i am thinking about getting a custom cat back exhaust installed this week but i am now thinking about getting a tune instead what would be the best rout to go with i have about 600 to spend at the moment and i could purchase the AP or the exhaust or go and get a custom tune in red deer at there all wheel drive dyno please help

 

cbe. get all your parts on then get tuned so you dont spend $$$$$ on ten tunes.

 

ok and do you think i should get rid of the resonator or keep it or keep the resonator and take off the muffler or even take off the cat back and put on a high flow cat i was told that the cat on the car is already a high flow so i was thinking about just keeping it on its just hard because alot of shops have not worked on the evo x so they dont really know what the best set up for that car would be

 

That's a tough call. Common sense would say get the CBE because it'll yield immediate gains and you'll feel the difference more, but if you know you won't have the money for a tune anytime soon after getting the CBE then the tune is your best $$$ : performance investment IMO because it does more then just give you more HP.

 

straight through 3inch setup would be ideal with no cat.

no i disagree. both will yeild immediate gains however spending money on multiple tunes is a waste of hard earned money. get all your parts together and get tuned once.

 

just a last question with a cat back exhaust and maybe a short ram intake with a tune what kind of gains would i be looking at

 

it would feel alot better then stock. i would say do a cbe, test pipe, and O2 downpipe first. then get an intake. then IC pipes and FMIC. then get tuned.

then you will see very good gains. and should be well into the 12.00's

 

ok and also with getting the mods on the vehicle without the tune will my car start to run badly unless i get a tune or will it just not run to its full potential until i ge the tune i just dont wanna get the exhaust and intake and have my car sluggish

 

no ur car will feel fine, better if anything. but you wont maximize the gains until you get tuned.

 

sweet man thanks i guess im getting the exhaust dont maybe tomorrow or the next day ill post pics for you guys and get a sound clip

 

by all means this is just my opinion, but im pretty sure most others will agree.

good luck

 

I agree with you, but we're not trying to figure out what's the best order for him to do his modifications to the car. It's obvious he doesn't have money to mod like that so all I'm saying a tune is the best bang for his buck which is FACT even though it means spending more money down the road for a re-tune once more mods are added.

And by immediate gains I mean the difference in throttle response. Obviously he'll get gains from both, but like I said before. It's not all about HP and TQ. I'm sure that factory map is horrible and the car is running rich like hell like most Evos do from the factory.

 

one more question sorry but i am trying to learn as much as i can before i do all of this when i went to the shop the guy said i just needed 2.5 inch exhaust from the cb but it seems like everyone is getting 3 inch will half an inch make much of a difference and muffler or no muffler

 

agreed ^ but i say spend ur money wisely and get parts first, tuned second.

 

yes a big one. 3inch only or ur wasting ur money really. sounds like the shop ur going to doesnt know much about your car. might wana find someone else.

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