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Re: "Better" intake on '90 Celica?
<omnineko@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1158576260.837297.205170@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> The transmission was rebuilt about three thousand miles ago. As far as
> the engine, it has less than 150k miles on it.
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> I'm not exactly looking for a BIG increase, just a noticable one. It
> can be a little scary sometimes to try and hop on the freeway when it
> takes what feels like half a minute to reach 70 MPH. ;)
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> Coyoteboy wrote:[color=green]
>> Ray O wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > All other modifications are going to be marginal.
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>> > Ray O
>> > (correct punctuation to reply)[/color]
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>> I have to agree with you on this one. Unless you have totally
>> overhauled the rest of the gear and know its all in top notch
>> performance, and you remember to install the correct sized filter into
>> a cold-air-fed location while properly considering the road grime that
>> gets thrown up you will just lose power as the stock intake isnt that
>> bad. When i installed a K&N replacelent filter panel (direct swap, kept
>> stock intake gear) i saw an average of 0.5-1mpg increase over about 10
>> tanks on the standard car setup. I also saw this with a peugeot i ran
>> one on, but i did have to spend $50 on piping to get the filter to a
>> protected and cold intake location lol. Unless its fairly highly
>> modified id stay standard TBH.[/color]
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Just a thought... But do you have the original size tires on your car?
GL
Dan
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