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anyone gives driving impressions of upsolute and kleemann?

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Old 04-11-2002, 05:40 PM
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anyone gives driving impressions of upsolute and kleemann?

driving impression? dyno chart??
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From one Kleemann/Upsolute dealer that I spoke to, there is no apparant performance difference by combining the two upgrades. Either will do what they advertise by themselves. For example if they both claim 30HP gain, combined they may do 31HP and not 60HP as your calculator tells you. I know that Mark Cummings and others have both but nobody has presented a dyno of both on this board. Some say that having your dealer change the fuel settings would get you a similar modest gain.

Dyno charts are littered all over this forum for each upgrade by itself. Just search for Upsolute or Kleemann or RennTech.
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i was hoping the chip can smooth things out and improve the throttle response. The car's throttle response sucks and even worse than some cars with the slush box
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Too me the throttle response is fine on my 6spd. I can see from the C-Sedan that the automatic does have a delay in it. I have no idea if Upsolute fixes this. Maybe B&M or one of the big transmission tuners maybe able to help out if the chip doesn't work.

To get a nice quick off the line snap you're most cost effective solution maybe a rear gear swap. Renncpe has done this and is very happy. I shaved 2 seconds off the 0-60 on my daughter's Mustang by swapping out the rear gears. Before I couldn't even chirp the tires, after the gears I can do burnouts. She spun out of control and crashed it so she's back to stock gearing for now. Her car is a V6/auto. She's not a happy camper but it's less stress for me.
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My personal impressions are great!! The chip made a big difference ~15 hp at the wheels more with the chip, and that was after driving for about 45 minutes at more than 90mph from Malibu to Huntington Beach to throw it directly on the dyno at evosport in 85deg weather!!!!!



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