The anti-popcharger thread
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Just look at the ones that are done with the hood up and a fan running. This would simulate a moving vehicle.
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Just look at the ones that are done with the hood up and a fan running. This would simulate a moving vehicle.
Again, you don't have to believe me. Listen to the man I mentioned. He has more experience than all three of us combined here.
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Stupid thread, the JWT Popcharger has been proven time and time again to be a great product. There's always going to be someone that 'thinks' they know something other people don't and will post junk like this hoping for 1-2 people to agree so that they feel better about not buying the product themselves.
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I just put a Pop charger on my 03 z its my second mod,I also have MD copper ISO spacer.The pop charger seems like it added a little kick but I not sure I wish I could dyno every mod.
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Stupid thread, the JWT Popcharger has been proven time and time again to be a great product. There's always going to be someone that 'thinks' they know something other people don't and will post junk like this hoping for 1-2 people to agree so that they feel better about not buying the product themselves.
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Allow me to throw a wrench in the gears now! lol.......
What if you are FI???
I ask because i'm struggling with weather or not i should keep my popcharger vice install my '06 airbox with K&N drop in. Obviously FI will be flowing more air then NA. So would the "heat soak" of the popcharger be a tradeoff it if it flowed more then the OEM intake?? Or is the OEM intake (2006 with drop in) better all arounnd even for higher flowing (FI) setups??
IMO colder is always better, but i would imagine with FI you'd eventually max out the OEM airbox.
Someone prove me worng, i'd really like to go back to OEM the blower whine is getting obnoxious!! LOL
P.S. Not threadjacking, just thickening the plot!!
What if you are FI???
I ask because i'm struggling with weather or not i should keep my popcharger vice install my '06 airbox with K&N drop in. Obviously FI will be flowing more air then NA. So would the "heat soak" of the popcharger be a tradeoff it if it flowed more then the OEM intake?? Or is the OEM intake (2006 with drop in) better all arounnd even for higher flowing (FI) setups??
IMO colder is always better, but i would imagine with FI you'd eventually max out the OEM airbox.
Someone prove me worng, i'd really like to go back to OEM the blower whine is getting obnoxious!! LOL
P.S. Not threadjacking, just thickening the plot!!
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Ok who cares it you look 15 pounds or torque in stop and go traffic, what does it matter when your pulling forward 10 feel at less than 5 MPH. Underhood temps do get hot as hell , they also cool down a lot once the car starts moving. Yes i have talked to him, i've spent a bit of time on the phone discussing intake and heat aspects.
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Unless he's telling you one thing and posting another, Tony doesn't perfer aftermarket intakes. One reason is the heat soak.
Is the difference perhaps fairly small? Yeah, I'd agree. Never mentioned it was a large one (although I'd say 10-15hp/torque is approaching significant). My only comment is why give that up if you don't have to?
I'd assume Tony's point is if you already have one, one might as well keep it. The difference isn't THAT big.
Is the difference perhaps fairly small? Yeah, I'd agree. Never mentioned it was a large one (although I'd say 10-15hp/torque is approaching significant). My only comment is why give that up if you don't have to?
I'd assume Tony's point is if you already have one, one might as well keep it. The difference isn't THAT big.
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Pop chargers only add peak HP. Who cares about losing horsepower in traffic and stop lights? You don't do performance mods to sit around in traffic. A couple degrees higher intake temperature in traffic and stop lights will have a negligable effect on horsepower anyway; keep in mind you're in traffic probably sitting below 2k RPM. There's no power there anyway, and none to be lost.
OP's argument = fail. JWT pop charger is a clearly and even visibly more free flowing intake design than VQ35DE OEM intake, and when it comes to where it matters... on the track, and when on the MOVE, the pop charger is an improvement. It's just an intake anyways, who cares? Not a big mod.
OP's argument = fail. JWT pop charger is a clearly and even visibly more free flowing intake design than VQ35DE OEM intake, and when it comes to where it matters... on the track, and when on the MOVE, the pop charger is an improvement. It's just an intake anyways, who cares? Not a big mod.
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Allow me to throw a wrench in the gears now! lol.......
What if you are FI???
I ask because i'm struggling with weather or not i should keep my popcharger vice install my '06 airbox with K&N drop in. Obviously FI will be flowing more air then NA. So would the "heat soak" of the popcharger be a tradeoff it if it flowed more then the OEM intake?? Or is the OEM intake (2006 with drop in) better all arounnd even for higher flowing (FI) setups??
IMO colder is always better, but i would imagine with FI you'd eventually max out the OEM airbox.
Someone prove me worng, i'd really like to go back to OEM the blower whine is getting obnoxious!! LOL
P.S. Not threadjacking, just thickening the plot!!
What if you are FI???
I ask because i'm struggling with weather or not i should keep my popcharger vice install my '06 airbox with K&N drop in. Obviously FI will be flowing more air then NA. So would the "heat soak" of the popcharger be a tradeoff it if it flowed more then the OEM intake?? Or is the OEM intake (2006 with drop in) better all arounnd even for higher flowing (FI) setups??
IMO colder is always better, but i would imagine with FI you'd eventually max out the OEM airbox.
Someone prove me worng, i'd really like to go back to OEM the blower whine is getting obnoxious!! LOL
P.S. Not threadjacking, just thickening the plot!!
I'm pretty sure FI setups have a different intake system......................
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