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Got the Perrin inlet hose, came with a license plate frame, which I swapped the dealership one out for.
During installation, accidentally pulled out the whole piece of the sound tube and no idea how to put the section back that needs to be capped. I read that this is optional?
Cranked it up, no strangeness going on with idle, and OK with a couple revs. Drove it around and noticed 2 things:
1. My normal control of clutch+trottle is no longer accurate in 1st gear. Car dips too low and almost stalls so I gotta give it more gas than I had to. I noticed this after the Stage 1 flash too, so it's only just a little more noticeable now. I'm certain there is no vacuum leak as I carefully connected and tightened those friggin hoses as tight as I could, making sure there is .500" clearance from the hose and serpentine belt. I noticed the OEM inlet had a little extra compartment for extra air to collect and be stored on standby, I presume. I wonder what the pros and cons are for that thing.
2. The engine winding-up/winding-down whistling noise is gone. But in its place is the hollow sound of flowing air in cabin as if I have the AC on when I don't. I'm guessing this is why the tube needs to be capped and not ripped out completely? I need to find out how to put it back so I can remedy this lol :P
I did a couple fast 7K-RPM shifts from 1st to 5th, and man does this thing roar. Smooth transitions after 2nd gear. The torque dip is still there but not as bad, but I notice after the torque dip the car doesn't all of a sudden lunge out at 5K rpms (like v-tec just kicked in!) like it used to. Seems to be more gradual and more consistent. I'm probably mixing more of the aftereffects of the tune into this report for the inlet, though. The tube mod probably doesn't contribute much other than cabin noise.
Though, I regret to say on one of the full open throttle accelerations I attempted I accidentally grinded gears with a partial shifter engagement to 2nd or 3rd, whichever, can't remember. I feel terrible... Maybe I should bump some priority into a quick shifter, maybe... Or stop being lazy and make sure the shifter is where it needs to be before I let off the clutch.
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