i was looking to start doing stuff to my car 98 gs, and was wondering if someone could please let me know what exactly the air intake does. i was told to get this before the exhaust.
this was recomended:

$43.95
thanks a lot

Dino

air intake lets your car breath better. More air means more horse power. and intakes come with better air filters wich lets them breath easier. plus the intake makes your car sound mean. if i were you i would get a cold air intake. colder air means more horse power. plus with the cold air intake (atleast with 95-96 cause of holes in bumper don't know about others) it kind of doubles as a "ram" air. which means air gets rammed into the filter then into the intake then throttle body and so on. i think i got most of it. and if your looking for cold air intakes (CAI), look around the board. there are a lot of people selling theres becuase there going turbo and stuff like that.

do you know of any websites that i could order one. someone wrote it i shouldnt spend more then about 45 for it?
thanks

45 is dirt cheap for an intake. But watch out, most places charge 15 to 25 bucks for shipping and handling. I spent 45 bucks just for an air filter and adapter with stock piping back in the day.

www.landspeedracing.com
and ebay probably has some decent ones if you look hard enough

where did you guys all get yours? I wanted to know if anyone know of a good place to get one. The thing about ebay is i was suspended for selling bootlet batman tapes so cant do that one. I wanted to get a few good places...
thanks

Dino

Injen is a pretty popular intake, that's what I have. I got mine from www.roadraceengineering.com from $145. I wouldn't pay more than $45 for the filter, but you should expect to pay over $100 for a new intake.

ya but injen is the shit, i have noticed alot of hp with them i say they are #1 in my book plus it looks cool as shit

Try Landspeed Racing....IMO AEM is the best...but thats just me!

what about K & N? How do they compair?

I don't think K&N makes an intake "system" for our car (just the drop-in and universal cone). I just bought the universal 3" cone and strapped it onto my existing intake arm, not much different than an aftermarket short air intake (as pictured above).

My setup...




Eric Madden

well i have a iceman CAI.. i have no probs with it..

everyone asks which is better
aem, iceman or injen

well think about it

2 are metal one is powdercoated plastic

granted the aem is coated with that heat stuff..
but its still metal and soaks up heat much more then plastic

so id have to say iceman lives up the name.. ICE

mine was 200 a long time ago.
i think they are still about 175 ish..
not a bad intake.. 2 pieces so you can rock cold air or just a regular short ram

unlike your injen and aem

and KN does make intakes now.. they have them for the rsx, wrx, is300 and others

its a gray tube

oh yea the iceman has a kn filter too..

Where did you get this, and who makes it. It looks like it might work for the 2.4l Spyder GS engine also.

I got a cheap cold air intake off ebay for $99 plus $16 shipping. It's a good intake for the money. Now I just have the stock airbox with a K&N and the silencer removed and I noticed NO difference on the butt dyno.


current status unknown

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Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Drop in K&N Filter and open airbox
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

So I guess the Butt dyno was calibrated just recently? haha. What did the ebay intake look like?

Basically just 2 blue 2.5 inch pipes and 2 rubber connectors and a Fake K&N air filter.


current status unknown

http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Drop in K&N Filter and open airbox
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

So it looks good?

Yeah it looks fine. It is powdercoated blue just like the AEMs. It fit fine too.


current status unknown

http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Drop in K&N Filter and open airbox
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

There are a ton, which one.

Is it that much better to buy a short ram intake or just do this:



Is the stock piping versus the AEM/Cheap Brand/Whoever piping gonna be that much better or is it really the filter?

I was thinking I should just pick up the filter instead since I got a Magnaflow exhaust coming Friday or tomorrow if I'm lucky.


<EDIT> ALSO VERY IMPORTANT - A universal 3" cone filter will fit my Talon N/T right??? For SURE?

Thanks,
Mike.

The filter is the big part, but the smoother lines of the aftermarket pipes gives a smoother less turbulent air flow. The smoother the inside of the pipe the better airflow, the stock pipe cause all sorts of turbulence slowing down the air charge.

I run a AEM CAI and I relly like it. One other option that you may have is to look in the "MODS" section of this site and there is a part about making a CAI out of PVC pipe. We did this on a friends car and them we painted it and it does work well. It does not look quite as good as a bought unit but it only cost $15 plus the filter.