Need some help here..best intake for performance.., want to keep price under $200 also... Options

[capncrakhed]

I got me a 1998 GT...now, hopefully i can get some money back from taxes this year...and with that i want to put some mods on my car...one of them mods will be an intake...now my question to everyone is...

what company makes the best intake?

take into consideration price and performance

also another question.....how easy is an intake to install??
is it just pop off airbox...pop on intake? other steps involved??

[Coomer]

QUOTE (Mage @ Jan 10 2003, 01:30 PM)

I doubt anyone will see a "big" jump in performance. Unless you're regularly driving in the 5k rpm range, the best you can say a shortram offers is increased throttle response. After all, the throttle body can only take in so much air, simply removing restriction will only do so much, which is when forced induction comes in. I can't speak for a CAI since I didn't install one, but the premise is the same except the air would be more dense than a short ram's. People always want to believe they're getting their money's worth, the desire to believe that you gained much more power clouds perception. If I had to go back, I'd probably have just bought a drop in K&N filter rather than this Injen (which was cheap in itself since I got it slightly used). 1st and second -seem- to accelerate more quickly, but I think it's simply because I began to shift further in the rpms. 3-5 feel exactly the same.

I agree with you on this one. Here's an interesting article regarding this. Cold air intakes, such as the Dr. CAI, actually do provide a nice horsepower increase though.