Newest Mod, 10 hp gain!

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Amtron
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Newest Mod, 10 hp gain!

Post by Amtron »

Just slapped these babies on! Already notice a huge inrease in hp. Reflective bright red engine overlays from grafxwerks.com. check it out!(forgot to do before and after shots until i had already put the 16 decal on )ps. Now uploading pics onto photobucket, hopefully they will work for everyone now.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (Amtron)

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Welcome to the exclusive reflective engine overlay club. now every time someone shines a light on your engine cover they'll go blind, yo! Looks good! I only got 8hp from my Black reflective engine cover overlay's. Your's are brighter so I could see you getting at least 10hp if not 12.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (Amtron)

Post by kowell »

Looking good, it really catches the eye when you look at the engine.Now you only need to add flame decals and fake bullet hole and this baby should be good for 200HP.... a kid with a civic told me so...
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (kowell)

Post by pick41 »

That looks pretty good. Like it, now I thought it was 5-10 hp per sticker.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (pick41)

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Quote, originally posted by pick41 »That looks pretty good. Like it, now I thought it was 5-10 hp per sticker.At the beginning of this year the SHPL (Sticker Horse Power League) reconfigured they way the calculate sticker HP to show a more accurate HP rating since they were overrated for so many years.
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Post by Wolfman213 »

When I put mine on, arrowheads and vibe overlays, I dropped about 3 sec in the quarter mile!!! Being reflective causes better aerodynamics!!!
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Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »When I put mine on, arrowheads and vibe overlays, I dropped about 3 sec in the quarter mile!!! Being reflective causes better aerodynamics!!! Yeah , I heard it reflects the wind away from the car so there is less wind resistance.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (Amtron)

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Nicee
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (Merzbow)

Post by Amtron »

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow »Nicee Thanks man
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Post by Kevzaz »

Yo, this belongs in the Engine and Transmission section for all that engine tuning. =p Looks awesome man. Great job.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (Amtron)

Post by DiveNut »

Hmmmm...just a 10 HP gain huh? Disappointing. Perhaps another color would perform better......Look sgood btw.
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Re: Newest Mod, 10 hp gain! (DiveNut)

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Quote, originally posted by DiveNut »Hmmmm...just a 10 HP gain huh? Disappointing. Perhaps another color would perform better......Look sgood btw. Thanks!And yeah, I think the more reflective, the more hp, because of the whole reflective wind thing.
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