anyone running the greddy front mount Vspec? what are the gains over stock and
drivability...

 

my self and turbodawg has it and it comes with lower pipe and part of upper pipe but i really like it and he does too but as far hp gains i dont think it gives much untill u do big stuff like turbo upgrade but it does seem like to me that the air flows much better and it looks tremendous compared to bushur and turbo xs but i love mine and i think u will like it too if you buy it

 

i have a ATP 3071r kit also on my car

 

Should work well. The R Spec Greddy has a bar and plate design for even greater efficiency and also has polished end tanks. It seems to work very well particularly when you have big boost numbers. We got a nice increase in HP on one of our EVO's recently with the R Spec core. About 15 WHP if I remember correctly with the stock turbo. IT does come with the lower piping which is nice particularly if you have an Injen intake which includes the upper piping.

 

I have the V-spec and like it

 

how much pressure loss is there?

 

would upgradding the intercooler be poilntless if its the stock turbo. i have seen soo many of theses threads hwere they say " upgrading to a bigger I/C is bad for stock turbo " but no one ever said why. or even if thats true... anyone mind helping me out?

 

not true it would be god for the stock turbo i bought mine when i only had the car for about six months and i love mine

 

Its definetely not BAD for the stock turbo. But my opinion is that there are better things to spend the money on while you still have the stock 16g such as cams, internals, EMS, ya know. But if you have those things already, GET ON IT!

 

i have a 3071 kit should be fine

 

faster flow is better, but intercoolers w/ more volume is more air for the turbo to compress. if you are needing a lot of high end power, than intercooler is helpful. if drag racing, not too helpful. big intercoolers are better in dissipating heat than smaller ones though, so reccomended for road racing. Looks cool though.