I am looking at getting the s/c for an 07 Auto. I know that a turbo kit will give me way more power and is the "better" route to go but I only have 26000 miles on the car and want my warranty. I also dont want to fail emissions tests in the future. I live about 10 minutes from Dezod in Buffalo so we have talked quite a bit about my options. I am just curious if anyone that owns the s/c is actually happy with it because I have heard so many complaints. S/C owners....Pls respond!! thank you

 

i was gonna go s/c. but that dream fell apart a long time ago

 

it's very reliable...plus hopefully ur tech doesn't ____ed up lol
otherwise everything else should be good! it also depend on how u treat it. i mean if you want raw power then i wouldn't suggest it, but if u want enough power then ur good w/ S/C because u can upg pulley.

 

its a nice increase in power, though you will have to get a few other things to really get in going. nothing like a turbo though.

 

I have one on my 06 RS 2.0 and love it...... I changed out the pulley and put the 9.5 on it and a cold air intake and love the power increase on it....... Mine is covered under warranty if I put the stock pulley back on witch is not hard and the stock box back in, and the emissions just put the stock box in...... I think it is a great bang for its buck.......

 

i thought a CAI doesnt work with the s/c?

 

yeah i went with the s/c since i live in california. for an automatic tC you will get a good power increase but i recommend that you upgrade the s/c with pullies, new bpv, intake.

 

you can always cut the intake to make it work but of course you will need to get a tune cause you will be running lean. there is also a mmw s/c intake.

 

it will you have to cut the pipe down some but it was worth it because not many people have it.

You can see it in this pic of my car but its not a great pic.


http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...07-07_2125.jpg

 

what kind of tune did you go with?

 

yeah thats what i thought they convert it to a SR.

 

no mine is not a short ram it is a fugita f5 cold air, The only tone on the car that I had done was the TRD reflash on the ecu......

 

aren't you running lean? i'm too scared i dont want to blow my engine

 

nope every thing is running good...... It gets the cold air it needs and I have had it for about 2 years like that now........ its no different then putting a cold air on with out the s/c and if you have the trd reflash then you are good.......

 

you are going to cut off the part of the intake that connects to the throttle body and attach the rest of it to the s/c intake hose.

 

hmmm...if thats the case i'll consider the mmw s/c intake or custom one. what other mods do you have?

 

Well i have a megain racing drift spec exhaust system cat back, Strut bar front and back, TRD lowering springs, Killer glass, soon inter cooler.........

 

Well i have a megain racing drift spec exhaust system cat back, Strut bar front and back, TRD lowering springs, Killer glass, soon inter cooler.........

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...31-08_1857.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/IMG00143.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/IMG00145.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/IMG00146.jpg


Here are some pics of the cold air and in the last one you can see the filter at the bottom of my front bumper, so cold air not short ram.

 

did you upgrade your pulley on your s/c?

 

4 sure lol....... It's the 9.5 from NST