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I still say this should be made into a sticky.
Hard to disagree with that thread. The first performance gains are relatively cheap, the further you go, the more expensive it gets as well as temperamental.
There is a happy medium.
I needed a four barrel manifold, I could of bought a stock cast iron dual plane for a little cheaper than the aluminum dual plane manifold I ended up with. Probably could of saved $25?
One thing that is not up for debate is weight.
Add weight and it takes more power to move it, it takes more effort to stop it and it takes more grip to go around the corner.
Does the aluminum intake make more power? Probably not. Between the aluminum intake and headers it lost 25lbs off the front of the car, that is significant.
Power to weight, it doesn't matter if it gained any hp,
it lost weight, which equals a performance gain. And the weight came off the heavy end of the car.
If I were bored and didn't have anything that "needed" to be done, I would switch to the aluminum manifold just to reduce weight, and because I had nothing better to do with my time and money.
It is a hobby after all.
Edited to add: headers and intake are some of the cheapest weight reductions you can buy.
