Should I Add Stillen Gen 3 Long Tubes?

PearlWhite55

This makes total sense Duc - and why I had the question to begin with - I like the idea of a more aggressive sound - and a little extra kick on a freeway ramp or pushing through a turn out on a backroad - but, I'll likely never track.

I thought a couple hundred for install sounded right - and I was wondering about a tune - I know next to nothing about that...thanks again.

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'10 Touring/Sport Roadster

Wonka2581

You have to ask what you want to do to the car? Do you eventually want to boost the car? If so why waste the money.. if not then do it!! You will love them not to mention they look amazing.

As for a tune. You will not require a tune by just having a cat back exhaust and an intake. You will have to have a tune if you replace the cats.. but if you keep the stock cats you will be fine. Rule of thumb

3 or more breather mods = no tune required. Now if you want to squeeze every ounce of power out of your mods then get a tune. I ran G3 intakes and F.I. Exhaust for 3 years without a tune and no issue. I did take out my cats and replaced them with test pipes so I went and got a tune. Hope this helps.

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PearlWhite55

Thanks everybody - very helpful!

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'10 Touring/Sport Roadster

Silly Rabbit

Have you considered the K&N typhoon kit? It will give you the added intake sound and a bump in power. Not as much as power as the Stillen G3. It is a very easy install, looks great under the hood. Stillen offers a similar kit in the G2. You should be able to find a typhoon kit for half the cost of a G3.

I had the K&N kit and was happy with it, but wanted the most performance and changed it out for the Nismo long tube intake. It's similar to the Stillen G3. For around town and some fun driving, there really isn't a notable performance difference. The long tube intake is actually quieter. The K&N has a pretty nice sound when you get on it. I also have the Borla, matched up with high flow cats and pretty happy with it.

Or just skip the intake kit and put K&N filters in the stock air boxes. You will get the performance improvement, but not the sound.

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Chuck33079

The typhoon is a short ram, isn't it? The op would be far better off with maf tubes and drop in filters than a short ram hot air intake.

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