Depends on what your ultimate goal is. Wanna go faster, want to handle better? Speed costs money...how fast you wanna go?
Upgraded sways aren't expensive. That will make a big dent in the body roll. The Hotchkis sways seem nice. Thinking of getting those myself.
What you said makes sense to me, but I've had a different experience on my K2500. When I bought a tuner for it (I think it is a superchips), they recommended putting a 180 or 160 tstat in it, which I did. What I have noticed is that the engine temp runs much cooler than it used to. She used to run just below 210 all the time, and now she runs just below about 180 all the time. So even though what you said seems to make sense, I wonder if having a lower temp thermostat doesn't increase the coolant flow in the system so that not only does the thermostat open sooner, but it remains further opened, thus allowing more coolant to flow faster over the radiator, thus keeping the engine cooler at all times. Does this make sense?Upgraded sways aren't expensive. That will make a big dent in the body roll. The Hotchkis sways seem nice. Thinking of getting those myself.
I personally think the tstat idea isn't going to make much difference on a street car. The tstat is a binary switch. It's either open or closed. Once your engine is hot enough that the thermostat is open, it's effectively out of the loop and the engine will operate at its designed temperature range that the cooling system can support given the ambient temperature. Drag racers like it to open as soon as possible to keep the engine as cool as they can until they get their run. But it just delays the inevitable.
There's no inexpensive way to get meaningful power added to your hemi. You can certainly add power by upgrading the heads, cams, exhaust, adding a supercharger, nitrous, etc. But then you're looking at a couple of grand at a minimum, especially if you're not supplying the labor. The little "inexpensive bolt on" things such as a "cold air intake" might add a few horses here and there, but they don't make that much difference in terms of power (makes lots of noise though).
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this is the setup im going for on my car. back to work!
yea. those makes your car so much faster, specially for price. total bang for your buck
So, you get an SRT8 stock air box and use that with a K&N CAI? I already have a K&N CAI. Anyone have the part numbers for what I need to do this?
I agree with you the Tstat is to preserve HP but when your idling on a 90+ degree day you still need a fan mod or your right its a fight against the inevitable just to maintain it within certain parameters is worth 15 IMO.Upgraded sways aren't expensive. That will make a big dent in the body roll. The Hotchkis sways seem nice. Thinking of getting those myself.
I personally think the tstat idea isn't going to make much difference on a street car. The tstat is a binary switch. It's either open or closed. Once your engine is hot enough that the thermostat is open, it's effectively out of the loop and the engine will operate at its designed temperature range that the cooling system can support given the ambient temperature. Drag racers like it to open as soon as possible to keep the engine as cool as they can until they get their run. But it just delays the inevitable.
There's no inexpensive way to get meaningful power added to your hemi. You can certainly add power by upgrading the heads, cams, exhaust, adding a supercharger, nitrous, etc. But then you're looking at a couple of grand at a minimum, especially if you're not supplying the labor. The little "inexpensive bolt on" things such as a "cold air intake" might add a few horses here and there, but they don't make that much difference in terms of power (makes lots of noise though).
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The superchips from my understanding (don't own one wasn't for me) Does the shifting stuff really well.
The Superchips is a proven performer. The best we have @ the present.
I hope all of these promises come true but HAL is a tough nut to crack & I have seen lots of promises from Hypertech & others.pshaw. more like a crate fulls weight.
the diablo lets you get custom tunes. aside from the nick nacks it has and superchips doesnt... superchips has a few it doesnt. they are pretty comparable. if u have headers or anything like that, you can take your diablo to a certified diablo tuner with a dyno and they will alter your cars tunes at every RPM range, which will bring out the real beast in your mods. rather than just letting the SC use its canned tuens which are not customizable.
the srt airbox, he means, is to be used with a Drop in K&N filter. if you have a KnN cai already then there is no need to get the srt box, thats a downgrade.
(a filter drops in. a CAI replaces the tube and the filter and the air box with super high flow shiz)
