I am curious about the piggy back units on Road Race's website. Are the effiective and worth the money?

 

go ahead and do a search. they have talked about it many times. but it is probably the most effective mod you can do for car. just thought i would help you out before someone else tells you. good luck

 

go search but ya its the best mod possible. jus took mine out yesterday for reasons...but without it the lancer is rly sluggish

 

Gas?

Wadad

 

I heard its nice but it has a flaw, which is why im holding off on it till a later time, you have to use premium gas. I dont know where you guys are from but that **** cost 2.70 a gallon in SoCal.

 

its suppose 2 add 15% more horsepower, but u cant go wrong with roadrace products they r very good there, and tha people r very friendly!

 

I just purchased one; I'll let you know when I install it.

 

yeah, but which is better for an automatic? piggyback or torque converter? i want the both tho

 

Well, that's the whole flaw with any performance mod like that. The only way you are going to get away from having to run high octane fuel is with something along the lines of an Emanage, where you can have different maps for the different fuels

 

engine mods increase performance, not fuel economy. That seems to be almost always sacrificed for performance.

 

What it has is something that I noticed from day one. I was told it would go away after the learning curve period. Well I waited for this learning curve for 2 months and guess what...by that time it was too late to return so RRM said they would retune it for me. After shipping it back twice they still can't seem to get the "flaw" out of the system. I guess I don't know what I am talking about and this is just the way it is supposed to work.

WADAD

 

I wouldnt mind sacraficing the miles per gallon part.Its when im going to be sacraficing it and paying 45 cents a gallon more to fill up that makes me question if I want it or not.

 

Gas in FL has gone down a few cents to 2.17 or there abouts. It's not too bad here and I have gotten used to paying for 93. I can't imagine living in CALI and paying $2.70 I hope they pay you higher wages over there.

WADAD
Oh don't forget you can used 91. That is what the PB is made for. Only a few stations here carry 91 so I just stick with the 93.

 

It's been said time and time again that the piggyback requires you to run premium gas all the time. That's a definite yes that you will be paying the 45+ cent per gallon more.

For initial cost effectiveness and ease I'd say the piggyback is the clear choice, but in the long run an adjustable unit like the e-manage will be more effective (learn to tune yourself or have a shop tune it) and cost less (in terms of $ saved in gas prices). That's why I went with the emanage in the first place.

 

emanage as in greddy emanage? heard those burn coils. or is that fixed? i took the piggyback out for gas reasons and jus because its winter im not gonna be usin my car to pass the person on the highway or drive overboard in the snow. i want her to live nb survive the winter hehe. thas why she is back to stock. but piggyback is a great mod in my mind n i dont know what flaw it has u should explain it.