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Red Alpha final product

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#1 ·
Does anyone have pics/info about a real red alpha upgrade? All I can find is the concept car. I want real cars to show me what the hype is about before I drop $8k on performance upgrades
 
#4 ·
It's not a bad buy for sure. I went with the stage 3 but swapped the lower downs out for full catless downpipes. I also added an FI CB exhaust and some other parts. I haven't got everything on the car yet but I should have it done and back on the dyno in a few weeks.
 
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What else do you need? If you are asking for installation costs thats going to depend on where you take the car. I am installing that kit and more myself with help from a buddy here and there.
 
#12 · (Edited)
A rough guess is about $1,000.

Dug up my invoice; pre-dyno inspection, heat exchanger installation, lower downpipe installation, and driveshaft installation was $1,000. The hourly rate was $125 at the time (looks like I got a different rate on other services I had performed at a different time.)

Dyno tuning was $300 + $599.95 for Q60 calibration service + $100 EcuTek USB license key + $250 for EcuTek flash license + $300 for EcuTek Bluetooth interface (cost for the tuning service: $1549.95).
 
#14 ·
It should be about $4,284.75 less taxes (Stage 3: $3,284.75 + labor: $1,000).
 
#21 ·
The largest bottleneck to improving the performance is the secondary catalytic converters (lower downipes); the second largest bottleneck to improving performance is the exhaust after the catalytic converters (Y-pipe, mid-pipe, and axle-back muffler). A cat-back exhaust combined with upgraded downpipes reduces the exhaust bottlenecks and allows the tuner to push the calibration further.