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Originally Posted by gsxrken (Post 7301454)

Allow me to confuse the issue; this is an Internet forum after all.
Granted TX is hot and AC will be an issue. Search under my name for a one and done AC update.
However, intercooler first on otherwise stock setup? No mention of track days or extended Silver State Mile bonsai boost blasts. lets face it, in about 12 seconds you are traveling at make-the-local-news speeds in these cars. Stock intercooler can keep up without costing power for a few of those.
Whereas headers of nearly any kind can free up HP and lower boost threshold in any scenario, something you will feel every time you drive it.
The inevitable larger turbo and higher boost waste gate you will install someday will lead you to an aftermarket intercooler in time. But before then... headers.

great point!

The IC is really not needed until you have a bigger turbo, headers will be a huge performance improvement. Again I'll vouch for the B&B headers with heat, easy install no issues whatsoever.

I did forget that it has a K 27 turbo already.

Brian's headers, a modern turbo, then a reasonably priced, used deep core intercooler roughly the width or your present factory unit.