as subject says. I figure both help breathing. It might be a wash
On the one hand, where I live there is about a foot of snow so putting in the X in the parking lot is not gonna happen, but doing the TB/plenum can be done any day close to freezing without undue torture. (I'm a hardy soul, and 30F isn't really all that cold on a sunny day.)
On the x-pipe side, I could pay a shop to put it in.
It's possible I could access a heated garage for either job if suitably motivated by weather, so there is nothing pushing me either way if the gains are equal on either side. I would lean towards whatever gives more gains up top/passing power/highway. TB/Plenum, full exhaust, cams, and gears will get done either way in the next year or so, it's just a matter of starting intake side or exhaust side first.
If it helps clarify things, my car is never going to see FI. (it's a money thing, not philosophical. And no, "horsepower per dollar" doesn't change the money thing
Thanks in advance.
On the one hand, where I live there is about a foot of snow so putting in the X in the parking lot is not gonna happen, but doing the TB/plenum can be done any day close to freezing without undue torture. (I'm a hardy soul, and 30F isn't really all that cold on a sunny day.)
On the x-pipe side, I could pay a shop to put it in.
It's possible I could access a heated garage for either job if suitably motivated by weather, so there is nothing pushing me either way if the gains are equal on either side. I would lean towards whatever gives more gains up top/passing power/highway. TB/Plenum, full exhaust, cams, and gears will get done either way in the next year or so, it's just a matter of starting intake side or exhaust side first.
If it helps clarify things, my car is never going to see FI. (it's a money thing, not philosophical. And no, "horsepower per dollar" doesn't change the money thing
Thanks in advance.