So today seemed to be VE-Day for my car. She went in for her exaust work around 10 30 am, got a custom bent 3" DP, Magnaflow highflow cat and the U-Bend delete done.

Then at work around 12 30 my phone rings and it Purolator with my CAI. So after work I pull her in and slap that in (20 mins my butt for a first timer! :p ), changed my fuel filter, doing my PCV tomorrow and hear back on Friday about a custom PCM tune.

Overall, a good day I would say for me GP! I didnt notice a heck of alot of difference with just the exaust done driving it from the shop to my work, except it sounded meaner, but now the CAI is in I can really feel and hear it in the low end.

Guess now its probably PCM time, and maybe a 3.5 pulley, havent decided yet on that one.

well, if you left the stock mufflers in, then there wont be too much of a difference in sound. But im sure that you felt more responsiveness from the car

Twisting the dogbone mounts 90* will REALLY make your car feel like everything is lined up better.

All the shifts feel tighter and shorter.

I still suprise myself in thinking that the little jolt from a shift is longer that it is now.

Yah Ordonez, I left the mufflers in, I didnt expect too much doing that. I am actually pretty happy with the sound atm to be honest.

I'll give that a shot Zergling, sounds like a neat mod, thanks!

When I did the downpipe and hi-flow cat I could really hear the difference, inside and out. Stock muffs.

i did the 2.5" cat back with no res and flows for muffs, but i didnt feel any diff...i guess ubend and d/p will help that...

youre not going to feel any difference from just a cat-back with the u-bend left in there, that is primarily for sound. The DP and u-bend with some headers or PEMS will help the performance aspect

One thing I have noticed since the exaust and CAI work, my mileage seems to move around alot more now,is that normal?

I was living at 17.8 mpg, now I float between 17.4 and 19ish.

Well... that depends. Have your driving habits changed as a result of the intake and exhaust?

Sadly lol, not overly.. I still mostly drive like a grandma :p

The Dp with U-bend delete will give you some performance gain but if your looking for a different sound you will have to get rid of those stock(heavy) muffs,choose these carefully .Chico.

Right now we are looking at Flow 40s or maybe modding on a Magnaflow. My exaust guy said he modded a Magna onto one before and it sounded killer, so we are trying to track him down so we can have a listen to see if I like it.

If you go with flowmasters, leave the resonator in place! They sound raspy if you take it out.

Hrmm, those Magnas looking abit better then heh, I pulled my res already

What modding are you talking about on the MF's? I'm running MF's and they did'nt require any modification,but I really do like the sound much better then FM's a more mellow sound IMHO.Chico.