What did you do with your Z today III

Originally Posted by kenchan

JAR- you can use a scanguage or something like my nuvi ecoroute to find out wat your IAT's are via your OBD2 port.

high as in 5K to redline. i dont like making a lot of noise up there, i like the car to sound smooth.

Originally Posted by kenchan

JAR- you can use a scanguage or something like my nuvi ecoroute to find out wat your IAT's are via your OBD2 port.

high as in 5K to redline. i dont like making a lot of noise up there, i like the car to sound smooth.

Originally Posted by alcheng

I don't have the RC2, but I notice the noise depends how much the opening of the throttle, the Typhoon I am using doesn't make too much noise below 4000rpm, not much even above 4500rpm if the throttle is only 50% open

Originally Posted by JARblue

That's good to hear, as I am also wondering how loud it will be at highway speeds on longer trips. We've got plenty of 75 mph and even some 80 mph speed limits in TX, so cruise control at 88 mph (10% rule = BACK TO THE FUTURE!!) in 6th gear runs upwards of 4K. Hopefully, when the throttle is not fully open in cruise it won't be as loud as say 2nd gear @ 4K pedal to the metal.

Originally Posted by alcheng

If you are cruising between 75-90mph at 6th, you are running at about 2500-3000k, I think, you won't hear any noise from the CAI.

Unless you floor the pedal, then you'll notice the difference, but the 'noise' does sound healthy

Originally Posted by JARblue

75 mph is a hair over 3K rpm in 6th I think. At 90 mph in 6th gear the upshift indicator which is set at 4K is solid red (that's also right about when my wife usually vocalizes her displeasure with my driving). However, the car is loud enough as it is at that speed that the intake should not add significantly to the noise. I can't wait to hear it. I just PM'd the guy for payment details.

Originally Posted by alcheng

When you are cruising at 3000rpm on the HWY, your throttle is only 20% opened, it won't make any noise.

Originally Posted by JARblue

Schweet! Is there an easy method to figuring out the % throttle at different cruising speeds in different gears?

Originally Posted by alcheng

When you are cruising at 3000rpm on the HWY, your throttle is only 20% opened, it won't make any noise. *

Originally Posted by onzedge

Nice.

I tell you what; photography school is looking better and better. All this work, effort, stress and hostility for what? So we can land a deal or two, then move on to more work, effort, stress and hostility to chase and land other, shinier deals. All the while, the deal becomes the biggest thing in everyone's life. It becomes bigger than us as people; more important than process improvement or value-adding. Forget about following SOP's forget about the fact that there is such a thing as capacity and it is usually finite. Let's SELL SELL SELL SELL!!!!

Yippee. Let's all hold hands, exchange nice flowery talk about value propositions, competitive advantages, customer-facing collateral and go-forward marketing strategies in our business ecosystems. It makes me want to stick a fork in my eye sometimes.

I seriously did not want to grow up and be doing this. Screw the paycheck, profit-sharing and 401(k). I have become that which I rallied against when I was young and idealistic. I am a sell out just like The Who – licensing their songs for TV.

That’s all for now. Sorry for the rant. I got my therapist’s voicemail just now.

onzedge has written

Originally Posted by onzedge

So... Wax on, wax off for the 370 and Juke today...

Meanwhile, is there anything better than going to see The Wall with my number one ex (kid's Mom), my two sons (still not proven in a court of law), an almost daughter-in-law and my wife? Not exactly a Norman Rockwell painting, but...

Originally Posted by happytheman

That's actually not true, I'm sorry to say. The VVEL engine is designed in such a way. That the throttle is wide open and the air intake amounts is controlled at the intake valves by the VVEL system continuously controlling the valve lifts and duration.

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