do these ebay i/h/e have any difference between an aem or injen cause i dont feel like spending 1,500 on i/h/e

 

Intakes - A pipe is a pipe is a pipe is a pipe. I cant imagine you seeing any difference between a $30 ebay intake arm and a name brand intake.

Exhaust - See above description. The only issue that ou may run into is quality of the parts and materials. If in doubt, buy your own muffler, high flow cat, and resonator and take everything to an exhaust shop and have them make a 2.5" exhaust for you. SHould be cheaper than a name brand cat back.

I can't really speak about a header. I've only had 1 aftermarket header (an OBX from Ebay). It has held up great after 5 years.

 

Ebay is great source for parts despite what many will say. Just make sure to buy name-brand parts from power sellers that have super feedback. I do agree about the air intake suggestion, it is one of the few parts that doesn't have to be a name-brand part, but I would suggest using a K&N filter instead of the cheap one they will give with it.

Also check the vendors on this site for great deals, I have been keeping my eye on a ITR 4-1 header that is very affordable since I won't pay $600-$800 for a header that will only gain a few hp over the ITR header.

 

i/h/e don't do anything anyway. so unless you have a built vehicle, it won't make any difference performance-wise.

 

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....i still have these morons doing ricer math to me swearing their LS makes 160-170 hp with exhaust and an intake

 

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yes.

but between injen & AEM, no.

 

Ebay and performance...shouldn't go together...shop wisely or search for the countless threads of people who have bought performance parts and got the stick

 

1500 goes along way toward a turbo kit........

 

whats wrong with ebay?? i got my icebox from there.. but it was retail dealer.

 

intake: get a cheap tube w/ a k&n filter

exhaust: I've heard mixed reviews on e-bay brands like Tsudo, etc. A lot of them are quality but you might be better off having a shop weld you up a custom one when you are having your header installed

headers: don't get the cheap 40 dollar ones. at least get a megan racing or holley header these pop up sometimes for 100 bux or less. if you want a more quality piece, there are a lot of quality brands for around $500 like rage, hytech, etc. I personally wouldn't spend my money on a DC/ Greddy header as you could get a lot nicer one for a couple hundred bucks more

 

if i were to do it all over again on a tight budget, i'd get the blox intake manifold, stock itr intake arm, comptech or k&n drop in filter, diy custom intake box, find a used dc header here in the h-t classifieds, and then find a used catback system here on ht as well. (i just wouldnt recommend you buying a catback system from some one who lives in an area where it snows (due to the rust factor).

 

Bolt ons dont do ****. Save up for real mods

 

Ask youself this:

How much money can I afford to put into my car?

What are my future plans for my car? (drag car, daily driver, etc)

Once you figure those out, you can mod your car accordingly.

 

buy the cheapest things on ebay because they arent going to make much of a difference no matter how much you pay so if you buy the cheapest ones atleast you wont be wasting all your money on pointless mods

 

EBay is really a mixed bag when it comes to car parts.

Intakes - An intake is an intake, period. Get one off EBay and get a K&N filter, end of story.

Exhaust - You can find name brand exhausts on EBay for cheap, that's how I got mine. But there is also a lot of garbage floating around EBay, watch out.

Headers - Again, same with exhaust.

 

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i guess ignorance is bliss huh?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1194128

read this then re-think what you just said

as far as a header goes, dont waste your money on crap like DC and greddy headers it has been dyno proven at header shoot outs that they dont make any more power than stock JDM ITR 4-1 headers. if your going to get a header spend the money the first time.



Modified by dohcMONSTER at 6:17 PM 6/14/2006

 

^^

Despite it's proven (in that one specific case only I might add), it's proven against one other intake, the J's intake. I would love to see how it goes up against the same style piping (not AEM brand, but just a knock off) with a K&N filter. It would probably come out the same.

Let's face it, an intake arm is an intake arm. It's aluminum, nothing more nothing less.

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1194128

read this then re-think what you just said


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So if I understand this correctly, this guy tuned his intake setup with a wideband right? (He obviously tuned it with something cause he commented wishing he added on fuel on the top end)

Cant you also get gains from just tuning a stock motor with a wideband? (IE this doenst prove to me that the intake added the power)

I would like to see dyno graphs of a stock motor that has been tuned with a wideband.

Also, I would like to know the price of this intake vs the price of any ebay intake. Also, I dont ever remember seeing a dyno plot of an ebay-ish intake, so, for all I know an ebay intake could make 14 HP.

 

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Despite it's proven (in that one specific case only I might add), it's proven against one other intake, the J's intake. I would love to see how it goes up against the same style piping (not AEM brand, but just a knock off) with a K&N filter. It would probably come out the same.

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here you go, i made 8 whp on my motor just from switching from a knock off K&N filtered tube to a knock off cold air



you guys can take it for what its worth, i really dont care, but that seems like a pretty good example right there of the difference in power. And yes it was tuned with wideband but whenever you go get tuned they use a wideband, and if you read he didnt tune his motor to the cold air he simply switched intakes and then ran it again just like me. Nothing was changed or tuned because neither of us owned the better intake. Sounds like the intake made the power to me

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Also, I would like to know the price of this intake vs the price of any ebay intake. Also, I dont ever remember seeing a dyno plot of an ebay-ish intake, so, for all I know an ebay intake could make 14 HP.</TD></TR></TABLE>

look at the graph above, the ebay intake was equal to a stock intake arm with a drop in filter. How do i know? we switched them during the dyno session with NO ADDITIONAL TUNING, we simply un bolted one and bolted up the other one. I tried an ebay intake, a knock off cold air, an ITR cold air and a 3" short ram velocity stack. Guess what won? ITR cold air

 

some of u guys should really think before u speak. as for intake, doesnt matter. header? well let me jus say this https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1543095 and exhaust is normally not gonna matter. but header is one of the most important parts to a build. i have seen rmf headers make 20-30 whp more than a dc. so if u say a header doesnt really matter than i gues that extra 20-30 whp doesnt matter either. save and buy something like a rage, hytec, rmf, dtr, smsp, etc. u will be happy that u did so and it will be very rewarding

 

"Just so this doesnt get out of hand, I would not expect that big of a power gain thru and exhaust and cat.
Jason Whitfield

WhitfieldRacingInc "

hmm....before you broadcast a 20 whp gain...think about some things....the dyno was done with no exhaust hooked up...FROM stock...if this was done with say dc header and exhaust...then replace header...do you really think youd see this gain?? no...this doesnt substantiate your claim of going with one brand over the other

 

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Thanks for the pointless post. If they "don't do ****" please explain why, and tell the OP what your so called "real mods" are.

To everyone saying that it isn't going to do anything, please provide the OP with your reasoning. BTW it may not make huge turbo gains, but it will help.

 

Once again to the OP, how much money do you have/plan to spend on your teg?

 

They do ****, they just dont do anything compared to boost....Sorry not everyone wants to spend 4k on a car they just got.

 

if you plan on getting more power out of your car, such as turbo, don't waste your money on bolt-ons. $1500 is already a very good start toward forced induction and making real power instead of using an intake, header, and exhaust.