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ok im ready to drop some money on mods...my plans are 1.8 rockers, intense FWI, intense PCM, pulley but not sure which to go with yet, down pipe and high flow cat, is there anything im forgetting?....oh yeah and slp headers
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I assume you mean 1.9 rockers?
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Isn't the downpipe built into the SLP headers?
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thats what i was wondering if i needed to buy a downpipe or not with those headers.....and yes i ment 1.8 i fat fingered the 8....and as far as pcm to i do the mods first then go get it tuned or tell them what im doing and get it programmed for my mods?
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1.9* again not watching
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I would add those mods and then get a custom tune instead of getting a canned tune from ZZP or Intense. I would call whomever you are buying the headers from what is all included.
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