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  1. The Mighty Horse: What Is Horsepower?

    The Mighty Horse: What Is Horsepower?

    Audiation - the ability to listen to or play music in your head without physically hearing any of it.

    Just by reading notes on a page of sheet music, talented musicians can hear the music in their minds. Truly gifted musicians can hear a relatively complex piece of music played once and then repeat it, perfectly, note for note, on their preferred instrument. That's talent. It's hard to teach that to just anyone. This is the concept of audiation.

    I bring up this musical analogy to illustrate a point. These skills are engrained and conceptualized deep within their psyche and motor functions just as deep as breathing or walking. We, gearheads, have our own concepts that are as commonly used and seemingly simply as notes on a page. But how often do we think about what they really mean?

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  2. "The TurboChevy" - Intake R&D, Part 2: Weighing Our Options

    "The TurboChevy" - Intake R&D, Part 2: Weighing Our Options

    The team developing this intake for our 2016 Chevy Camaro 2.0T or what I call "The TurboChevy" has been buzzing with activity. In the last post, we discussed the stock intake and analyzed each component to get a good understanding of its design. There were several ways our engineers could have created an intake for this system, and we tried and tested a few of those designs, which yielded some interesting results.

    If you followed our 2016+ Camaro SS intake development, you'd see that we went through multiple designs to achieve the desirable.  In some ways this project is similar; let's walk through what we found!

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  3. Mishimoto is Dyno-mite - Our Dynojet and Dynapack Dynos

    Mishimoto is Dyno-mite - Our Dynojet and Dynapack Dynos

    There's nothing quite like hearing the roar of an engine mixed with the whir of rollers spinning under your wheels, all while you watch the line on the graph climb.  Running a powerful car on a dynamometer (dyno) is the epitome of instant gratification for gear-heads.  Here at Mishimoto, we use our dynos on a daily basis.  From all-wheel-drive (AWD) hatchbacks, like the Ford Focus RS, to the high-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet Camaro SS,  and even trucks like the Nissan Titan XD. Almost every vehicle we bring in finds itself strapped (or bolted) down to a dyno at one point or another.

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  4. She's My Turbo Lover - Mishimoto's New 2016 Camaro 2.0T Engineering Vehicle

    She's My Turbo Lover - Mishimoto's New 2016 Camaro 2.0T Engineering Vehicle

    One of the best parts about a small, dynamic company like Mishimoto is that there is never a dull moment around our R&D facility. Change happens frequently, and no two days are the same. At any given time, we've got a solid fleet of engineering vehicles at our disposal that serve as development platforms for our exciting new products, and over time, we become intimately acquainted with each vehicle's characteristics and quirks; each develops a personality and earns its own place on the Mishimoto team. This makes it tough to see them go, but it is always exciting to welcome on a new team member.

    This week, it was time for our 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost to move on to bigger and better things. We had the car around for a decent amount of time and grew quite fond of it, but our engineers could never quite relax in its presence, particularly when they were gathered in large crowds for meetings.

    However, the circle

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  5. The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 3: Dyno Results

    The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 3: Dyno Results

    Here we have another update for our 2016 Civic intake project. This Civic has finally been put on our dyno to see how our intake performs - and we have some results to share with our Civic community! This car was tricky to dyno properly because of the continuously variable transmission (CVT), but no corners were cut during our testing. Let's jump right in!

    2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing
    2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing

    The CVT

    2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing
    2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing

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  6. The Dyno Results - Camaro SS Intake, Part 3

    The Dyno Results - Camaro SS Intake, Part 3

    We have undertaken an intriguing project. The stock intake design for this 2016 Camaro SS is quite unique and working to increase performance has been a challenge, but here at Mishimoto, we welcome challenges! In the previous post, we went through the different iterations our Engineering Team had created, and we designed a prototype for testing. More testing was needed, however, before we could achieve the level of performance we wanted from this design. We will go through a detailed analysis of our final numbers for this Camaro cold-air intake project.

    Collecting the Dyno Data

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    Dyno testing for Camaro cold air intake

    We strapped our Camaro SS onto the

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  7. Smooth Airflow For The 8th-Gen. Mishimoto Civic Si Induction Hose R&D

    Smooth Airflow For The 8th-Gen. Mishimoto Civic Si Induction Hose R&D

    We've got another awesome project in the works for the 8th-generation Honda Civic Si! Our recently released performance intake system received great feedback from customers, but it also identified an additional need for intake system components. We decided to develop a Civic Si induction hose made from silicone to replace the stock rubber unit.

    Stock Civic Si Induction Hose

    Before jumping into the design of our prototype hose, check out a few shots of the stock unit.

    Stock Honda Civic parts
    Stock Honda Civic parts

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  8. 2012+ Honda Civic Si Induction Hose Development

    2012+ Honda Civic Si Induction Hose Development

    If you follow our engineering blog you may have noticed some recent attention on the 8th-generation Civic Si. Well, we aren't making a push for just this generation. We also want to dive into the 9th-generation and develop some unique new parts to improve this awesome car.

    Our first project will be quite simple: to produce a Civic Si induction hose that replaces the stock rubber unit. This upgrade provides improved durability as well as pleasing aesthetics for those seeking some engine bay style. We have seen slight power increases with intake hoses developed in the past, so we will be dyno testing our component to bust any myths around power gains.

    Stock Civic Si Induction Hose

    Stock Honda Civic parts
    Stock Honda Civic parts

    The

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  9. Dyno Testing and Results - WRX Race Intake, Part 2

    Dyno Testing and Results - WRX Race Intake, Part 2

    It has been a while since we have updated this project, but we now have something for our WRX community!

    The brief data report below shows our gains with this race intake project and our baseline was a fully stock 2015 WRX with no upgrade or aftermarket tune. The numbers are quite high due to the upgrades already installed on the WRX during testing. These upgrades included our Mishimoto:

    • Downpipe
    • Cat-Back Exhaust
    • Front-Mount Intercooler
    • Custom Engine tune

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    WRX intake dyno testing

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  10. A new Mishimoto BRZ/FR-S Intake, Part 3: Product Testing and Final Product

    A new Mishimoto BRZ/FR-S Intake, Part 3: Product Testing and Final Product

    Interested in purchasing our new BRZ/FR-S intake system? Check out more details on our product page linked below!

    Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S Performance Air Intake

    After solidifying our product design we needed to capture data to verify the design and determine if any changes were necessary. We strapped our test vehicle to the dyno and began making pulls! Check out a compilation video from the dyno testing. The audible difference in intake tone and volume is quite noticeable when comparing the stock setup with the Mishimoto prototype.

    Testing Results

    On to the important part, results from our tests. Intake upgrades generally

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