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Old 03-26-2010, 12:49 AM
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An aftermarket intake will look different, and may result in more intake noise (air roar) but won't affect engine power output much if at all.

A tuning chip on the 4.4 has very limited impact. If you do get some more torque or hp at one point on the power curve, it is most likely very minor, and is a tradeoff for less torque or power at a slightly different point on the curve.

An exhaust isn't likely to add much power, perhaps a few hp, but it is easy to create very different exhaut notes, as described above.
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