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Old 11-17-2011, 08:43 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Overdrive View Post
The way I see it, though it does have a bunch of bends in the airbox, the stock intake is, by design, a cold air intake. You're getting ambient ram air straight to the filter.

Ask your friend to buy you some aftermarket headers instead, like Schnell. They actually cost less than the intakes built for our cars and will give you a HP bump.
Without hi-jacking the thread, the exhaust system on the "s" model is very different from the one on your '97 . The headers on the "s" incorporate pre-cats . When eliminated, this gives rise to a whole host of challenges .
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