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Old 06-21-2011, 06:14 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ZOLE View Post
I also have a theory that some of the power loss "felt" is somewhat in the mind. When you're used to the sound of your car at certain RPMs and all of a sudden you go install intake/exhaust, I think you need to give your brain some time to adjust as well to the new sound per RPMs if you get what I'm saying.
Yeah most of the time the butt dyno is dead wrong, and the ear dyno is a big part of the equation. It always seems like I lose ~20hp in the upper range when I turn up Pandora in my car, because the music is deadening my ability to hear all the higher-pitch frequencies of the engine sound
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