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quote:hoopdiewagon Posted - 06/07/2004 : 7:48:40 PM
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So the info on the Mopar site is wrong? From what you are saying is that the listed S1 upgrades only apply for the 03 models. 04 will only get the PCM. If thats the case, it should be the same price should it? (i have an 04)
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Not so much wrong as incomplete. No doubt the site could use some cleaning up! You may have noticed that the site contradicts itself in one aspect: one area says S1 gives 235HP, another claims 240HP. The site does not specifically mention that the '04 upgrade is PCM only, but it is the presence of the Stage 1 flow rate injectors in the stock '04 engines that gives the '04s 220HP stock compared to the '03s 215HP stock. Make sense?
If you look at the install instructions PDF file you'll see where they talk about installing the new injectors that come with Stage 1. If you get a Stage 1 upgrade for an '04 car the instructions that come with it make no mention whatsoever of the injectors. And why should they - Stage 1 for '04 doesn't include the injectors 'cause we've already got them (and the extra 5HP the provide)!
As for the price.....yeah, I think the '04 should be a cheaper upgrade than '03 since we don't get new injectors, just makes sense to me. Still, the website quotes $429 for the ATX S1 upgrade but you can get it for almost $100 less than that these days. Bottom line, DCX "suggests" a retail price and it's up to us to either pay to play, or find a way to get a deal, or stay stock.