A few more updates. I was at a dyno day this weekend and my car was used as reference base line (as I am 100% stock engine). The results where shocking! I have a huge dip in torque between 3500 and 4500 rpm.
On a serious note, the engine performed well and output and all values looked like everything is running as it's supposed to. I was told the engine runs slightly rich from factory and an high flow air filter would lean the mixture slightly. Other interesting lesson from the day is how ridiculously little typical NA mods bring, and even in some cases how contra productive they can be - but that's a discussion beyond my showroom thread.
Anyway I went home and ordered a K&N filter. As expected it didn't make any noticeable difference at all what so ever. It has slightly more intake sound, which is nice, since I just deleted the sound-generator (had it plugged in the cabin before as well). My air filter was up for replacement anyway, so why not make the engine run at a better mixture for a few bucks more?
It was a pain to get it in due to my engine cooler sandwich plate and hoses. I tried to take the intake box out, but it was impossible to get it back in without taking the oil filter off and loosening the sandwich plate.
Having the intake box out gave me space to clean the engine. It was pretty dirty and the cam solenoid guards are prone to rust if not cleaned:
Then to the fun part!! Before anyone lectures me: I find the 86 pretty easy to heal & toe. But for me it's rather rolling the foot over as many other. To use the heal I find the pedal too short to be consistent and without spraining an ankle. To use the ball of the foot on the brake and toe on the gas, the pedal is too short too, in the upwards direction. For "roll over" I have to keep my foot quite far right on the brake and it works well, 99% of the time. The 1% where
it doesn't work, can be quite harrowing because usually it means my foot slips off the brake. An example of that is actually in my first Zolder video (
in post 28) at 1 min 55 secs into the video.
Solution?
Install was an absolute breeze, I just followed the advice to take the pedal out of the car. It's 2x 10 mm bolt and disconnect a plug, and you can work on it with out breaking you back:
Side by side comparison. Actually the Cusco overlay is centred on the pedal, so it will increase the heigh equally top and below - not like they are lying side by side on the pic:
Installed compared to stock:
I went out for a half an hour drive and couldn't help braking and shifting for no good reason all the time.
You can effortlessly roll over, heal and toe, toe and heal how ever you like with this thing. It is simply awesome!!!
