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So, we're on the forums because we love our cars and tuners exist because manufacturers have to build cars on a template which will inevitably leave some room, less with NA & more with FI, to increase performance. And altho we all have basically the same car, we do the research we can do once we've figured out a direction to go and see graphs from different dynos on cars with slightly different parts that result in slightly different numbers. Because a number is not an opinion, we believe we are seeing some sort of truth. And we are, but it's a truth with qualifications.
A few vendors sell parts and services they have done meaningful development on. Most simply receive parts in boxes from every supplier who makes parts to fit our cars and ship the same box to us when we buy them. That's fine, sometimes we save money that way. I don't need to have Oakos prove to me RPF1s are great wheels when I'll save $175 over a competitor if I buy from them.
I'm a few months away from buying the rest of CSG's NA Power pkg (exhaust is on the car already) because from what I can tell they've done an unusual amount of testing and development. Delicious has also done testing because they wouldn't have a product otherwise. But, since many tuners don't know their ass from their elbow, their reputation on this forum has a value for me. I don't think the performance difference would be night and day between the ACE header and another header, but there will be some. And what I want from the tune is max output balanced with max safety. So I'm going to jump, because whether you live in Louisville or Latvia, at some point you just have to. Or not.
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