cp-e speculated 20+ to the wheels after looking at my stock headers. Josh found lots of design issues that may be making our exhaust more of a choke point than our intake. (note that the Gen1 Intake had better numbers than us, the Mazda got about double.) Our stock intake wasn't that restrictive. Opening up the pipe only lead to <2HP gain. The tuning does the other 8HP. So the theory is that if the exhaust was opened up, not only would a stock car get a huge benefit, but the cp-e intake would be even more beneficial. Performance mods can't be assumed to be additive. But in this case, opening up the exhaust may make the stock intake a choke point. (In which case the 3.5" pipe gets to shine)
Can't tell until someone makes it but you've dealt with Josh, they are wizards in that shop. Phreak prolly has a better handle on it than I do though. Nice to have a friend in the business!
Can't tell until someone makes it but you've dealt with Josh, they are wizards in that shop. Phreak prolly has a better handle on it than I do though. Nice to have a friend in the business!
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