I was wondering what you guys think a great intake and exhaust combo would be. Some quick questions are how did you decide on that intake/exhaust. Was it brand name? Reliability? Performance? Cost? Flow? Dyno charts...

 

Use the search button. This subject has been brought up AT LEAST once a week if not more.

 

Yeah, I am sure it has been gone over. But has anyone talked about doing research on an exhaust before slappin their oh, so common Invidia or Comptech sticker on the side of their car. How about contacting the company and finding out what RPM range the intake/exhaust works best on? I am talking about tuning, not trying to throw "performance" parts at it and saying that it makes their car goes fast because of it. I am sure there are some actual tuners out there that do research, but I am almost sure that the rest are just ones that buy because it has a fancy brand name. I want to know from those that contacted the company that designed their intake/exhaust and to see whether or not they got the expected performance increase.

 

What do you expect when you call up a company and ask them about their product? They sure as hell will not tell you anything bad. The truth is...all gains from intake and exhaust are minimal, and usually are all within a few HP of each other. There really is not reason to bust your balls over this. All singles show some pretty good gains, and a few duals show a little gain as well. Intakes...you get at most 2-3hp, does it REALLY matter?

 

As for an intake, your best bet is finding one on Ebay. The rest is overpriced name brand crap. Just find any cold air intake on ebay that'll fit and has a decent filter.

As for exhaust, you have to go single if you want to make worthwhile gains. The 70mm single exhausts are the best power makers, and T1R makes the cheapest, so that is the best exhaust for the money.

Most people spend 2 grand on exhaust, header, and intake and are only making 5 or 6 hp over stock, so you've done the right thing by asking, but yes... this question does get asked every 2 or 3 days.

 

Yes, I believe it does matter. If I want to get the most out of my car... then yes, I want to know where the intake/exhaust loses its power. I am not saying go to the company and ask them if it is better than this other company. No. That is not what I am saying. I want to know in what conditions do their products work best. What causes alterations in their gains/losses?

I guess my view of this community is still correct. Quite a few part throwers out there still. Sad really. Now that we have heard from them, will the tuners please step forward? Hopefully someone will.

Racing has a lot to do with engineering. Just wondering if any of you helped "engineer" your car instead of just having a lot of money to throw at it.

For example, you can have a 67 Mustang with 300hp and that runs like crap. People will still be ooing and ahing at it. But little do you know that if you tuned it right, you could get another 50hp out of it which may shave off a couple tenths.

Just because you have an S2000 doesn't make you a complete badass, maybe just half of one. A finely tuned S2000 makes you the complete badass. That is my take on the subject.

 

Ok... all intakes do the same thing. The difference in power is negligible.

As for exhaust, the duals that you can buy typically add 2-6 horses. You may pick up the same amount in the midrange.

Singles, the smaller ones will pick up 5-8 and the larger ones will pick up 10-15 up top, with maybe 6-11 midrange. These are all guestimates.

These are bolt on mods on a car that is already tuned. There isn't much else to say... this isn't some shitty rustang that makes 50 hp/litre and has gobs of room for tuning. This car is hard to work with, and I've already given you your best answer for the smallest amount of money.

You can make 30-35 rwhp with bolt ons and a little fuel tuning. See the mods in my sig.

 

So your answer is to throw money at... Save a buck here or there, but you are still throwing money at it... Not the response I was looking for.

 

Then what the hell are you looking for? I've done my research, and my parts are dyno proven. Are you looking for magical horsepower that you can gain with other cars? That power isn't to be found on this car as easily. If you're looking for bolt ons, I've told you the best parts.

There are midrange parts and there are top end parts. If you want midrange, that will give you no real performance benefits, go with Comptech. If you want top end, go with T1R, J's racing. These products are designed to make great power in the high end of the rev range, where you actually race. There isn't anything else to say. You're talking about tuning yet you ask about which intake and exhaust is best. It's self explanatory.

 

Hard to say which intake. Im getting the AEM V2 CAI for sound, quality and performance. AS for exhaust, if u got the extra cash, get the single angled Amuse Titan exhaust!