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Originally Posted by fredfromnh
Break the wheels loose with a hard launch and the little bastard shoots right to the shift light. Header and bigger gears to slow wheel spin are next. I will have a 13 second na car if it kills me. Consumer reports killed these cars on reliability. I would suspect mostly small crap. Squids have been complaining to toyota because they run slower with a full tank of gas. Smart.
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Originally Posted by fredfromnh
Weight and friction need to be addressed as well. For a low priced sports car these things attract attention. I've been thinking about cutting air box resonator and rigging garbage ebay esc to blow air in there. Who knows?
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Originally Posted by fredfromnh
Anybody use bigger gears? Worth it?
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I'll address your three posts here. This car will benefit more on the launch from suspension and wheel changes that 30hp or even 50hp. Cutting the resonator will do more harm than good as @
GRimSpeed's testing has shown that it is super well designed with the stock airbox, better than anything aftermarket. I believe either they or Cosworth claim that it makes +3hp and is good for 300hp. The "esc" would be a massive waste and an addition of weight unless you make your own proper supercharger or get the phantom setup. If by "big gears" you mean numerically higher with lower overall gearing, yes, it will make the car peppier and there are several people on this forum that have swapped gears.