where to get couplers?
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10-28-2005, 10:52 AM
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Re: where to get couplers?
i initially joined the site for help with tuning, cause some of you guys know what you are doing with that (ie. projekteg, xenocron). i could care less about someone being faster then me, im not building the car for drag, as ive said. i figured id stick around cause i liked the atmosphere, but its becomming aparent that if you arent boosted using the cheapest, most ghetto methods possible, you arent welcome. i mean ---- i didnt come on here tell everyone how i think their turbo setups are weak and whatnot. you do what you like, so do i.
thanks, but i already sent it to portflow 2 weeks ago, they shipped it back today. cant wait to get it back 
huh? 
Originally Posted by LSD Motorsports
We do porting work also 
Originally Posted by JustinZC
but your ego seams to be, you ------- moron! :1
now get the hell out
now get the hell out
10-28-2005, 11:32 AM
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Re: where to get couplers?
Originally Posted by gsrcrxsi
i initially joined the site for help with tuning, cause some of you guys know what you are doing with that (ie. projekteg, xenocron). i could care less about someone being faster then me, im not building the car for drag, as ive said. i figured id stick around cause i liked the atmosphere, but its becomming aparent that if you arent boosted using the cheapest, most ghetto methods possible, you arent welcome. i mean ---- i didnt come on here tell everyone how i think their turbo setups are weak and whatnot. you do what you like, so do i.
thanks, but i already sent it to portflow 2 weeks ago, they shipped it back today. cant wait to get it back
huh?
Originally Posted by LSD Motorsports
We do porting work also
Originally Posted by JustinZC
but your ego seams to be, you ------- moron! :1
now get the hell out
now get the hell out
Originally Posted by LSD Motorsports
We do porting work also
10-28-2005, 04:20 PM
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Re: where to get couplers?
find me an intake that will make the same or more power gains for cheaper while still being a filtered application (pantyhose is not a filter, sure it will stop big particles but will let TONS of dirt in). you simply cannot beat a velocity stack. yes i know summit has 20 dollar stacks but IMO they are worthless cause you cant run a fliter with them. 200 is nothing for an intake. the same anyone would spend on an AEM (which IMO isnt worth it) but i will see more gains for the same or less price.
and my bad about the porting thing. it sounded like he was saying he did portwork. but id still be willing to bet that they are just simply gasket matching and things of that sort. unless you feel confident with reshaping the ports and understand fluid dynamics. i myself dont know all that stuff (yet) so i paid someone who did. besides you get more flow out of a good valve job then porting anyway. whats wrong with wanting the absolute best no matter the cost?
im trying to be a seriously competitive racer here. do you think all the big name guys are at the top cause they used cheaper parts? no, the used stuff that proven to work, or did their own R&D to create the best parts, which still isnt cheap. it has nothing to do with money, it has EVERYTHING to do with using the best possible parts. if the best part happens to be cheaper then another, so be it. but its still all about using the best part. im mean seriously whats the most hp you guys have seen from a homemade setup? 400 hp? theres guys out there with 600, 700, 800 hp setups. they arent doing it with home made setups and junkyard turbos. they use full-race manifolds (or similar equal length or custom), massive $1000 turbos, the best engine management, ect. they arent doing this to waste their money, they are doing it to be competitive, and have the best setup for what they want.
im just giving you guys some insight into my thought process. im not building a quick daily driver like most of you guys here, im building a racecar.
and my bad about the porting thing. it sounded like he was saying he did portwork. but id still be willing to bet that they are just simply gasket matching and things of that sort. unless you feel confident with reshaping the ports and understand fluid dynamics. i myself dont know all that stuff (yet) so i paid someone who did. besides you get more flow out of a good valve job then porting anyway. whats wrong with wanting the absolute best no matter the cost?
im trying to be a seriously competitive racer here. do you think all the big name guys are at the top cause they used cheaper parts? no, the used stuff that proven to work, or did their own R&D to create the best parts, which still isnt cheap. it has nothing to do with money, it has EVERYTHING to do with using the best possible parts. if the best part happens to be cheaper then another, so be it. but its still all about using the best part. im mean seriously whats the most hp you guys have seen from a homemade setup? 400 hp? theres guys out there with 600, 700, 800 hp setups. they arent doing it with home made setups and junkyard turbos. they use full-race manifolds (or similar equal length or custom), massive $1000 turbos, the best engine management, ect. they arent doing this to waste their money, they are doing it to be competitive, and have the best setup for what they want.
im just giving you guys some insight into my thought process. im not building a quick daily driver like most of you guys here, im building a racecar.
10-29-2005, 07:22 PM
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Re: where to get couplers?
Originally Posted by B16CRXT
why you giys givin him so much hell because he spent so much on his intake? It's what he wants to do. I'm sure he wouldnt knock on you if you liked shitty body kits and such. 
10-29-2005, 09:48 PM
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Re: where to get couplers?
I'd say it's ok for everyone to do whatever the ---- they want with whatever amount of money they had, but the "junkyard racers like most of you" tells me (through communication studies) that you feel you're better than the "junkyard racers". And therefore, you must be subjected to "DA MATH, YO!!!!"
DA MATH
(your intake, not including the HP already made by the car)
5.1 HP @ $200 = $39.22 per HP
("junkyard racer" kit not including the HP already made by car)
73 HP @ $350 = $0.29 per HP
(and now for the whole 91 integra junkyard car with junkyard turbo)
200 HP @ $1200 = $1.67 per HP
I guess you could say I'm on the other side of the ball, in that I don't give a ---- what parts are on there except for the fact that they work. I don't impress people by flashy parts, I impress them by tossing thier salad.
And I've also got a money pit car that will look more like a "honda-tech" car than a "homemadeturbo" car, but economics wise, my junkyard racer setup can't be matched HP to $$$.
DA MATH
(your intake, not including the HP already made by the car)
5.1 HP @ $200 = $39.22 per HP
("junkyard racer" kit not including the HP already made by car)
73 HP @ $350 = $0.29 per HP
(and now for the whole 91 integra junkyard car with junkyard turbo)
200 HP @ $1200 = $1.67 per HP
I guess you could say I'm on the other side of the ball, in that I don't give a ---- what parts are on there except for the fact that they work. I don't impress people by flashy parts, I impress them by tossing thier salad.
And I've also got a money pit car that will look more like a "honda-tech" car than a "homemadeturbo" car, but economics wise, my junkyard racer setup can't be matched HP to $$$.
10-29-2005, 10:36 PM
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Re: where to get couplers?
yea yea yea, turbo will make more power. tell me something i dont know. however if you read the post in its entirety, youd know that for what im building the car for, turbo is not an option (neither are ITB's). i never said what i was doing was cost effective, i never said it will make more power then a turbo setup. the simple fact is, for an NA car with an intake manifold, you wont find an intake producing more gains then this one will. i might also add that that dyno graph doesnt show gains over a stock intake, it shows gains over a previous intake (which was a basic intake setup with a HUGE k&n filter on the end) so true gains would be gains with other intake+gains from this velocity stack setup.
but all that is getting WAY off track. the whole gripe everyone seems to have stemed from the couplers. everyone seems to think that i bought these couplers simply because they are silicone, which as ive said only about 4 times now, isnt the case. i got them for SIZE alone. if you all would have shown me the same size couplers (specifically wall thickness) for cheaper, i probably would have picked them up. but you didnt. i said from the get go that i dont want the home depot pieces cause they arent the right size (and personally look retarded since they arent the right size), what did you do? told me to go to home depot... id rather do something RIGHT rather then something "that'll work". whats wrong with that?
but all that is getting WAY off track. the whole gripe everyone seems to have stemed from the couplers. everyone seems to think that i bought these couplers simply because they are silicone, which as ive said only about 4 times now, isnt the case. i got them for SIZE alone. if you all would have shown me the same size couplers (specifically wall thickness) for cheaper, i probably would have picked them up. but you didnt. i said from the get go that i dont want the home depot pieces cause they arent the right size (and personally look retarded since they arent the right size), what did you do? told me to go to home depot... id rather do something RIGHT rather then something "that'll work". whats wrong with that?
