Intake/Exhaust ARE THEY WORTH IT ??????

from what Im reading everywhere....... The CAI doesnt do much for performance, and is usually loud.......

I prefer to gain HP without compromising my quite smooth ride......

Ive had the loud straight pipe exhaust trucks in my past (high school) when it was "cool" to be loud.......

I go on road trips, and think the constant sound of intake/exhaust would annoy the hell out of me.


opinions on this??????

 

The URD True Cold air intake is dyno tested to give more HP. and it helps that the filter is up in front of the radiator for the noise.

 

save your money, keep it stock.. you wont gain any horse power worth a damn like 5 hp tops unless you go supercharged.

 

Spend the money on armor for your truck better invest ment

 

I think im gonna keep performance at the stock level......of course a K&N drop in has already been done.

Spend the money saved on a 6" lifter..........

Agree?

 

well now the lift kit is totally different subject......

What size tires can I fit under a 3" lift??

 

33'' tires with slight trimming

 

thanks for the link.....good info on there.

Thanks all for your input.....

Decided to stay stock, due to most of my offorading being in wet/muddy conditions with water crossings........
May add a magnaflow muffler in place of stock can....but that would be it.....

 

You have dyno proof to back up said claim?

 

I'm sure all of the major manufacturers have a dyno chart showing peak hp gains. And on a small engine (4L) those gains won't be excessive.

 

Your engines computer is not designed for aftermarket items that *make horsepower* so unless you retune your ECU you wont see gains higher than say 5 HP.. simple as that they will make lots of noise and sound cool but your fuel air mix is still going to remain the same.

but hey if your butt dyno is saying otherwise who are we to judge.......

 

no.. dont waste your money.

 

Ok so add up all the things you want to complete your cheap aftermarket horsepower build:

Intake: $250-$350
Headers: $700
Exhaust: $250-400
URD calibrator: $200

Total for maybe 10-20 HP $1500+labor

Supercharger:$4000+labor for 75-120 horsepower.

Total kit you would need optimally would be all of the above items to work in sync with each other $6000+ for parts and labor.

All I am saying is simply getting an intake and exhaust will do almost nothing power wise and will cost a lot of money to have a loud high RPM.

 

I was actually directing it to the OP but yeah I see your point of money well spent.

 

my question is how late is to late to put a blower on???
if you have engine with 100k is that to late???

 

Ok so I'm going to stay stock.

Use the extra cash saved to go with bumpers and lift.

Thanks for all the good replies.

 

Won't a supercharger just suck gas?

And for the quoted $4,000 for supercharger..... Doesn't include exhaust to get that extra air out of the motor.......

Wouldn't you have to spend more $$ to get any advantage from a supercharger.......
Just seems like a charger wouldn't do much good without headers and exhaust......

Correct me if I'm wrong.....

 

Without headers/exhaust you can expect 100hp gain from a charger 'alone' ?.?.

 

Wow!!!

Think I'm just gonna do a magna flow can

I hear that adds a little hp and mpg without much change to sound levels

 

On average, without any other supporting mods, like Whippersnapper02 mentioned, it will take your wheel HP from around 200, to ~300. Usually just a tad under. Intake and headers will bump you over.