Intake or exhaust first? Why? and does it really even matter?

 

Intake. You don't want to lose your low end.

 

Do both at the same time, that's what I did. You'll notice more gain that way!

 

did you notice a big diff at the butt dyno when you did both? Like a really noticeable diff? just wondering... thanks

 

You need to do both as one works with the other. Intake is cheaper so you will probably start there, just try to find one that will work well with your planned exhaust mods and other engine tuning.

 

End of conversation.

 

i thought that if you get exhaust first, more exhaust flows out faster but air cannot get in faster cuz of the stock intake restriction.... oh wait, this conversation is over...

 

It is over. You just explained why it's more beneficial to get an intake first. You don't sacrifice anything when going with an intake. You do, however, sacrifice some low end when going exhaust first.

 

If you can't afford both at the same time, do the intake first. Simply put, a free flowing exhaust without an equally free flowing intake will result in some (possibly noticable) loss of low end and mid-range torque but may net higher results at the top end if the intake end can suck enough air. Honestly, this stuff's been posted about a couple hundred times.

 

If you have an overly efficient stock intake system then sure...why not? In the cases of turbocharged cars usually an exhaust is the better way to go first for more noticable gains, but we're talking about an economically designed 101-103whp grocery getter here.