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on the HR 350z motor the drop ins were good for about 4hp on the dyno in my buddies car ive got them in my GTR and someone recently dynoed

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Old 01-15-2009, 03:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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on the HR 350z motor the drop ins were good for about 4hp on the dyno in my buddies car ive got them in my GTR and someone recently dynoed them on a GTR and saw no real gains

but regardless of gains you are getting more airflow and they last a long time even without reoiling them

so they arnt a waste i dont think
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on the HR 350z motor the drop ins were good for about 4hp on the dyno in my buddies car ive got them in my GTR and someone recently dynoed them on a GTR and saw no real gains

but regardless of gains you are getting more airflow and they last a long time even without reoiling them

so they arnt a waste i dont think
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of they dyno results? i dont have any wasnt my car.. the guy got it dynoed at national speed a sponsor on mygtr... i just know he called me and told me they ran it 3 times and it was about 4hp to the wheels over baseline every single time
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