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Romeo 09-29-2006 05:34 PM

did my homework...
 
ok so i been reasarching here and there for an intake... origionally I wanted K&N cuz its a new design, and i figured it would sound nice, then i heard that the MS was better, so i found out pleanty of reasons why to pick this one, THEN people started telling me to get the RB intake... so I was like, himm... this one has its good strong points too.... then today i read some more on it and i found out that they will all give you about no gain and it basiclly boils down to looks and sound.
Now, ive heard the the RB is real quiet and smooth, you get good power from a stop, on the go, and at high peak. Then i started to think to myself.. if they all work about the same... im paying for sound and looks... now for looks, im not gonna be driving around with my hood open, and I wont have enough mods to go to shows and pop my hood so looks isnt a big deal, yet. Performance, there all about the same, so it leaves sound.... if i get the revi, it will sound smooth, still. But why would I wanna pay to sound the same, look stock, and give me hardly any performance? soo..... Im pretty much in the middle of RB and K&N. What do you guys feel? Or have a completley missed something?

thanks

-RoMeO

otherside 09-29-2006 05:40 PM

All the CAI's give you little or no power gain. All they do is make noise.

cas2themoe 09-29-2006 05:41 PM

I think you answered you own questions man. I'd go with Racing Beat if I were buying though. Buts thats just me.

BlueRenesis82 09-29-2006 05:41 PM

you would be better off popping your collar

dtorre 09-29-2006 05:44 PM

how bout instead of wasting money on an intake...you just go and carbon fiber out your engine bay....or buy a new bar ((preferabally MS)) ...looks good in the engine bay

Romeo 09-29-2006 05:45 PM

Racing beat over K&N?

sunilseru 09-29-2006 05:46 PM

to me it is not worth the $$$. no significant power gains.

moRotorMotor 09-29-2006 05:47 PM

Racing Beat has proven an increase in gas mileage of around 2-3MPG.

Raptor2k 09-29-2006 05:53 PM

Spend the cabbage on something that does its purpose. The stock engine sounds great as it is, I don't know why it would be worth $500 to change how it sounds.

Romeo 09-29-2006 05:53 PM

the thing there is, I want Sound. and i heard RB is real quiet compared to the Typhoon. Im really leaning towards Typhoon... Im looking for "real" reasons why not to. Gas Milage of 2-3 MPG isnt anything, Im spending gas money regardless. (and gas prices are going down :D )
So if I want sound....
and they all wont give me THAT much power...
and I think the Typhoon looks nice.....

... why should I get the RB?

(this is a honest question, I want to know why...)

thanks.

-RoMeO

moRotorMotor 09-29-2006 05:55 PM

I think if you are just looking for sound, you should check out exhausts instead.

SE3PSynergy 09-29-2006 05:58 PM

^^even bigger money wasting for no gains =_=

I have the K&N on my car, I like it a lot, it's not too terribly loud, it was a super easy install, it was fairly well priced, and it looks cool under the hood.

SayNoToPistons 09-29-2006 06:05 PM

Suspension upgrade ftw. looks good AND it works!

shaolin 09-29-2006 06:06 PM

man....that's all a waste. get a turbo kit. good looks, power, and sound. case closed.

SE3PSynergy 09-29-2006 06:06 PM

suspension is ALWAYS a good decision... just don't cheap out :)

SayNoToPistons 09-29-2006 06:14 PM


Originally Posted by shaolin
man....that's all a waste. get a turbo kit. good looks, power, and sound. case closed.

handling before power = ftw.

Romeo 09-29-2006 06:23 PM


Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons
handling before power = ftw.

ftw = _?

moRotorMotor 09-29-2006 06:42 PM

FTW=For The Win
FTL=For The Lose

Romeo 09-29-2006 07:09 PM

I think im going with Typhoon... Thanks guys.

I might hook up the Air Duct with it too.

DOMINION 09-29-2006 07:27 PM


Originally Posted by shaolin
man....that's all a waste. get a turbo kit. good looks, power, and sound. case closed.

:ylsuper:

Romeo 09-29-2006 07:30 PM

My theory is, if im gonna get a turbo, I'll get it with a Turbo Engine...
... I dont have that kind of money right now...

How much are Turbo's w/ installation?

XSeT 09-29-2006 07:33 PM

Greddy turbo is around 3.5k and i think the installation is around 900 dollars lol.

Romeo 09-29-2006 07:51 PM

yeeeeah.... lets go with the intake for now...

I'll do the Turbo soon though.

-RoMeO

Any final atempts at convincing me to go RB opposed to Typhoon?...

Raptor2k 09-29-2006 08:12 PM

You can find the greddy kit for like 2.5k these days me thinks

Trekk 09-29-2006 08:13 PM

Whats wrong with the stock air box? If all your going for is sound just remove the VAFD and that will give you some sound for free.


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