disappointed in the aftermarket

[car_buff]

Originally Posted by Focus_Sh1ft

This baffles me. What is the right way? Buy every bolt on performance part for maybe a 10 hp gain cumulative?

I agree the aftermarket is barely there. However, and feel free to call me narrow-minded, but if you want appreciable performance you have to get forced induction. I spent over a grand in bolt-ons before I realized I still had no chance of keeping up with soccer moms.

the right way is going all the way to the engine block, none of this axleback exhaust shenanigans, or these so cold cold air or short ram intakes that connect to the stock tb and manifold. none of those are fixing the problem, a restrictive intake manifold and cat. I intend to through it all away, the entirety of both whole systems, and replace them. the exhaust will be easier, so long as I can find a high flow cat in 2.25 diameter, because I'll be using generic prefabbed mandril bent steel, a cheap pair of used headers (depending upon the find I'd like dc's or megans, but nobody seems to be willing to part with theres unless theyve upgraded to a turbo, which is not super common) or possibly those ebay cheapies, although I'd rather not, a few of them look hardly better than a polished version of the oem manifold.

the intake is going to be troublesome, as it has several thing's attached to I don't even know what they are for. MAFS would be easy enough to relocate, but there's some rubberized hose attached to it as well, and I dunno what it's for, how it works, and how what I have in mind will effect it, even if I make a replica connection to my intake manifold. is the increased air flow going to effect whatever that thing is, and and if so, negatively or positively? for anyone willing to give a shout out...



ps. anyone know the diameter of the 1.5l tb and the 1.8l tb off the top of their heads?

btw, an example of what a real intake looks like, though a bit too much tube for my taste. i'm going to try to have them go straight down to a collector (ie throttlebody) with a wide mouth scoop under the radiator to pull off legit ram air intake mani. should be fun.