03-22-2004, 01:55 AM
there has been alot debate on this unit....good and bad..
the build quality , from those I have reached out to on the topic, is seemingly quite good and install not a huge issue...
for me its about math and reliability...I have got prices in the niebourhood of 3500
this seems pricey by some peoples standards but if you think about it from the point that you will get an (arguable) 50-60% increase in overall performance...what else are you gonna bolt on that will do this with dead reliable results...
now if your expectations on the standard zetec are upwards too 200hp forget it and move on...there are probaly many better ways to get this and bring in some reliability with it...
too me this is the unit that I would install on my ZX5 for a number of reasons...first and formost I dont want a car that I have too tweak constintly...been there did that , second I dont have to bust into the internals to get a measurable performance gain...third, the car is a ZX5 and although I have the thing handling very well it will never be , or pretend to be, a track car as such... forth , the JR unit actually suits the type of driving I do when I choose to actually "use" the car ...from the people I have spoke too , dyno charts ( for what they are worth ) and experiance in a friend of mines Civic si...these are a great improvement throughout the power band ...
so there you go ...you can bolt it on and forget it , take what the unit gives you,and hey it sounds cool too...
the build quality , from those I have reached out to on the topic, is seemingly quite good and install not a huge issue...
for me its about math and reliability...I have got prices in the niebourhood of 3500
this seems pricey by some peoples standards but if you think about it from the point that you will get an (arguable) 50-60% increase in overall performance...what else are you gonna bolt on that will do this with dead reliable results...
now if your expectations on the standard zetec are upwards too 200hp forget it and move on...there are probaly many better ways to get this and bring in some reliability with it...
too me this is the unit that I would install on my ZX5 for a number of reasons...first and formost I dont want a car that I have too tweak constintly...been there did that , second I dont have to bust into the internals to get a measurable performance gain...third, the car is a ZX5 and although I have the thing handling very well it will never be , or pretend to be, a track car as such... forth , the JR unit actually suits the type of driving I do when I choose to actually "use" the car ...from the people I have spoke too , dyno charts ( for what they are worth ) and experiance in a friend of mines Civic si...these are a great improvement throughout the power band ...
so there you go ...you can bolt it on and forget it , take what the unit gives you,and hey it sounds cool too...
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