Drivetrain If you had to choose between camshaft or exhaust..

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Mar 10, 2016 | 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 12magnum

well he already said he has a DDM cold air intake. he was thinking about going to a tuning party, so why not get the cam? for $360 I think it's the cheapest next gain in HP. a good catback exhaust is gonna cost $850 (milltek or stratmophere) for what 5hp? Yes it will sound awesome and no drone, but a cam might get him 10-12 hp. I'm still running a stock catback and putting out 216 whp. at this power level, the exhaust is not really limiting his power. The original poster said he didn't care about the exhaust sound.

My post is completely ignoring sound. Could care less about tone.

If he gets the cam, he will have to tune, then when he puts the exhaust on he's gonna have to tune again to get the most out of the cam due to having a more free flowing exhaust.

Again, this is from a performance stand point. Sound, and aesthetics has nothing to do with my suggestion.

If he gets the cam, he has to tune, then to get the most out of exhaust when he installs it he will have to tune again. That's paying for tuning twice.

If he gets exhaust first he won't need tune yet. And he already said he needs exhaust. Then get the came and have it tuned. Now he's only paying to tune the car once. Makes more sense financially and he will feel the power jump more when he gets the tune finally.