2014 Sport Touring Mod Review

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After several months running my recently tuned 2014 Touring Sport (MT) with 2500 miles, I thought I would post a report. Equipment installed includes Fast Intentions exhaust with 18” resonator, Stillen cold-air intakes, 32 core oil cooler, and UpRev chip program (five maps). Work was performed in Chatsworth, CA by Specialty-Z back in March. I have a lot of experience with the Z having owned a 2010 previously and replaced it with the 2014 model after an accident. After months of driving the car still impresses me with the sound, noticeable increase in speed off-the-line, decrease in oil temps even during hard driving in the canyons, and quicker cool down. My 2010 would run ~220 on the highway as the norm while the 2014 now runs around 180 highway and 200-210 with spirited driving. I recently drove to Las Vegas (~260 miles each way) and was astounded with the increased gas mileage with the mods. 16-19 spec but obtained 24 MPG (19 city) and expect an increase as the car breaks in.

The UpRev maps are more interesting than I expected; I have options to go fast, normal, set valet mode (limits speed and RPM), set anti-theft (car just turns over but won’t start if someone has cloned my key), and factory settings. 99% of the time I use the first map which is what I was running when I hit the MPG listed above. Since installing the mods I have received many positive comments about the look of the exhaust and the sound. One thing I would note is that ~4000-4500 RPM’s the resonators create a sound that is a bit high and can be irritating so I either keep the car below 85 (in 6th gear) or above 95. It is not bad between high shifts but the constant whine can grate on the nerves.

Altogether, I am absolutely thrilled with the mods and will likely make more after I hit 5K but in the meantime, I am enjoying my new car with fantastic mods.