Does anyone here have any of the following:

Spoon Sports intake duct
http://www.inlinefour.com/spoons2carai.html
J's Racing intake duct
http://www.bulletproofautomoti...D=835
Backyard Special air intake panel
http://www.bulletproofautomoti...D=289
Garage Defend radiator cooling plate
http://www.bulletproofautomoti...D=235

heard good and bad about the last two, only good on the first two just looking for some other opinions.

 

I don't personally have any of the above intakes but I have done some reading on them. I have yet to hear someone complain about the spoon intake (other than it's price). The J's intake requires cutting of the hood as it is similar in design to the Mugen intake.

As for the two cooling panels they are most likely designed for RHD cars so they probably will not fit exactally right without some coaxing. I have an ARC Ti radiator panel which is similar to these panels and it required some minor tweaking to get it to fit.

Gabe

 

It looks like the "channel" gets awfully skinny in one of the bends, can any one confirm this? And wouldnt this result in power loss?
gmoore

 

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It looks like the "channel" gets awfully skinny in one of the bends, can any one confirm this? And wouldnt this result in power loss?
gmoore</TD></TR></TABLE>




i doubt it loses power...most owners who have it say you can feel a little more punch when the car is already at a certain speed(meaning highway pulls) . it does not make as much power as a intake such as the injen and aem designs

 

there selling ones on ebay, im not sure exactly how or if its exact.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...14726

 

Anyone think the ebay intake would be worth while? I talked to a few people and they say you cant just copy the Spoon one to make power, you have to have proper harmonic flow or some hibbidy jibbidy.
gmoore

 

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the BYS, Garage Defend and J's racing all fit fine. I know 2 ppl in my area with a J's racing and a BYS...while I myself have the Garage Defend

 

How much was that Garage Defend piece? Looks very nice and seems to fit well...did you notice any gains at all?

 

i bought it used for a very generous price. it's 280 + shipping new.

gains? hell no.. the air down tehre probably flows better but mainly... it just looks pretty.

 

http://www.jdmautoparts.com/s2000 for Leo's (dxlst) S2000. He has the J's Racing CF plate.

 

J's , BYS and Garage Defend are all made by the same manufacture just with different labels. I myself have the Garage Defend and I think it does make a little bit of a difference.

 

Comptech.

 

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.....and Comptech has what to do with what he asked?

 

The title was intakes. I was trying to give him another option, because there is no reason to pay a bunch of money for all that jdm stuff when you can get a nice comptech carbon fiber intake that produces pretty good power and great throttle response. I think it was the best thing we did for our s. I guess I could of expanded more but you don't need to be a smartass.

 

i'm not being a smartass, if you read his post he ask specifically about certain intakes and cooling plates.

anyways have a it's friday.

 

I have the Spoon airduct and didnt notice anything really until I added exhaust/header/vafc 2. I also did over 100 pounds of weight reduction as well. As far as the others are concerned, the Js I believe gives the same gain (if any) as the Mugen or Spoon duct. The prices are high on some of the intakes.

Heres mine about a month ago..

 

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anyways have a it's friday.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry for the misunderstanding. You have one too man

Also to the last post, what did you do to remove a hundred pounds?

 

You name it. At a couple of shows ago I had only one Spoon seat vs two stock seats. My hole trunk was gutted including softop (although I put it back when I installed the cage) and all the spare tire crap. I was running Spoon wheels, brakes, real Js hood, etc. A few other parts here and there. At one point the car was gutted but now everything is back together.

 

Cool, thanks for replying! How did u like it when it was gutted? It probably felt really different huh? The car FEELS light to me stock, it must have been awesome with 100 less lbs!

 

haha,
Very loud. You could hear everything and feel everything. I have Mugen S1 seats too and those are pretty thin so you really can feel everything. Now everything is back to normal..

 

I have this intake:

one of the best on the market IMO

 

Now what kind of intake is that?

 

its an MG-Racing intake

was a few made for production. it grabs air from underneath the car instead of infront (where like the spoon you have to crimp the intake to have it clear the frame) and shoots it straight up to the filter.

wonderful for the highway. there have been reports of gaining 12HP to the wheels at speed. ive tried the spoon and aem, there is no comparison. this intake i find is much better

not cheap though, and very hard to find. on s2ki.com there is a group buy for a copy of this intake right now

 

do you have more pics of that rool cage?....

post them

 

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not cheap though, and very hard to find. on s2ki.com there is a group buy for a copy of this intake right now</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope, it's not a copy. it's through the same manufacturer, but they're "tweeking" it.