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Old 11-10-2008, 08:22 PM
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Car is coming from twinn intercooled supercharger to na. I can now put the brake ducts back on if I want. Is it worth $40 for the ducts or is the DRM $199 ducts a better investment. I try to track my car about once a month. Thoughts?
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Car is coming from twinn intercooled supercharger to na. I can now put the brake ducts back on if I want. Is it worth $40 for the ducts or is the DRM $199 ducts a better investment. I try to track my car about once a month. Thoughts?
you will need the originals as they mate to the DRM ducts and yes put them on the more cooling you have the longer things last, (mostly on track) saves big bucks on pads and rotors as well as making sure they don't fade in the middle of a session
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Originally Posted by ErnieN85
you will need the originals as they mate to the DRM ducts and yes put them on the more cooling you have the longer things last, (mostly on track) saves big bucks on pads and rotors as well as making sure they don't fade in the middle of a session
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Originally Posted by ernien85
you will need the originals as they mate to the drm ducts and yes put them on the more cooling you have the longer things last, (mostly on track) saves big bucks on pads and rotors as well as making sure they don't fade in the middle of a session
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Originally Posted by ErnieN85
you will need the originals as they mate to the DRM ducts and yes put them on the more cooling you have the longer things last, (mostly on track) saves big bucks on pads and rotors as well as making sure they don't fade in the middle of a session
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If you have any more questions please let me know. But with almost double the size, cooling is improved with our setup.

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Hey Johnny are you going to make Road ATL with NASA next month?

BTW - On the ducts, if you got em then use em.
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Not making any RA. I didn't sign up for anything as I didn't know how long it would take to get my motor back together. I was able to get in the VIR solo for Dec 1st though. I just crossed the 800mi magical breakin threshold tonite. I finally punched it in 2nd gear - . There is a lot more tq down low than I am used to. Still acclerates good but not exactly like sc version.

I didn't have the ducts so I just bought some for $40. Hope to see you at the track soon.

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