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Truculent

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  1. Do you know what sarcasm is? Read the whole post. The “those stupid Germans” comment was a sarcastic comment meaning that if the builders of the best engineered cars in the world need to go through all they do with the X51 kit to gain 26 hp how does a shop in California get an additional 27 hp from a 6” piece of pipe? I am of German ancestry with a German surname, worked for German car companies for 35 years (VW, Porsche and BMW) so back off. The comment was in no way meant as condescending to Germans. Thanks for the dyno graphs on the Caymen S but last I saw this was the 997 forum and my references have been exclusively to what the RSS plenum does for the 997S. I still want to see a dyno showing a 27 hp gain.
  2. No need for condescending comments. If your snide remark “Try one your Butt might like it if you get it off your head” indicates I have my head up my a$$ look at your own retort. Dyno results from an unsubstantiated source (European Car) show increases of 10 to 11 hp and 15 to 18 ft/lbs of torque. That is a far cry from the Road Sport Supply claim of increases of 27 hp and 25 ft/lbs of torque. That’s 59% to 63% less hp power and 28% to 40% less torque. It’s seemingly apparent that the manufacturer is overly optimistic with their claimed power increases. I’m curious but what kind of power gains where you expecting and what did you actually archive when you installed your RSS Plenum?
  3. Those stupid Germans! They need to increase the size of the air box and add a second air intake, increase the diameter of the intake manifold and throttle bodies, modify the heads, increase the spring tension on the exhaust values to allow for a 300 rpm higher red line and subsequently increase the rpm of where the engine will produce peak power, install freer flowing exhaust headers and modify the ECU to be compatible with these differing parameters and only to get 26 more hp. With the magic plenum you add a 6” piece of plumbing midway through the intake system and gain 30 more hp! I followed the Plenum group buy on 6speedonline and never once saw a before (bone stock) and after (just the plenum) dyno run, ¼ mile ET or timed lap times, just a bunch of “butt dynos”. I think there are a lot of very gullible individuals out there.
  4. There is no need to use any tools. Just to push the marker lens back against the spring clip located on the rear of the marker lens until the front retainer tab of the marker lens clears the fender.
  5. Back in the days of carburetors with chokes (and heavy single weight summer oils in cold climates) it may have been beneficial to sit and idle to let the engine warm up a bit before driving off as some carbureted cars had terrible drivability when cold but what is accomplished by warming up a modern fuel injection engine with multi weight oil by sitting and idling? Once operating oil pressure is achieved (about 2 seconds and we have the benefit of an oil pressure gauge instead of an idiot light) it’s time to go; all that is needed is to be light on the throttle and no high rpm (no heavy loads) until the engine oil is up to operating temperature (we also have the benefit of an engine oil temperature gauge). If all is working properly with your modern fuel injection engine there should be no drivability problems from cold and the engine will warm to operating temperature much quicker by simply driving off after engine start-up as will other components like the gearbox, transaxle, differential, transfer case, tires etc that get little to no benefit reaching operating temperature by simply sitting and idling. Again, all I ask is what is accomplished by sitting and letting the engine idle? If you are having trouble with drivability when cold there is either something wrong with your car or your driving technique.
  6. There is no need to use a screw driver and risk damaging the paint. Just push in on the lower edge of the plug with your thumb until the plug disengages.
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