Hi, Guest
All I can say is SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK!!!!
Oscar and I got em done today... ED and the boys are PIMPS. We took Oscar's car for a cruise while they did mine first, and then we got to sample the craziness in mine while they did Oscar's.
Even at 120 on the highway, doing a fly-by... not ricey or overly loud. My intake is actually just as loud as the exhaust above 3500 or so for a bit, due to the sound shaping and noise characteristics of both the exhaust and engine.
Around town it's a nice burble, and it has some authori-TAH when you give it some pedal. Perfect combination in my book *thumbsup*
I think I'm most in love with a roll-on in 2nd gear, around 2500 RPM or so... just a nice, deep rising tone as you pull.
On that note, it feels a tiny bit quicker, but nothing as dramatic as the change in driveability when I went to the homemade short-ram from the factory intake. Even with the SPI and auto, a pull from 100-140 doesn't take nearly as long as it used to when dead stock. Sounds damn good doing it too :D
Ed at MBRP came in at a VERY decent price for each of us, and while they can't guarantee that price for everyone... it was well under 300, taxes in AND installed.
Money well spent, and I'll recommend MBRP as a company AND product (for the Focus) to anyone, anytime.
Almost forgot - it's completely NOT tinny-sounding, or ricey, or "Crappy Tire Folgers Coffee Can Muffler Special" sounding... nothing like that.
I'll do up some sound clips with the digicam's movie mode tomorrow perhaps...
Oscar and I got em done today... ED and the boys are PIMPS. We took Oscar's car for a cruise while they did mine first, and then we got to sample the craziness in mine while they did Oscar's.
Even at 120 on the highway, doing a fly-by... not ricey or overly loud. My intake is actually just as loud as the exhaust above 3500 or so for a bit, due to the sound shaping and noise characteristics of both the exhaust and engine.
Around town it's a nice burble, and it has some authori-TAH when you give it some pedal. Perfect combination in my book *thumbsup*
I think I'm most in love with a roll-on in 2nd gear, around 2500 RPM or so... just a nice, deep rising tone as you pull.
On that note, it feels a tiny bit quicker, but nothing as dramatic as the change in driveability when I went to the homemade short-ram from the factory intake. Even with the SPI and auto, a pull from 100-140 doesn't take nearly as long as it used to when dead stock. Sounds damn good doing it too :D
Ed at MBRP came in at a VERY decent price for each of us, and while they can't guarantee that price for everyone... it was well under 300, taxes in AND installed.
Money well spent, and I'll recommend MBRP as a company AND product (for the Focus) to anyone, anytime.
Almost forgot - it's completely NOT tinny-sounding, or ricey, or "Crappy Tire Folgers Coffee Can Muffler Special" sounding... nothing like that.
I'll do up some sound clips with the digicam's movie mode tomorrow perhaps...
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.