alright..i was out having some fun in my ss/tc with my friend..he had a g-force so i was trying to get an estimate on what my quarter mile time and 60ft was..so the first couple times i ran it, it held up fine..besides the fact that when i was flat shifting i couldnt get it into 3rd..anyway i go on my 3rd or 4th run and in 3rd gear at about 5k rpm my exhaust started making this crazy ass noise and the car started breaking up..it did it a couple more times..then it ran good but in fourth when i got at about 5500 rpm it started to break up a little bit and didnt want to accelerate..it was kinda throbbing..the mods i have on the car are..hahns 3"in cat-back,synapse downpipe, and i took my stock air filter out and was running filter less..me and my buddy think sense i now have a high flow downpipe, with the filter being out, the turbos getting too much air causing the break up..or its over boosting..any help??

 

running with no filter? are you insane? unless the conditions are more than perfect you may have sucked something up into your Throttlebody into the motor and fucked your car...

not sure what you did, but that doesn't sound like over boosting to me unless what you was feeling was detonation but in my experience with turbo cars, u'd know if it was detonation...

 

wat he said you should always have a filter in and instead of running no filter get a k&n drop in plus also motor's walk a fine line between working right and bust up especially F/I cars

 

i'm with the majority of ppl on here, your crazy for taking the filter out and driving it more than 2 inches, hell, even starting it could ruin it.................

 

Some of your guys are not quite correct. Your turbo will blow before your engine does without a filter. It is pretty dumb not to run a filter though. I would guess the computer can sense a A/F ratio change and it won't run right without the filter.

Pros run filterless for more power and air flow but they are also tuned for it. Dirt, and things can into the turbo wheels and create problems for street cars. The pros also tear down, and rebuild turbos often.

 

This is like saying, i didnt know i could get her pregnant if i didnt use a condom... When you run without a filter what do you expect to happen? Did you think it was gonna make your car beat ferraris and vettes? Just pray you didnt suck up any bad ****

 

Trust the other guys about the filter. Do you have a tune? If not it could be the computer wigging out trying to reduce the power below the 260hp(crank) limit

 

wait...wht.... holy ***....
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new car....
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filterless....
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i am really almost speechless.... massive fail...
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Also why were you trying to top out 4th gear?

 

lol u sure your friend really wants to see your car keep running?? maybe he knew wat would happen if u took the filter out

 

put the filter back in lol your sensors going to go out cant handle the massive air your getting thats y the car is poping i think who the **** knows

 

running filterless FTL

 

i think i've reached the top of 4th gear ONCE, and it was scary

 

no filter!?!?... oh your from jersey, that explains it

 

to add to that one, i'd think about resetting the electronics by disconnecting the battery and leaving the negative post off for 30 seconds, during this time goto the drivers seat and turn the car into the on position and put the brake as far down as u can, this drains all the residual energy in the system and everything will think the car just came off the factory floor again.............and don't EVER drive without a filter again ya?

 

does that really work good INFO

 

dudes..the car runs fine..it only did it in one gear around 5k rpm..i put the filter back in and it didnt break up..what it probably is, is sense i have a big exhaust and a high flow cat, with the filter-less intake the stock turbo probably cant handle the air and the computers cutting the power on the car sensing somethings wrong..i may be stupid for not running it with a filter but i'm smart enough to know i didnt **** my car up..oh and about this 260 power cut out bullshit..its a false statement..i'm pushing way more then 260 to the crank and it pulls every bit..except for when it messed up the other night..maybe for the 08 guys it cuts out, but for my 09..i got way more then 260(crank)..the g force also said i ran a 14.6 at 102mph..cant be right considering i ran a 14.6 at 97mph in my ss/sc..and i just watched a video with a dude claiming his stock ss/tc ran a 13.6 at 104mph..so somethings not right there either

 

it is not a bull **** statement, have you dynod the car? The computer limits or increases the boost to maintain the predetermined power. I have an 09 aswell.

 

Have you dynoed your car to know it has more than that, and 2009's cut power at 260 as well I have one, also you should at least be running a 14.0 if your a good driver. As for the one that ran 13.6 he is one of the ones thats can drive pretty well, hahn did like 13.8 stock so it can be done. Oh as for knowing if you messed up your car or not what happens when you dont have your filter in and a car passes the other way and blows dust up and your car sucks it in.

 

i ran 14.4 at 100.5 MPH stock ss/tc

 

so how does synapse claim that their downpipe adds 15whp if the car only handles 260 to the crank?

 

tune

 

ya dood lol did it all the time on my last car cause the ECU kept leaning things out for "better mpg" so about every 2 weeks i'd reset it and there would be better MPG and more power right off the bat.

 

they got 15whp without a tune..that was a baseline run..they added about another 20 when they tuned the car for max power..atleast thats what they told me when i was talking to them..