Air Intake

[jtw156]

I have a buddy that works at an Oreillys store thats ganna order me an intake. I was ganna go with a Ractive cause it is only about $140. My question is, do you know if it will fit on my DX? It does not list that it will fit on a DX in the catalog. And one more quick question. Should I go with the Ractive?

[97 Ex/SiR]

having a tad more experience these days. an intake is an intake. theres good, and theres better. good is a short ram, and better is a cold air intake. but brand wise, i think an intake is an intake. i dont know about fitting. i dont think it would be any different than an lx or ex. not for sure though.
-Dane

[estebones]

I have had good experiences with ebays intakes, they seem to do the job however I dont have anything proven to show, its just the "feel" of the car is what I go by.

but for that money you could search around on some web boards, esp. the classifieds. I found my aem short ram intake (almost new) for 125 shipped, sure its used but it looks almot like it is brand new
on the other hand ebays intakes are extremetly cheap, I got one for 40 bucks shipped. note: Don't bid on any of the intakes on ebay, contact the seller and tell give them a price (about 10-15 dollars less than the price advertised on the auction) more than likely they get these things mass-produced and are willing to go very low

hope this helps

--este

[imported_camelian]

i'd get a generic intake and spend the rest of the money elsewhere

[imported_4Bangin]

Originally posted by camelian@Dec 25 2003, 10:23 PM
i'd get a generic intake and spend the rest of the money elsewhere

Ebay foshizzle!

[estebones]

yup, yup they work, plus around 50 beans you just cant beat them

[imported_DIYperformance]

Este had a good tip with contacting the seller because yeah, they're way mass produced. But I found the version 1 AEM cold air intake on ebay for 148 + 15 shipping. There is definatley a difference in the feel of the car, plus I love the obnoxious volume when revving high!

[imported_micah]

i agree AEM cold air is proven to produce power, i guess resonance has somethig to do with it, but a generic one will do fine.... plus you'll eventually replace it with a turbo or something else.. hah...

I spent 250 bones on aem cold air intake, and when i do my swap it won't even fit the new engine... waste of dough..

[imported_Slick]

What about making your own? Theres a DIY on here about it.

[imported_micah]

Yeah i'd really look into that DIY