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Old 04-12-2019, 10:44 PM   #219
Plaz
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: '11 1M
Location: Churzee
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Originally Posted by Josh (PA) View Post
Feel the difference? I
I don't really know yet, I've only driven it a couple of miles in suburban rush hour traffic. Just picked it back up this afternoon after the nut blast, new PS4Ss mounted, new oil filter housing gasket installed, and pads/rotor replacement. Kind of a big bill.

With the amount of crap in there, I'm surprised I didn't notice anything really wrong. I've read that typically the first obvious sign is a rough idle, but it was idling smoothly. Slow power degradation over time is less noticeable, understandably.

Honestly unless any potential power bump is really significant, I don't know if I'll trust my butt dyno to measure it too accurately. I imagine it will feel more powerful to me whether it is or not, because I subconsciously want it to. Like how cars often feel to me like they run more smoothly and effortlessly after an oil change, even though I seriously doubt there's anything empirically measurable a driver can actually feel attributable to fresh oil.
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