First and foremost I would like to thank Jeff and The Jawsgear Staff for re-making and re-shipping my part promptly and having it at my door before 9am :bigthumb:
Now on to the part.I can not comment on the looks or craftsmanship, because i never physically touched the box and part.My friend that did the install said it "looked impressive."
Once i got to the car i was able to look it over(dont know what im looking at) and take a test drive around the block to get an "initial feeling". She started and sound great as usual. I had to back out of the garage down the drive way,and the first thing i noticed was how much less of an effort to start backing up the was.The car felt nice and smooth while in reverse. Taking off in first, once out of the driveway,was much more gracefull. The clutch seemed to engage slightly smoother, and once some real throttle was added the car reved smoothly to 2k,before i gave it a nice smooth shift into second.It felt great.I turned around gave it a little more gas and the rpms felt nice and smooth between the shifts.
My first impression at highway speeds was the car feels smoother going into the upper rpm range, less effort for it to build the revs. Once i sustaned a speed of 70 it felt almost as smooth as the old stocker, before it trashed itself. Downshift was a different story.The weight of the old unit helped slow the car down quite significantly. With this lighter unit i had to go down an extra gear as opposed with the stocker i could just shift down once.
My overall impression is i got exactly what i payed for. Im completly happy with the unit thus far, and once i get more miles on the car ill update this thread again with more thoughts. My butt dyno tells me i didnt gain any more power than i already had but i can reach my power band much more quickly, and once in it, the power is nice and smooth alway to redline.This really seemed to "wake the car up". My previous mods are FIPK and catback exhaust.I would definetly recomend the light weight 1 peice aluminum d/s for your n/a, you wont be sorry.
Any questions feel free to ask, also i forgot to mention the install went flawlessly, my friend reported no issues with the install, he said he bolted it right up.:bigthumb:
Now on to the part.I can not comment on the looks or craftsmanship, because i never physically touched the box and part.My friend that did the install said it "looked impressive."
Once i got to the car i was able to look it over(dont know what im looking at) and take a test drive around the block to get an "initial feeling". She started and sound great as usual. I had to back out of the garage down the drive way,and the first thing i noticed was how much less of an effort to start backing up the was.The car felt nice and smooth while in reverse. Taking off in first, once out of the driveway,was much more gracefull. The clutch seemed to engage slightly smoother, and once some real throttle was added the car reved smoothly to 2k,before i gave it a nice smooth shift into second.It felt great.I turned around gave it a little more gas and the rpms felt nice and smooth between the shifts.
My first impression at highway speeds was the car feels smoother going into the upper rpm range, less effort for it to build the revs. Once i sustaned a speed of 70 it felt almost as smooth as the old stocker, before it trashed itself. Downshift was a different story.The weight of the old unit helped slow the car down quite significantly. With this lighter unit i had to go down an extra gear as opposed with the stocker i could just shift down once.
My overall impression is i got exactly what i payed for. Im completly happy with the unit thus far, and once i get more miles on the car ill update this thread again with more thoughts. My butt dyno tells me i didnt gain any more power than i already had but i can reach my power band much more quickly, and once in it, the power is nice and smooth alway to redline.This really seemed to "wake the car up". My previous mods are FIPK and catback exhaust.I would definetly recomend the light weight 1 peice aluminum d/s for your n/a, you wont be sorry.
Any questions feel free to ask, also i forgot to mention the install went flawlessly, my friend reported no issues with the install, he said he bolted it right up.:bigthumb:
