Great video.
Myself, when I recently did the coolant flush and refill, I removed all the oem Oetiker hose clamps and replaced all of them with Norma worm clamps. Huge upgrade and no sliced hoses from the clamps. Found and cured the coolant leak that has been there with those Oetiker clamps since new in early 2014. Leak was in a location that was impossible to see, and if I had retained those Oetiker clamps, I would have needed to cut several off in order to tighten the leaky one on the bench, as there is no access where the leak was.
Upgraded the coolant to Peak brand mixed 50/50 with Water Wetter added once mixed 50/50. Awesome improvement as now the fans very seldom run.
Best mod though was relocating the AAPT probe into the primary airbox. This let me see exactly how poorly the Spyders cold air intake works. Once seeing how hot the induction air actually is, I made changes that dropped the induction air temp by over 20 degrees, and prevented heat soaking the induction system. Now on the hottest days, the engine breathes ambient temp air, and produces power as if being ridden on a cool evening.
Would be nice to see these added holes by Wick It. Drilling holes in the airbox likely draws in heated air, lowering performance and engine power output. Ironically, there is no restriction in the Spyders oem design regarding airflow into the airbox, the problem is heat. With my changes, the engine consumes air that is as cool as possible with a stock induction system.
The posted video is superb, sadly not enough of these get posted on Facebook or YouTube. Excellent DIY video with advice regarding staying healthy. Awesome he installed a K&N filter, explaining it only fits when aligned properly. Even more cool is how humble the person was in the video, admitting humanness by having his previously done oil change spill on the floor. Even more was that he brought great safety to the forefront, by explaining why he did not trust his 40 year old car jack. Great video, one of the best Spyder videos ever posted.
