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Old 10-11-2012, 11:25 PM   #445
2forme
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Originally Posted by Boosted240 View Post
I've been following this thread quietly, but I have to speak up. My throttle response since installing this intake has been terrible. Off idle response is a total joke, I now suffer from the occasional dropping idle, and my part throttle mid-range power band feels different every time I accelerate. Sometimes it feels snappy/pulls clean, and other times it feels like my '92 Celica. (not good)

Part throttle above 4k is fantastic. And by fantastic, I mean it doesn't feel like it lost any. BUT it sounds outstanding and pulls smoothly every time.

My fuel mileage has gone nowhere. I've been at a rock steady 29mpg since I've owned the car.

Other than the fit and finish, the only thing that's keeping me from removing/returning this product is that I haven't had the time to remove it, and in the back of my mind I would like to think the ecu re-flash will solve the issues.

My basic quick take? It looks outsanding, sounds outstanding. WOT pulls just fine. But the meat and taters of where I drive (partial throttle, less than 4.5k) has been disappointing at best, quite poor at worst.
I can tell you @Visconti has fixed these issues with a tune. That alone made me consider keeping it, but I ultimately decided that I needed something that ran correctly on stock tune in the event I needed warranty work. So I returned it.

The AFE came in shortly thereafter and it's been great so far. No issues to speak of.

Thanks for speaking up though!
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