Thread: me vs modded beetle WTF?

Originally Posted by gtpinsc

with just pulley yes, i stated with supporting mods... headers.. intake.. good tune should put it close to low 40ish horsepower? correct me if im wrong.

With JUST a pulley...no...now your talking supporting mods...I could consider a IC and a 3.0" with exhaust work and injectors supporting mods and put 100 more horse to it. See what I'm saying? With all of the basic mods with a 3.8" and then swapping to a 3.4" you'd see around 20 or so to the tire with the right tune...not 40.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

With JUST a pulley...no...now your talking supporting mods...I could consider a IC and a 3.0" with exhaust work and injectors supporting mods and put 100 more horse to it. See what I'm saying? With all of the basic mods with a 3.8" and then swapping to a 3.4" you'd see around 20 or so to the tire with the right tune...not 40.

i stand corrected, i remember reading somewhere and i wanna say it was one of the few 3800 vendors... intense, zzp, 3800 perf.. etc etc claimed 3.4 setup with supporting mods netted 40 ish hp...

Originally Posted by gtpinsc

i stand corrected, i remember reading somewhere and i wanna say it was one of the few 3800 vendors... intense, zzp, 3800 perf.. etc etc claimed 3.4 setup with supporting mods netted 40 ish hp...

thats the same thing as K&N claming 20hp gains from an intake lol can never believe a vendor....you can however believe people who have first hand modding and tuning 3800s

they claim every pulley size is 5hp, or a 1lb of boost is equivalent to 5hp....but these vendors forget about kr which also pulls timing and thats lost power for sure, they also do not account for the fact that when you run headers you lose some back pressure which means you flow more, a 3.4'd car with manifolds WILL make more boost than a 3.4'd car with headers but the the manifold car will knock like a woodpecker and make less power. vendors also like to say headers can add "up to 18hp" to your car, yeah maybe if your running a 3.0 pulley with an IC and stock manifolds lol

Originally Posted by BoostJunki3

vendors also like to say headers can add "up to 18hp" to your car, yeah maybe if your running a 3.0 pulley with an IC and stock manifolds lol

Headers added 19 horse to the tire to a bone stock SSEi with a Fenderwell intake. So, they really do. Not hyped.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Headers added 19 horse to the tire to a bone stock SSEi with a Fenderwell intake. So, they really do. Not hyped.

not trying to argue or anything, but if it put 19 to the tires with just headers on a SSEi how can a full 3.4 setup with tune only put 20 to the wheels to a GTP?

Originally Posted by gtpinsc

i stand corrected, i remember reading somewhere and i wanna say it was one of the few 3800 vendors... intense, zzp, 3800 perf.. etc etc claimed 3.4 setup with supporting mods netted 40 ish hp...

yes,

ZZ Performance

this is stage 2.. 3.4 and some other bolt ons and says 40 ponies