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Old May 7, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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Upgrades on a Factory JCW?

Has anyone upgraded any power part on their JCW? Specifically I'm looking to see if anyone has changed the DP or exhaust and what their results were.

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Old May 8, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Also curious about this, specially the DP and cell issue.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 04:53 AM
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i had a catback on. turbo spooled up quicker, and it popped/ burbled like crazy!
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DNadar
i had a catback on. turbo spooled up quicker, and it popped/ burbled like crazy!
A few questions:

1) Did you imply more burble and pop? :drool:
2) Why did the sentence start with a past tense verb of "had" instead of a present tense of "have"?

I'm just confused as to how their was more burble and pop, and you would have taken it off.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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3) What brand was the cat back?
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by FON
3) What brand was the cat back?
Brilliant question.
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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My car is @ Riss Racing as I type this for product development. They are going to start with a catless downpipe, exhaust and intercooler.
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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1. Yes, much more burble and pop. Heard some nice burble between every shift, and the occasional/ often pop.
2. I say past tense because i did not pay for the exhaust. Exhaust Depot needed a test car for the exhaust so they could make it. Left it on the car for about 3 days and came back and took it off, because i don't have money to pay for it. Thats why i just got a job. lol
3. Exhaust depot made it. It's a catback w/ a magnaflow muffler.

link to the thread:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...options-4.html

post #82 has pictures of it on my car, and post #86 has the videos, which don't do it much justice at all. Go to the first page to read about what the exhaust is all about.

The Day turnon vid is with the resonator in. The new srt-4 vid is the one with no resonator, which sounds BADASS.
 

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Old May 12, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Nice!

I just wish I could confirm that it increases power over stock. Once I have that confirmation my bank account is taking a hard hit.
 
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