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Ended up back on the same Dynojet this morning, unplanned. Big thanks to Nick at Tuning by Nick (@tuningbynick) for squeezing me into his schedule. Still no tune loaded — but the pulls tell a clear story. Comparing today’s run against the stock baseline session from about 3 months ago, the...

The Hybrid is really mild — you can run it with or without a downpipe and it'll still be restrained. The ARK resonated is near the top of what I'd consider daily-friendly for myself these days, since I'm not one for loud exhausts anymore. I did try the non-resonated version for a couple days...

No, but I’m sure if I put a post up on the Facebook groups, someone will come out of the woodworks and talk about them. If not, then I’ll happily be the guinea pig. They’re similar to the Mugen Performance Dampers, which several people I know have vouched for - if we had a Mugen account I’d...

I haven't tried the Wunderladen PMM with the factory RMM — I'm still running the COBB RMM alongside it. We could run that experiment just to see, but I'd guess almost everyone installing a PMM is already running an RMM too. It'd take a while to shift the general mindset toward doing a PMM before...

ARK Exhaust I've had the ARK Exhaust on my FL5 for just over two months now, and it has a really clean tone both inside and outside the car. You can run it with or without the center resonator. As someone in his 30s with a wife and a baby, I definitely prefer the resonated setup since it cuts...

Wunderladen Passenger Motor Mount (PMM) The homie, @Austin@Wunderladen Racing hooked us up with an early preview of their PMM (street) to test on my FL5! I already love their RMM (street), and we've experienced how their full mount setup feels on our 10th Gen Si, so I jumped on the opportunity...

Wunderladen hooked us up with a PMM (Street Bushing) for my FL5 so I could put some miles on it before release and share my impressions. I held off posting until I had proper seat time with it. Install was straightforward. @Thusee had the factory mount out and the PMM installed in about an...

We have not. We did get an SI over to Whiteline for testing, I can follow up with the team to see how that went.

We had an Infinity Designs Inlet Pipe arrive as an exchange, and ID tempted me with their Intake when they heard I was still running the stock setup. It didn’t take much convincing since I’d been craving some induction noise. I previously ran both Eventuri and PRL setups on my FK8, and our shop...

I’m aware that it’s not the ideal setup for dedicated track use, and since I’m not as avid a track-goer as I once was, it’s less of a concern for me. On the street and highway, I haven’t seen any noticeable increase in coolant temperatures. The main reason I chose the snorkel was to provide the...

Hidden just above the cooling plate is the rear motor mount. I’ve had the Wunderladen Street RMM on the car since early November, and it became my benchmark for both performance gains and NVH. Up to that point, it was easily the best mount I had tested since I started experimenting with them...

Also threw on the WOT Cooling Plate at the same time. It’s a pretty popular upgrade among track-driven FL5s, and as we slowly add more power, every little bit of cooling helps. It’s a simple mod that helps hot air escape the engine bay and fits right in with the goal of keeping temps in check.

I had a used 27WON snorkel from a friend’s FL5 part-out, so with the bumper already off, it made sense to install it at the same time. It does require removing the factory shroud, which may raise some concerns, but for a primarily street-driven car I didn’t expect it to have any meaningful...

Got the COBB Intercooler Kit installed on May 14th. Since this car is primarily street-driven with future turbo and fueling upgrades planned, I opted for a bar-and-plate core over a tube-and-fin design. Packaging and overall quality were excellent. The Garrett-manufactured core is paired with...

I’ve got some catching up to do here… Got the car on the dyno in mid-April to establish some baseline numbers. We’ve been using this particular Dynojet for years, and the results have always been consistent with what you’d expect from other well-known dynos, including DRob’s. I’m happy with...

We’ve done a number of 27WON builds now, and driven them tens of thousand’s of trouble free miles. Great products from a great company :)

Don't mean to thread-jack but I saw 2x FL5 Q300's pop up in Invidia USA's inventory, and I locked them down within a minute of receiving the notification. I got the ones with Black Tips. If anyone's interested, feel free to place the order and we'll get one out to you with no lead time :) LINK

I tested a pre-production set on my FL5 with the Access-style wing, and I liked it. I’m not tracking my car, so I went with the zero degrees kit as I like seeing a flat profile.

No FP, and this is a 3" system. Non-Resonated Version: Approximately 46 lbs Resonated Version: Approximately 49 lbs

ARK Catback Exhaust installed, and I’ve been living with it for the past two weeks. Between my FK8 and FL5, I’ve had about 10 different exhaust setups, and this one is definitely up there when it comes to delivering a really smooth, deep tone. Construction is beautiful. It uses flanged joints...