found out we have the specific part we need to remove the belt for the crank/alt pulley and its a 1.4 hour job....which means install should be 75 to 80 bucks, unless it's 1.4 hours to remove the parts to get to it and then another 1.4 to put it back together. Either way I could be said and done for $500 with the UR set and getting an extra 12 to 16 HP....tempting

 

how about you do it and test it out...to determine if i want to

 

I'd be down for that. I just need to talk to my mechanic to see what the exact hours are, note that I'm getting my labor at $50 an hour so that's a great feature! I can tell the difference from my coupe pretty easily.....even after not driving it for a year. But that will happen when your shaving 6 to 7 pounds from the crank shaft directly

 

I spoke with my Mechanic here who would do the work and he says that it would only be 1.4 hours start to finish. He did say however that it wouldn't really be noticable in most circumstances and if anything by having the extra weight the pulley would spin better/faster with extra weight on it. So idk...in my mind it seems like a good idea, but according to what he says it would only be 4 to 5 hp lol. I guess the only thing to do is to dyno, do the stillen and see where I end up At least it would be a good indicator for future ppl curious to see where it ends up.

 

Holy long day.... but one very nice BMW M5

 

Mike....DO ITTTTTTTT. If anyone were to do pulleys...it would def be you.

I must say it wouldn't be one of the first mods on my list for engine mods though...

 

Lance, everyones commenting on your G on MNSC lol