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Thermal 3" Catback with Stock Downpipes, then CVFab Downpipes after?

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Thanks for the info, also what about a charge pipe with bov, and cold air intake?
The S&B CAI lets the turbos breathe a little better but doesn’t give you any gains in Hp. The FenFab hot and cold side charge pipes really dress up under the hood!



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The S&B CAI lets the turbos breathe a little better but doesn’t give you any gains in Hp. The FenFab hot and cold side charge pipes really dress up under the hood!



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People keep saying that, the CAI and exhaust don’t give any hp gains, but that’s not entirely true, the intake typically flow 20% better than oem, you get a larger exhaust the car has the ability to flow on that end better, on an untuned vehicle you might actually lose a lil hp however if you get tunes with all the parts and your tuner cranks your boost up to 20psi, then yes the exhaust and CAI will add alil more hp vs stock, catback is worth maybe 11 whp cai is worth maybe 5-10 whp and downpipe are worth another 20-30 whp. Now this doesn’t mean that it adds a bunch of whp to your grand total what it does mean is versus a bone stock vehicle with a tune and a fbo one with a tune the fbo one is going to make better power in the same rpm range.
 

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I just ordered the Thermal 3" CAT back and can't wait to install them. I was considering going with the CVF downpipes, BUT, Adam at Tune Plus said that the downpipes will only add about 3-4 HP so not really worth the expense.
 

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I started with the Thermal 3" exhaust, and decided it was not loud enough and added the CVFab downpipes. After a tune with the downpipes added, I did notice more power out of the car than previously before.

Definitely worth the upgrade, plus the sound is awesome to boot.
 

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I just ordered the Thermal 3" CAT back and can't wait to install them. I was considering going with the CVF downpipes, BUT, Adam at Tune Plus said that the downpipes will only add about 3-4 HP so not really worth the expense.
Down pipes are good for 15-20 Hp.


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I just ordered the Thermal 3" CAT back and can't wait to install them. I was considering going with the CVF downpipes, BUT, Adam at Tune Plus said that the downpipes will only add about 3-4 HP so not really worth the expense.
I have a brand new set for sale if you wanna check out my forsale post if youre interested. Shipping might be a lot from chicago but can aslo ship them from Tucson which may be cheaper as I am there frequently for work.
 



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