My FR-S Has Arrived

[mattles]

^^ you know it, another barrage of pics will be posted the instant my car hits the dyno. Hopefully later this week, but it depends on scheduling.

[DS_Engineering]

Originally Posted by mattles

TL;DR almost as good as a modified Mazdaspeed Miata, just needs some tweaks.

The narwhal bacons at midnight.

[mattles]

Originally Posted by DS_Engineering

The narwhal bacons at midnight.

YOOOOUUUU!

By the power of greyskull, I didnt know there were any others here @ FT86club.

[DS_Engineering]

Originally Posted by mattles

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YOOOOUUUU!

By the power of greyskull, I didnt know there were any others here @ FT86club.

I was going to be an Awkward penguin but came out to say hi.

[mattles]

Thats OK, Im not even a real active narwhal baconer, I barely ever post, mostly lurk.

[Turbowned]

Originally Posted by mattles

Update from today, I took the car down to AIRAID Intake Systems here in Phoenix. They gave me a shop tour, drove around with me to take reading of stock fuel trim and removed my stock intake to throw it on their flow testing bench. After flow test was complete, I got the prototype intake installed on my car and we went out for another drive to test and take more measurements.

First impressions are that its definitely louder than stock, which is what I was looking for. Its a rapid-made prototype right now so it obviously looks a little rough and is subject to change. The end result though is something that should closely resemble stock which is perfect for me. When I return to their shop, they will be taking back-to-back dyno runs to directly compare the stock intake to their intake system to see how much power was picked up. Now obviously its a high strung 2.0L NA motor, we wont be seeing a huge power gain, but Airaid has a policy to not sell intakes that don't make any power gains, so thats cool.

One more unique thing I noticed about Airaid, they actually do 99.9% of their own work in house. I got to see mesh and filter media being made and cut to specs, injection-molded parts being completed and assembled, finished products being boxed up and shipped out. They really have a great work space, and its especially wonderful to see real quality work being done to produce high quality USA-made parts. The even have a laser engraving machine in house that they use to brand and label their products, its the little details.

I'll be updating further as I get more testing done see the final product

That's sick! I definitely like to see good US manufacturers like that. Also, I can't believe how much roomier the engine bay looks without the factory airbox! You can really see just how much of a front-midship design this car is, similar to an RX-8 when you take the plastic engine compartment trim off.

[adamls2]

Really cool to this kind of thread!! Awesome car man enjoy it!!

[Sev]

Originally Posted by DS_Engineering

I was going to be an Awkward penguin but came out to say hi.

Have an imaginary upvote, sir.

[DS_Engineering]

Originally Posted by Sev

Have an imaginary upvote, sir.

I reddit... and 4chan-it-ly I can say I Digg-it.

[phenoyz]

congrats ....

[MiguelAE86]

Reddit Love <3

Anyway, congrats!

[Techknowfile]

FRS-driving Phoenix redditor love. Actually, It's been a while now. Had to stop that addiction when I got a new job here, but I still have the karma to show for my bits of whoring in my past.