Ok I know I am posting in general discussion but thats were everyone is and I wanna hear the opinions of alot of people. I am planning on buying a Volant cold air intake with a Mass airflow sensor and throttle body from Jet. Or some OBX headers with the long tubes and without the cats but in order to do that I am going to have to get a x3 custom tune from Troyer also so the truck will run right. So my question is which setup should I get first because I cant afford it all at once. I know that a engine is a pump and to get more out of it you have to let it breath, "in and out", I already have strait pipes out the side so I am thinking I should lean towards the intake setup first. Tell me what you would do.

 

I would do intake first

 

What makes you say that?

 

Sounds good to me.

Your gonna ask me what makes me say that too, so im just gonna say it now. Because you already have ''striaght pipes'' then you'll need more air coming in because you have the air flowing out, so...intake.

 

Good answer but the strait pipes are after the cats so I didnt think it would make to much of a difference but I see were you are commin from. Thanks for your thoughts.

 

I would sink my money into the headers and x3 wayyy before an intake. A MAF sensor is useless unless a supercharger is in the plans, t-body the same. You're fine for now. The exhaust side of it is definetely the bottleneck and God knows these things need a chip or tune. My thaughts only here, not law, but this is more the routes I've leaned towards. A Procharger will solve the intake problem.............later.

 

Ok now I am hearing a discussion, thanks for the input.