how do those bridgestone 275 tires hook for you? I got on some ****ty stock size tires and about to upgrade to that same size. was loking more at hankook and nitto tires though. 2nd gear in my G is disrepectful!

 

Nice, concise review. Parts, cost & time to install by a professional, and a tempered response. While it's fun to read Hell-YA! enthusiasm from someone with a new mod, you kept things real. 4.083 gears and bushings have been in my schedule for a while now, currently slated for Spring of 2016. Sure didn't read anything here to make me change my mind. On the contrary.

OP, did you do this to a stock 6MT, or are you modified at all... intake, exhaust, suspension, clutch pedal, etc?

 

The tires are great. On my old stock tires with tread getting fairly low, traction was terrible. Now I can get a great jump off the line.

Especially when it's warm outside. The tires are nice and sticky.

Not to mention, the increased width looks great. Especially from the *** view.

Very pleased with the Potenza S-04 Pole Positions so far. Great tires for the price.

Even when I was inquiring about 4 or 5 different tires, the manager at Discount Tires right away agreed that the Pole Positions were the best tire for the price range.

Ride even feels smoother and quieter.

 

Thank you for the kind words. I tried to include everything I was concerned about prior to the install.

I am actually bone stock, except for the 4.08s.

I figured I could spend almost as much for just a cat-back installed or I could get something that would make a significant difference in performance.

I still plan on getting a Stillen Gen-3 intake, Fast Intentions Cat-back ( or something similar), Motordyne intake Manifold and an Up-Rev Tune.

Also plan on getting KW-V1 Coilovers. Probably next on the list.

And naturally I want to upgrade the wheels and tires. But for now I am content with the Sport 19s and upgraded tires.

The car is almost paid off, so I want to wait till it is free and clear until I go crazy with mods.

I felt the same way about researching the 4.08 mod. The more I read about it, the more I wanted it, lol.

 

That's pretty impressive. Most people seem to work their way up through typical bolt-ons before doing something like this. For a moment there, when I was reading the comment "sluggish, bogged down, slow to wind up", I was a little confused with the description... although slow-to-wind-up is a fair assessment no matter what the mod.

Looking at your plans, WilCo1... catbacks are nice, and in my case it was a welcome surprise to discover more mid-range grunt, but really it's the cats where you gain power across the board.

 

Yeah, that might have been a better description if I was referring to a car with a turbo in regards to turbo lag.

I really just meant that stock acceleration compared to 4.08 acceleration feels slower, takes longer to run through the RPMs.

I just wanted to provide a more realistic description of the improvement in performance. I don't want people to think that getting the 4.08 turns your G into this crazy torque monster, because it doesn't. It just improves acceleration all across the board, and makes the car a lot more enjoyable to drive.

I know it's been said a bunch of times, but I think the car should have came this way from the factory, imo.

 

Gas mileage. With this mod, you're likely to enter RX8 territory. Whatever happens, you're sure to notice it.

Personally, I don't care because I only drive my G about 5k/yr.

 

Yes gas mileage does take a hit for this gears.. I went from over 30mpg on the highway to about 24-25 depending on my driving.. but then again I didn't mod for car to worry about gas mileage..

 

Same here. I didn't buy this car to be worried about the gas mileage.

If that was my priority, I would have bought an Altima, Civic or a Hybrid.

At this point, with the 4.08, I'm still content with my current gas mileage.

 

I just get 4.08 gears installed few days ago but my car is 5AT at 80mph my rpm is close to 4000

 

Good to hear those s-poles hold up well. Imma try some nitto nt05s for a bit. See how well they do.