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Old 08-22-2012, 07:25 AM   #54
shadrach74
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I think an easy way to gain a few pony's is to leave the stock headers in place and remove the secondaries. $250 buys a 2-3% hp increase on an S plus a loss of ~35lbs. If you then opened the intake with a better set up, reflashed the ECU and added an underdrive pulley. I think you'd get gains that you could feel for about $1200-1500. Earth shattering? No. However, if properly fettled, there is no reason why the 3.2 can not make around the same BHP/liter as the 3.4 996.
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Having said that, if one has a limited budget, my recommendation would be to leave the oem headers/precats in place and simply delete the secondary cats for the purposes of weight reduction and elimination of some unnecessary back pressure, along with a good quality cat back that will further eliminate unnecessary back pressure and weight, and perhaps result in better sound .
So much for sweeping assumptions. Great minds think alike...
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