Originally Posted by
S85FTW
I personally would go with the the VF centrifugal, reason being is that there are many other ways you could make up for the difference in hp to justify the cost diff. Headers, Intake, full exhaust, could certainly make up that hp difference. I would also spend that $2k towards shrick cams and the results would be higher than the ESS Twin Screw on the dyno for sure.
I'm not sure that intake will do much once you boost-- that's what everyone told me when I put a dasc on my e36 318... Once that mix is being pushed in there with FI, the subtleties of a less restrictive / better shaped intake are pretty much lost. If you need more acceleration after FI/software, I'd recommend a better ratio diff, instead of all that spend on exhaust, headers, intake and whatnot... the diff swap is what the old hot rodders used to call a poor man's supercharger.
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