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gmat · 02-24-2006, 04:15 AM

The problem is about the same for car performance parts. Let's say i want a header for my engine. There are reviews, dynos and so on. But this header will give huge gains with high lift cams, and almost no gains (or losses) with stock cams.
It all comes back to what we've always said: think about the whole system, not individual parts. Still, testing each individual part to see how it performs under controlled circumstances, is very important, to engineer the whole system in a coherent manner. Back to my header. If i take it, it means i'm upgrading the cams, putting a decent intake, and sizing the exhaust properly. I wont focus on the individual gains of the header, since i know that will ALL parts sized properly the whole setup will do what i want (like, +25 whp for example in my case).
The same goes for computer "aftermarket" parts: each must be tested in all circumstances to see how they fit into a whole system. And which complete system produces "good" results. By "good" in our case it will mean higher OC, and less noise (maybe define a noise vs OC ratio ? in dBA per % of OC, no real unit i know ?)

02-24-2006, 04:15 AM	#35
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Re: How would you re-structure ProCooling? The problem is about the same for car performance parts. Let's say i want a header for my engine. There are reviews, dynos and so on. But this header will give huge gains with high lift cams, and almost no gains (or losses) with stock cams. It all comes back to what we've always said: think about the whole system, not individual parts. Still, testing each individual part to see how it performs under controlled circumstances, is very important, to engineer the whole system in a coherent manner. Back to my header. If i take it, it means i'm upgrading the cams, putting a decent intake, and sizing the exhaust properly. I wont focus on the individual gains of the header, since i know that will ALL parts sized properly the whole setup will do what i want (like, +25 whp for example in my case). The same goes for computer "aftermarket" parts: each must be tested in all circumstances to see how they fit into a whole system. And which complete system produces "good" results. By "good" in our case it will mean higher OC, and less noise (maybe define a noise vs OC ratio ? in dBA per % of OC, no real unit i know ?)