lol that AWE thread is hilarious.
I should clarify, I am not an AWE fan either.
AWE has always been my benchmark of overpriced performance. $1600 for an intercooler… There is a saying I like that says you can get 90% of the benefit for 10 % of the cost, but getting the remaining 10% of the benefit is going to cost you 90% more.
In other words for $700 you can get a perfectly good intercooler, or you can overpay to the skies to get an intercooler that is 10% better. There is no better example than AWE for this. $1600 for an intercooler is just laughable, $2300 for an exhaust for a 4 cylinder is insanity, what is more funny is that these objects have DOUBLED in cost over the last 6 years…Just because “Material’s cost have increased”, must be a very bad supplier if they are somehow able to completely manipulate AWE’s pricing :
But thats another rant. This rant I am on right now is about SRM.
I brought up AWE because they claim to have the “best” intercooler and yet claim 14bhp…pretty aggressive claim I would say, because you really should not gain much power from an intercooler without any other modifications.
Then SRM comes along, claiming nearly 4! Count them nearly 4x as much power gain from SMICs…it just blows my mind at what kind of person these companies are advertising to. Who in their right mind sits down and says “wow I could gain 48bhp with this mod, that seems realistic from SMICs.”
or how about
“a minimum of 18WHP gain just by installing these SMICs, I believe that because SRM says so”
And I especially don’t understand the person that says “$1600 for an intercooler seems fair” but thats another story.
Be realistic with your expectations of what a product can and can’t do. Don’t expect a fantasy to come true just because an advertiser tells you so.
Common sense…the average car modder lacks it.
