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Recent content by L_Speed87

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    The Thermal R&D cat back exhaust PREMIER!

    A lot of that has to do with how the audio is being taken. Any phone is going to give you pretty crappy audio as it's going to cut volume and frequency for a lot of the sounds you'll hear out of an exhaust. The only way you get a true sense is when professional sound equipment is used. That's...
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    The Thermal R&D cat back exhaust PREMIER!

    Phone audio truly never does these things any justice. I feel like the Corsa actually sounds better, but like i said, phone audio never does these things justice and it's hard to know what equipment the Corsa or Borla videos were filmed on. From a looks and what you get stand point, this is...
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    Cold Air Intake

    Also a good point, regarding layout. Every CAI I've ever seen, not that I have an extensive library of experience, has been mounted in the corner of the engine bay, allowing for fairly easy fabrication of a new box to hold a larger filter. Other than a Ram Air late 90s Trans Am, I've never...
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    Cold Air Intake

    I agree. I think that's where the challenge is at. Even though something like a Mustang or a Camaro have fewer sales (for a given trim) than an Explorer ST, it's a performance car so one can assume that the take rate is probably much higher. (Or at least the manufacturers probably assume that...
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    Cold Air Intake

    I'm not sure where the cutoff is for a aftermarket CAI manufacturer to decide what is, or is not, worth building a design for sales. I do know that Ford very specifically bragged that 1 in 5 Explorers sold was an ST. If you go by last years sales figures of 180,000, that is definitely a huge...
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    Custom Steering Wheel w/ Carbon Fiber

    I hadn't looked at that bulld thread yet. You're right. I retract my previous statement. It fits with the interior better than I thought and looks pretty damn good. Is the cover to keep it cool? Never had a CF steering wheel before. I know that every wooden one I've had, while enjoyable...
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    Custom Steering Wheel w/ Carbon Fiber

    Then i expect to see this in your build thread at some point! I will say they definitely got the paddle shifters right. The extensions that i've seen others (including Unbroken) add are much better than the crappy little things that Ford recycled from other builds. I just got my ST, so...
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    Custom Steering Wheel w/ Carbon Fiber

    I'm going to guess it's so expensive because, unlike many aftermarket parts, they are having to buy a stock steering wheel from Ford at full price, strip it down, and then build it back up. That isn't going to be a cheap process. I don't particularly think it's worth it, given what $1400 could...


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