Resonator Delete for Performance

[TheLion]

I think the information presented by Glenn G which you have quoted here is very insightful. HOWEVER, I agree with ypena02 that it should not necessarily be taken as gospel. Firstly, we don't have direct confirmation of this guy's bona fides (not that I think Glenn is lying). Secondly, and more importantly, even if it all checks out that doesn't mean he's correct on all of these points. My college engineering professors were a mix of well-experienced former industry professionals and educational lifers who couldn't engineer their way out of a box. This gentleman's description points more to the former, but we shouldn't just assume everything he says is totally correct.

In particular, I am somewhat perplexed by his certainly of analysis on every topic presented to him. Is this guy really that much of an expert on every system in the powertrain? The statements that it could make 360 hp while costing $1 less or 400 hp at the same cost are eyebrow raisers. He seems awfully confident that he could correctly utilize a bigger turbo and all the necessary modifications to increase power by 40 hp while only increasing costs by a buck. Is that possible? Hell, I don't know (not my field of engineering). MAAAAAAAYBE. And I understand that he probably wasn't presenting these assertions as proven fact or anything, but I would simply reiterate that they're wide-ranging suggestions offered by an educator we don't personally know and should be treated with a grain of salt.
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I understand your point and wholeheartedly agree. I wasn't trying to imply I bought everything without question, however some of points I was referencing match up with the evidence, for example the inter cooler and the power output discrepancy.

I disagree with his professor's analysis on the stock turbo and down pipe. While there are improvements and a built short block would certainly need a bigger turbo and high flow down pipe, LMS, Tune + and others are pushing these cars into the mid 12's with the stock down pipes and turbo...a far cry from a POS turbo.

Yah, I know what you mean about the quality of professors, some are industry professions while others teach because they would otherwise be career students...those that can't do, teach. I have a B.S. EE, so it's funny you mention that because I was starting to think I was the only one to notice this fact.

At any rate, I was asked where the information regarding the project requirements came from as well as other claims and I was simply backing up my claims with a source to show it wasn't being pulled out of my dairy air.

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[HappySquirrel]

Yah, I know what you mean about the quality of professors, some are industry professions while others teach because they would otherwise be career students...those that can't do, teach.

My dynamics class consisted of our ancient tenured (lifer) professor turning on a projector and laying a series of slides full of notes onto the projector, one after the other. We would then copy the slides into our notebooks as fast as humanly possibly before he switched to the next slide. If you wrote as fast as possible it was just barely fast enough to get each slide. This lasted the entire lecture, every lecture. He would talk constantly throughout, and if you slowed to listen to him for even a few moments you wouldn't have enough time to get the entire slide.

He never let anyone have a copy of his slides unless you had a doctor's note or were at a funeral, etc. And of course, all of the tests were based directly on his notes. Pursue a post-graduate degree? No thanks!