Intake pros & cons

[82 Rampage]

Converting from a suck through to a blow through system pros & cons 1 piece intake vs 2 piece intake.not building a race car, just a good daily driver. Any suggestions?

[OnLooker]

Daily driver - one piece, they are everywhere and cheap.

[82 Rampage]

Anything else need changed besides the obvios intake & intercooler tubes & hoses that would be different from what it uses now? Still kind of new to this modifying on these cars. Still learning what will work with what.

[wallace]

You need a throttle body and throttle cable. I think you also need the tps and plug

[82 Rampage]

Ok, already have those, thanks.

[Vigo]

If you have to buy them, the 2pc is not worth the money over the 1pc until you're to the point where you are making more than enough torque and want to move the powerband up vs just adding boost. Most people NEVER get there with street cars. The ability to bolt on a nice large plenum and have access to port the entire runner is a big deal when you get to that point. Of course, if you can weld aluminum you can base a 600hp intake manifold off a 1pc, but at that point your skilled labor is worth way more than a 2pc intake anyway..

[iTurbo]

For a daily driver making less than 275 WHP I would just go for the one piece intake just due to the ease of working on the fuel rail/injectors/FPR alone.

[cordes]

+1 on the one piece for a stock type daily driver. Much cheaper, readily available and the fuel rails are in greater supply too.

[OmniLuvr]

pretty much all pro's except for doing the conversion.

pros

better mileage, better power and throttle response, you can run a blow off valve and an intercooler :)

cons

pretty much need to pull the head to do the swap, id run the correct compressor housing and wastegate (but you can reclock the t1 housing, add airfilter adapter, drill and reclock wastegate) you need the t2 injectors and fuel rail, t2 computer for your vehicle (do you have internal or extrnal MAP sensor computer), add 2 wires for the ais motor to the computer harness connector, relocate the air intake sensor (t1 "blowthrough" manifold isnt drilled for it, but t2 is), and good idea to upgrade to a 4 wire 02 sensor.