Exhaust\Intake setup - needs some advise

AlWakRa

Hello everybody,

I am having some hard time deciding on what to do, made some searches and still the same.

First, my car has Fast Intentions TDX 12" res and FI non-res HFC.

I am planning to add more boltons and tune the car afterward. I have R2C air intakes in hand but not installed. Also, have Mine's air scoops.

What I was decided on is
Fast Intentions TDX & HFC
R2C Intakes
Motordyne M370
Tune

But as people are greedy I just thought of going a little different, I thought of going Z1 CAI, Z1 headers, and DE ART pipes.

My concerns are as follow

- Will R2C intakes + Air scoops have similar gains to CAI, I understand the issue with short rams is they take air from engine bay unlike CAI, but adding air scoop may solve the issue? because either way I will install the mine's but the placement will differ with either choice.

- Loudness, I like how loud the car currently, I don't want to increase this level marginally, when I was reading about Arts I found some mixed opinions about the sound level increase, however, the company and some opinions say it is quieter than any TP or HFC. If it is quieter than FI non-res HFC and I added shorties which shouldn't increase sound level that much, the result is same level of loudness this the conclusion I had, need somebody to chime in there, I know that I will gain a lot more HP/TQ over HFC setup. Or just add art pipes without headers?


The car isn't daily driver but I don't want to draw police attention when I take it on weekends, so let's say loudness under 3.5k rpm. Don't care if it's louder at WOT. I use the car on weekends and occasional road course track days.


or should I go all out with LTH and butterfly valves


Don't take me as I don't know what I want

Just to sum up,

Will R2C Intakes + air scoop be nearly the same as CAI + air scoop.

How different the loudness will be for Z1 headers + ART pipes and current catback compared to my current setup? Will the gains be noticeable?

How Motordyne IM complement the setup either way, or it will work better with one over the other?

I want to gain as much as possible NA while maintaining the same sound level while cruising. I would love to go turbo if it wasn't for track days.

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