SRT Intake - Yay or Nay?

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06-25-09, 11:41 AM

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I paid less for my entire car. 600 dollars for an intake is repeated surprise buttsex with a sandpaper strap-on. Icing on the cake is that they said they had to solder some stuff. LOL

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06-25-09, 11:41 AM

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Yeah, don't do it. I bought one for my GS430 two years ago and was very disappointed with the results. It didn't feel any faster than when it was stock, however, it did produce a nice rumble.

Definitely not worth $600!!

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06-25-09, 11:48 AM

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Don't do it howie, buy a short ram and we'll put it on for you in exchange for free lunch! $600 is a waste of precious dinero!

Or just BFI the damn thing, better results! There's a BFI template based pre cut being sold on ebay nowadays, I don't know if the seller's from CL but if you're reading this and you are the seller, GB, right here, right now!

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06-25-09, 11:57 AM

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My boss just walked by as I busted out laughing. People on the phone may of heard something as well....LMAO

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I paid less for my entire car. 600 dollars for an intake is repeated surprise buttsex with a sandpaper strap-on. Icing on the cake is that they said they had to solder some stuff. LOL

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06-25-09, 12:04 PM

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For a second I thought he was buying an intake for some Dodge SRT. Heh.

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06-25-09, 12:36 PM

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$600 is way to much to spend on an intake. Build your BFI and save the money for something useful like suspension/wheels or better yet... general maintenance!

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06-25-09, 01:14 PM

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SRT performance is stupid expensive any route u go and 600 for a intake proves that point

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06-25-09, 01:18 PM

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BTW, the NA-T from SRT will cost me a kidney.

then piece your own kit together..that way, you get to chose the brand of the vital parts (turbo, wg, manifold, etc.) and it can be done for cheaper than most kits..

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06-25-09, 01:24 PM

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Forgive my ignorance, but what if "BFI?"

.. and $600 for "12 horsepower" Hardly sounds worth it to me. Especially "12 horsepower" in a 3700 pound car.

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06-25-09, 01:24 PM

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then piece your own kit together..that way, you get to chose the brand of the vital parts (turbo, wg, manifold, etc.) and it can be done for cheaper than most kits..

He right...
I piece my kit for around $900-$1k...

And I love my Na-t

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06-25-09, 02:35 PM

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Forgive my ignorance, but what if "BFI?"

.. and $600 for "12 horsepower" Hardly sounds worth it to me. Especially "12 horsepower" in a 3700 pound car.

Big
Fu*****
Intake

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06-25-09, 02:58 PM

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You won't notice a $600 performance improvement from an intake, man... Total waste.

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06-25-09, 08:40 PM

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if you spend 600 on an intake, your saying you want to get bent over... thats just ridiculous

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06-25-09, 08:59 PM

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Doesn't sound like its worth it. I have a 98 SC4, and plan to get a SRT intake for it for around the same price. The gains should be about double what your going to get though. Don't have too many options for the vvTi, so thats why I'm going dat route.