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I was skeptical A.F. at first when i originally digged into the exhaust, but after doing more research and forum advice, i removed em. I posted pics in my members journal of the insides. Truly its a no brainer. Where you have peeps worried about crushed pipes, but not worried about a spring loaded door, baffles me now. Never been big on drilled rotors. Slots are for show really. Pad materials arent like the past. And given the rotor is a giant heat sink, you want as much mass there as possible. I exceeded the stock single pistons the first summer i had the car. Later added the 4 pistons with oem ferrodo pads and now on 6 pistons with hawk street/race pad which is their old dtc-30 compound. Im a performance/functional type guy and dont cry about brake dust.
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Drives: 2017 RS CAMARO V6 Join Date: Jun 2018
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Drives: 2017 RS CAMARO V6 Join Date: Jun 2018
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06-29-2020, 02:26 PM | #21 |
Drives: 2017 RS CAMARO V6 Join Date: Jun 2018
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You can look closely at the sway bar picture and see where it made contact with the engine cover... I have since adjusted the bolts on both sides to raise it up just enough to clear the cover...
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06-29-2020, 04:03 PM | #22 |
Drives: 2018 Camaro V6/RS Join Date: Nov 2018
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Still waiting on my dang Soler unit. Covid virus and shipping issues do not mix lol. So you just have a self ported throttle body then? No issues with it?
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06-29-2020, 07:19 PM | #23 |
Drives: 2017 RS CAMARO V6 Join Date: Jun 2018
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Not ported...polished using dremel tool to a heavy mirror shine. Smoothed it out and removed all the rough castings and cleaned up any gunk. There are tons of how to on YouTube. It worked good for me but the Soler unit was miles ahead of my little work. I used my polished TB as a core and sent it to Soler
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07-02-2020, 11:13 AM | #27 |
Depending upon how thick the spacer is it may be necessary to slightly trim a rib on the top of a wiring guide just below the throttle body position.
At least it was necessary on mine. Other than that though, as BOYD3800SII said installing a spacer is a dead simple ten to fifteen minute job. Speaking only from my own experiments (yours may well vary) pretty much everything that has been suggested does help.
None of this will turn your V6 into a ZL-1 and might not even show up except as blips on a real dyno. But it all works together in little ways, and again speaking only for myself I can feel the differences.
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I agree with you my warranty just expired so I’m doing some mods little by little. The K&N CAI already made a difference. After 3 years of DD the car I’m 100% sure it made a difference. There’s no debate lol Thanks for the advice on the Spacer. Hope I don’t have to trim it it’s a tight fit when the CAI got installed. Also Has anyone changed their oem spark plug wires ? Or spark plugs ? Is there any upgrades possible in that area ? |
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