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      04-04-2013, 11:33 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Jeff@TopGearSolutions View Post
+1 Good points.

The intake manifold is not a restriction at the stock turbo power levels anyway.

In the scheme of adding the most power I'm sure an intake manifold would eventually be a power adder, but not for the average joe. There are a lot more modifications to do that will net a larger gain for the money.
Agreed, I had been under the impression that the intake manifold was pretty far down the list of issues when it comes to making big power on this platform. Fueling and turbo inlet size I’d imagine would both need to be addressed before a better flowing manifold would be of much use, and even then I believe people are beginning to see valve float at monster power numbers. So there are bigger fish to fry
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