So far on my car I have a Catback Exhaust, Cold Air Intake and a tune. I was thinking of getting the AMS Widemouth Downpipe next. Smart move? And how much of a difference will that make? Performance and sound wise? Thanks guys

 

no, not needed yet until u decide to swap the turbo out (its the cheapest/easiest way also since youre already gonna be down there)...id get a hfc for now and an intercooler and i/c pipes and youre smile will def get bigger when u open her up..

 

I always thought a full TBE was recommended as an early bolt-on

 

Which HFC would you recommend? I just looked at a few like, AMS, TurboXS, COBB.

 

I saw real nice gains with my MAP o2 elim downpipe on my pump gas stock turbo setup. Gains should be similar with the AMS.

 

you will see better gains with a test pipe than a down pipe for half the price.

 

Or, do like me and get the o2 elim dp + testpipe

 

May I ask what made you go with MAP apposed any other brand?

 

I've worked with the MAP guys numerous times in the past and have always had great success with their stuff. The pricing didn't hurt either

With that said, the AMS and ETS units are also very nice and I'd feel comfortable with either of those on my car too.

 

You got to know what you want. I dont know what catback you have but I went from having a test pipe+ HKS legamax to the same test pipe + UR dual tip cat back. It was just too loud for me. It sounded really deep and gnarly but not good when driving a 2 1/2 year old.

Im hoping that the depot Racing High flow cat will quite it down. if not i might put the stock cat back on. When I dednt have a kid i didnt care about noise .
So adding a test pipe or downpipe+testpipe will really free up flow and increase noise too.

 

In terms of noise mine is now quieter with the AMS dp and hfc. That being said, I encountered an overboost problem that required a tune. Since I was getting a tune I decided to also get a cai and ebcs. It just ended up costing much more than I thought it would...definately worth it though.

 

Yea I just had my car tuned less than a month ago. At the moment I have a TurboXS CBE, AMS CAI and a tune. This week I ordered a AMS Test Pipe, AMS Widemouth DownPipe, and a TurboSmart Dual Port BOV.

My question now is can I get all this installed and tuned and later get the full ETS Intercooler kit without getting it tuned again? So should I just wait to get the Intercooler kit then get it all installed and tuned at once? If that made sense

 

Thats my plan. I plan to buy the ets ic with pipes and not tune again until i get new cams and turbo.

Imo you should also get an ebcs right before the tune.

 

I forgot to mention I already have a Hallman Boost Controller. Here's a couple pics of my engine





All of the stock intercooler has got to go lol. ETS has a sweet deal for the whole intercooler replacement. When I get some extra cash I'm gonna order this https://www.extremeturbosystems.com/...ooler-Kit.html

 

I plan on going with the black 4". It seems to be the best deal out there for an intercooler. There are a lot of great reviews.

I just need to do brakes, wheels and tires first.

I think you would be okay getting the i/c after the tune.