davidmitsusrock
11/14/2007 8:36:55 PM
i threw together a cheap short ram this week for about 90 bucks....looks good, sounds good, i like it....yes i bought all the parts at o reily's
Threepk2
11/14/2007 10:33:31 PM
I like it as long as it sounds and looks good thats all that matters...you plan on doing anything else to your car?
jpmontero98
11/15/2007 1:02:49 PM
looks good man...i see you went with a similar approach as i did (cheap intake and spectre air filter and breathers) cost like 50-60$ over all?
jlh077464
11/15/2007 1:12:31 PM
First post....i think he said about 90 bucks. Couldn't you have found a used one for that much?...injen or something?..
jpmontero98
11/15/2007 1:22:11 PM
i was talkin abt myself lol
BLAZE GS
11/15/2007 7:53:32 PM
id get one if i knew it had a place to hold the mass air sencer
davidmitsusrock
11/15/2007 9:02:39 PM
it was 90 becouse i had to get the adaptor for the MAS...but why get an injen when a pipe is a pipe?
jpmontero98
11/16/2007 3:45:44 PM
this makes me wonder if youll ever use PVC pipe o make a CAI/SRI
EMonz57
11/16/2007 6:20:24 PM
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ORIGINAL: davidmitsusrock
it was 90 becouse i had to get the adaptor for the MAS...but why get an injen when a pipe is a pipe?
a pipe is not a pipe. bends, diameter, surface, filter all things that make a difference. Not to mention looks lol. but its all good
davidmitsusrock
11/16/2007 11:00:38 PM
as far as an intake on a non turbo car? i beg to differ...a short ram for 90 bucks will do the same as the 200 dollar Injen one...and i think it looks good
EMonz57
11/17/2007 9:19:29 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: davidmitsusrock
as far as an intake on a non turbo car? i beg to differ...a short ram for 90 bucks will do the same as the 200 dollar Injen one...and i think it looks good
no it will not all those things matter more on an NA car than n a turbo car. Intakes on a turbo car are just about worthless untill you have big HP. Not to mention you absolutly could have paid $90 for an Injen. I got my Injen cold air for my 3g for $90 just needed a filter and it looked a hell of a lot better, but when you got a car that is a econo car I guess it doesnt really matter to much. I just went the cheap intake route before on my 1st 3G and it was a living nghtmare and caused my intake manifold to crack at the throttle body flange and it cracked 4 different manifolds untill I relized what was causeing it
davidmitsusrock
11/18/2007 5:13:19 PM
sorry i didnt specify...an econocar.....an econo car at 16? well no ****. its all up to opinion and i like it. as does pretty much every one else who has seen it. i dont see how an intake can crack an intake manifold though.
EMonz57
11/18/2007 7:39:24 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: davidmitsusrock
sorry i didnt specify...an econocar.....an econo car at 16? well no ****. its all up to opinion and i like it. as does pretty much every one else who has seen it. i dont see how an intake can crack an intake manifold though.
It absolutly did though. 4 times. if its not well made. and hangs weights down on the trottlebody it can crack it and the thin manifolds in the 3g rs gs crack easily
nick_200321
11/18/2007 8:33:39 PM
so you saying the intake works better on a n/a car??
dorian7
11/19/2007 12:09:27 AM
I think what he was trying to say is that the way an intake on a N/A matters more becuase it goes intake, throttle body, manifold, engine. Where on a turbo car it goes Intake,turbo,intercooler,throttle body, manifold, engine. So as you could imagine what the intake on a turbo is made out of doesn't really make a difference at the end.
EMonz57
11/19/2007 5:59:49 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: davidmitsusrock
sorry i didnt specify...an econocar.....an econo car at 16? well no ****. its all up to opinion and i like it. as does pretty much every one else who has seen it. i dont see how an intake can crack an intake manifold though.
oh and I was in no way trying to down talk you man. I like your car and I am glad for you. I had a GS eclipse at your age so I also had a car I wanted to be faster but was nothing more than 100WHP pile of metal for me as it fell apart a million times lol.
jlh077464
11/19/2007 8:45:24 AM
i wasnt baggin on you either bro, i give u props for doin it yourself. I was just making a comment.
ricanpunk
11/19/2007 12:57:43 PM
if i wanted to save cash on an intake id probably do the same thing, it always feels good to have something that new. also deffinitely looks better than some of the ebay stuff ive seen
nick_200321
11/19/2007 1:12:59 PM
yep i think it looks good as hell and i would use it on my car
5star
11/19/2007 4:32:21 PM
I have a $55 K&N and it dont sound any differant.
jpmontero98
11/19/2007 5:13:06 PM
i got a fricken intake thats an equivalent to a PVC pipe...and it made my monty sound WAY better....got pics of your 55$ intake? thats abt the price of a good air filter
nick_200321
11/19/2007 6:47:42 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: 5star
I have a $55 K&N and it dont sound any differant.
that might be since you cheaped out so much haha, you should hear a difference with even a half assed intake.. not in the exhaust but you will hear it up in the engine bay, sounds badass
5star
11/20/2007 7:25:54 PM
What you here the sucking sound? I was talking about a $55 K&N filter I have the stock intake tube and no air box.
EMonz57
11/20/2007 7:37:54 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: 5star
What you here the sucking sound? I was talking about a $55 K&N filter I have the stock intake tube and no air box.
there is no way there is no difference. as soon as you remove the air box the car at 4k rpms and above will be 10x loader
