My tuning journey with dragy results

[Daniel Egan]

I think intakes are a pretty large upgrade personally from my tests. That's all I can really say. If I had limited budget I would skip the drop-ins. I don't think they are going to do much at all.

Thought the increased surface area may compliment the big mouth which could increase intake. Plus, heaps have pod filters. Otherwise I'd go the injens as they look hot. But just not keen on open pod filter configurations.

Thought general consensus was that the intake was fine as is but the exhaust was the real limitation with the stingers. So unless you free up the air exiting, pushing more in wouldn't do too much.

 

[Blitz]

Thought the increased surface area may compliment the big mouth which could increase intake. Plus, heaps have pod filters. Otherwise I'd go the injens as they look hot. But just not keen on open pod filter configurations.

Thought general consensus was that the intake was fine as is but the exhaust was the real limitation with the stingers. So unless you free up the air exiting, pushing more in wouldn't do too much.

BMS made ~470 I think, with stock exhaust but needed intakes. I'd talk to Terry. Their 11 second runs are stock exhaust.

 

[Daniel Egan]

BMS made ~470 I think, with stock exhaust but needed intakes. I'd talk to Terry. Their 11 second runs are stock exhaust.

Yeah and then you have people like @GetStung with massive gains from their exhaust setup. Supposed dynos on downpipes generally yield far greater increases in power than intakes, and seems most intakes are only rated to increase HP by small amounts.

I personally don't see the need for a pod system unless I was upgrading the turbos and intake became a real limitation. Hence I'm going the drop-ins and a big mouth, which may help marginally increase airflow, but Im not expecting any significant gains from them alone. It's the road less travelled and I'm doing this so the community has some solid data to compare/use on when determining what their own journey may look like.

 

[Kamauxx]

Thought the increased surface area may compliment the big mouth which could increase intake. Plus, heaps have pod filters. Otherwise I'd go the injens as they look hot. But just not keen on open pod filter configurations.

Thought general consensus was that the intake was fine as is but the exhaust was the real limitation with the stingers. So unless you free up the air exiting, pushing more in wouldn't do too much.

I would definitely go for the mid-pipes over intakes. Given the same conditions, the mid-pipes will probably provide twice as much hp improvement over the intakes. There's also no worry about heatsink with mid-pipes.

When I installed my intakes I noticed no difference while driving around (butt dyno). On the contrary, as soon as I pulled out of my garage after installing the SSR mid-pipes I noticed the difference.

 

[brancky3]

Intakes probably won't give you instantaneous power; however, after a few drives you will definitely notice a difference once the car adapts to the increased airflow up top. I don't doubt the 20+ whp gains in any regards that are claimed with intakes. Exhaust, on the other hand, instantly decreases backpressure which doesn't need adaptation; the turbos can take advantage of this instantly / on the first drive

 

[Adamdan]

I think I’m going to have to get a draggy. I have the k&n panel filters with jb4 jun mids and evc. I personally don’t want the turbo sounds and bov so the k&n drop ins work for me. Would be interesting to see stock then just the k&n. Also would like to see the big mouths help that would be something I’d get if it does not increase sound to much. I can get 0-60 in 4.1 on the jb4 but that’s not the most accurate.

 

[Blitz]

Yeah and then you have people like @GetStung with massive gains from their exhaust setup. Supposed dynos on downpipes generally yield far greater increases in power than intakes, and seems most intakes are only rated to increase HP by small amounts.

I personally don't see the need for a pod system unless I was upgrading the turbos and intake became a real limitation. Hence I'm going the drop-ins and a big mouth, which may help marginally increase airflow, but Im not expecting any significant gains from them alone. It's the road less travelled and I'm doing this so the community has some solid data to compare/use on when determining what their own journey may look like.

Up to you! I agree the results are really weird. I noticed power immediately with my downpipe and not intakes, but my intakes definitely tested well.