TwoKSiR

Just purchased an AIR intake manifold. From what I have read I will have to redo my upper charge pipe. I know I have to remote mount the IAC. But what else will I have to do to run the AIR? I'm going from a Skunk2 Pro to the AIR. Is there a limited amount of boost that they can take? I'm just looking for what all to expect with this. I have done a fair amount of reading on there power advantages, and I have wanted one since the first time I saw one. I know it's a little mich for the setup as of now but in a year or two (deending on money) it will be put to good use.

tony413

congrats on the best purchase you may have ever made. sorry i cant really offer you any more help. but just set the mani up as you would a JG or skunk2.

miller

cons= it leaks and is hard to keep together

blinx9900

are you the one that grabbed that one off ebay? closing bid of $866 + 25 shipping, damn that's an expensive used manifold, i would have just bought a new Endyn unit...

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

Please do not make such comments. You have no idea what you are talking about. Their newer manifolds with the better adhesives are nearly bulletproof. Tony1 used the older version not to mention ming used methenal and never bothered to clean it out.

tony1

Nevermind it falling apart, the car was down on power compared to the Edelbrock...

locash

I didnt see Tony say he'd run one with better adhesives, either.

If the fastest guy in the class uses a $300 intake manifold, why bother spending three times as much for something that might fail?

tony1

Give me an AIR with a voucher for $10k if it cracks and I still wouldn't consider it. They do look damn good though!

CoreyR

didnt you have an AIR on the car at etown? i see youve gone 8.90 since, is that from the swtich from the AIR mani or am i imagining you having one on the car that day.

Blown90hatcH

No, he still had the JG/edleterd on there at E-town too. The AIR is great for a street car, but for a race car like Tonys, the JG works great. Not to mention the cost difference is extremely large. I have used mine....Old version....for about 10k miles now, never under 30psi and it still works well with no leaks, cracks, delamination, etc. on a street car.

TwoKSiR

It's for a car that I'm building (not funding) for my roommate. When he found it i told him if he want's to spend the money go for it. Well he said if it went over $650 he wouldn't buy it. Well I didn't think it would go that low so I kinda forgot about it. Well I got back from a weekend trip and he had a **** grin ear to ear. I couldn't believe he spent that much. But it's his car and his money.

IAD_ek

I do not know more than what I am read on Jeff Evans website except that a friend of mine was running 2.2L ITR on ITB's and when he switched it to his AIR IM, he liked it better. I don't know if it made more power, ran cooler, or anything informational except that he preferred it over his ITB's.

http://www.evans-tuning.com/dynocomp...ockintake.html

tony1

ITB's suck, i'd prefer most any intake manifold over ITB's on a street car. lol

tony413

you're going to start a bandwagon with statements like that

rota92

The edelbrock/GE manis are a much better choice than that AIR, you could buy one of each and do some back to back testing for us for less than the AIR lol

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

Actually your wrong in every aspect. Stock AIR against either STOCK manifold would be victorious by a decent margain. This test has already been done and the AIR has proven victorious. Tony's manifold is not stock, not by a long shot.

rota92

Care to share about how it's not stock? Otherwise I can't really buy that reply lol

tony1

Haha, tell me what's different between my Edelbrock and one you take out of a box?

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

He has modified the manifold.. Its not a stock Edlebrock manifold thats what I meant.

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

So you've done no porting to it or any modifications to it what so ever? If thats the case I was misinformed.

rota92

Oh okay, like he drew a T1 logo on it right? Because that's a modification technically. Nice legit answer there...

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

If his head is ported the manifold is most likely port matched which would mean a modification.

SD_Lurker

iTrader: (4)

I am not gonna argue with you. This test has been done several times..STOCK AIR against STOCK Edlebrock in which case guess what made more power?

rota92

How else can you mesure a performance increase if the air is not flowing into the head properly?

rota92

The edlebrock of course :-p

So even if the AIR happened to be better...how much money can you save?

To the OP, sorry for cluttering the thread but you may want to ask this kind of question before you purchase a really expensive part to save yourself the agony in the future. Good luck!