@LeMans850i posted:@panteradoug is very right…all of the above…
So the question to ask is really what you want … “race car” performance all the time or nicely clean filtered air for longevity or change the setup as needed…
I personally struggle with the decision…
BUT you got that system for the car so I would guess you like it and being expensive I would say A Lot!
Leave it and live with it… It’s like a yellow Pantera. It looks great in yellow, but a cop can see you from a mile away… Still wouldn’t change the color.
people are gonna look at it and admire The set up and thinking “I wish I was that reckless…”
I think that it isn't so much that one needs to decide, "show or go"? It is more a question of what compromise you make and therefore which you deem more important.
Frankly I know of one person in particular that has run Webers on a 289 Cobra for something like forty years with open stacks.
I wouldn't recommend that for a dune buggy or driving in really dusty climates but running filters on these things to me, from what I have seen and experienced is over rated big time.
To me, the point of having all of those stacks is, "lets play and catch me if you can".
To each his own though. Life is short. Enjoy it while you can.