hey i was talkin to a friend and he said he can tweak my stock intake in order to get a little more power outa it…i was wondering if i could get more power that way or would i get more power getting an aftermarket one…
If he can do it for free, it can’t hurt.
yea i know but i was curious about which modification would give me more power
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depends what kinda tweaking he’s gonna do?
AEM CAI will give more power than the tweak hes gonna do… i am sayin this bcuz of the fact that after market has bigger filter meanin more cold air and piping… stock = small filter and piping
HTH
also note that you probably wont see gains until you get an exhaust and/or header.
an aftermarket intake will give you a bit more power in the mid to high rpm range but loses some at the lower rpm range. i think this has something to do with air velocity because of the bigger piping. i think that if you get a less restrictive stock replacement filters like the K&N’s and modify the stock intake, you could achieve some pretty good results. you could try removing the resonator box and extend a air duct tubing from the bottom of the filter box to an opening at the front of the bumper. this comination could give you the advantage of cold air, less restriction than all stock, and smaller piping for better air velocity. if this is true, then you’ll get good low rpm power and better mid-high power than stock but not necessarily better than all aftermarkets.
your stock intake has many creases in the plastic/rubber tubbing that disrupt the air flow into your engine. if you get an aftermarket intake it will most likely have a smooth inside to let air flow easier, and therefor let more air into the engine. even if you tweek your factory air box you aren’t going to notice a difference.
Originally posted by Skandalous
your stock intake has many creases in the plastic/rubber tubbing that disrupt the air flow into your engine.
actually, only the outside of the plastic/rubber tubing arm looks to be as you described, but if you take a look inside, it is actually quite smooth.
what I did, before I bought an aftermarket intake, was remove all the resonating and factory piping leading to the air filter … and removed the bottom half of the airbox, then screwed the air filter into the top half of the airbox, easy, cheap way to improve airflow. Then you could route some cheap piping or tubing from behind the bumper to the filter.
Anyone have dyno graphs of Stock vs. Short Ram vs. AEM?
how big is the stock piping on our tegs? i looked in the teg tips for ram air and it said to use 3"air duct piping…i think our stock piping is smaller than that…if it is…should i get an air duct that is 3" or an air duct that is the same size as the stock piping? Or maybe the 3" air duct resembles the “Iceman” style cold air intake’s “velocity stack” feature? what do you guys think?
Notice, the piping under the headlight is gone and so is the subfilter on the top of the airbox. The smaller resonator right by the throttle body was removed, and a plastic plate was glued in place of it.
The fender liner is cut in the next three pictures which means the engine draws air in, directly from outside. The other place it draws air in, is right behind the headlight. I wouldn’t suggest this unless you know to drive easy through rain and standing water. It’s a great way to hydrolock an engine if you aren’t conscience of the intakes possibility of sucking up water.
What is your strut tower bar attached to. It looks like it is not attached to the strut tower.
Originally posted by DaKyu
how big is the stock piping on our tegs?
the outer diameter for our tegs (at least for b17 intake arms) is 3" but the actual inner diameter is closer to about 2.6", where it mates to the throttle body. the inner tubing is smooth, as i stated in my previous post, making it a nice part that requires no modifications to make a nice do-it-yourself intake as shown in mojo’s pics.
Originally posted by OldGuy
What is your strut tower bar attached to. It looks like it is not attached to the strut tower.
it actually is tied down to the strut towers. the mounting brackets on the spoon bar just works around the other way, making it look like it’s sitting forward.
Thanks Cspeed. 
so mojo, that is a spoon bar?
Originally posted by MySlowTeg
so mojo, that is a spoon bar?
Yup, I picked them up super cheap and made sure they were legitimate. $150 for both the front and rear shipped. It clears the ABS if you remove the black bracket around the ABS reservoir.