do you HAVE to get the aem?

i would get a ebay CAI and then you could get everything else. you can find cai on ebay for 40 bucks.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dweet)</div><div class='quotemain'>$150 installed is a bit cheap for a mandrel bent exhaust.</div>

When I got my cat-back done, the only thing that I had done to the exhaust is the Apexi.

I droped my car off at the shop they installed a 2 and 1/4" mandrel bent exhaust from the cat to the muffler. The total bill was $92.50.

Looing at ebay, you can get a muffler for $50 shipped. So that would be a cat-back for less then $150.

The only real difference that I see is that I went with aluminum pipe instead of stainless.

 

Id say screw it all and get a Air Ram IM

 

But the ram air is not going to do a whole lot all by itself on a stock motor.

 

I'm assuming you never plan to go turbo, just figured I'd ask that first.

now what I would do is drop the lights, I personally don't like them.

then get catback, headers, & an ebay intake. laugh.gif

 

Good point Supercow!

If you plan on going turbo, drop everything on that list because you will need to replace them when you go Turbo (excpet the tails wink.gif )

 

^and the exaust...^

 

Depends.....

When I turbo my tib, I am droping my 2.25" for 3" exhaust because turbo+backpressure=not a good thing.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>But the ram air is not going to do a whole lot all by itself on a stock motor.</div>

do you know of this for sure?
i know someone was stock and installed the air ram that was part of the GB

also is he manual or auto

 

I could be wrong, but I would think that for the ram Air to get more Air into the motor, it would need a way to get more air to the Ram Air such as a CAI and a BBTB.

Also, once that extra air is going into the motor, you would want a way for it to exit quickly...ex exhaust.

I could be wrong, but this is just my opinion on the matter.