What Intake should I buy?

[groundzero]

My car is lacking speed, and good air.  This weekend Im going to buy a cold air intake for my car.  What brand should I go for? Later down the road Im going for some headers as well.  Should I get the 4-2-1? or 4 into 1?  Any good suggestions?

[LanceS13]

Well you only have a few choices with either.
Intake:
Injen...arguably the best and they offer the cold air extension.
AEM...new kid on the block only offering the short ram.

Header:
Greddy and Hotshot, both with their own advantages and faults...and I think they're both 4-2-1 designs.

[Jay Wood]

From what ive heard from the 240sx crowd, the injen has the best intake available for our cars. Hope that bit of info helps you out.

[S13Grl]

INJEN

[BlankFlip]

injen, not sure about the header, but i'd want one that didn't sacrifice losing much mid-range torque and still give you that extra high-end.

[S13Grl]

What year is the 240 you're getting headers for? There's only a few options available.

[vancouvers14]

the hotshot header is a 4-1 i think, making the greddy a better design, but the greddy is prone to cracking.

INJEN!!

[240sxtreme]

Hotshot is 4-2-1, at least for the DOHC s13 years.

what year is your car groundzero?


(Edited by 240sxtreme at 1:30 pm on Oct. 12, 2001)

[vancouvers14]

oops, mixed it up.  the greddy is a 4-1

[mike95s14]

I've had my greddy 4-1 header, ceramic coated, it's been more than 10 months, and not a single crack.  It gives great high end power.  The injen intake is great as well.

[DSC]

What would cause it to crack?  Temperature?

[groundzero]

I have a 1989 S13

[Doriftomodachi]

I used to have the greddy header. It is a 4-1 design and it will crack at the collector tube (Where all 4 tubes converge) and it will also start cracking by chipping away at the exhaust port flange if it is just bolted on because the piping walls are thin. The greddy also flattens out and becomes thrashy after 5500rpm. I now have the Hotshot header and it is MUCH better (all the way up to 6500rpm) Mine is the newest generation and it fits just fine. I also have the hotshot intake and it works too, but on my car (an s-14) the fit is not up to the quality of the way their header fits. Does anyone else have an s-14 w/a hotshot intake?

[Eternal_240Sx]

I have AEM. For my car i didnt notice any low end loss at all I felt more mid-end and same high-end. I highly recommend AEM.

o yea i have 96 240

[240racer]

Originally posted by Eternal_240Sx
I have AEM. For my car i didnt notice any low end loss at all I felt more mid-end and same high-end. I highly recommend AEM.

o yea i have 96 240

from reading your post it looks like you had almost zero gains from installing this pipe. On what basis do you recommend this one instead of the one that everybody else recommends? I don't have either, so what do I know.

[Kreator]

Screw injen

Get a battery relocation kit and do a custom short ram. Better response than any of the aftermarket intakes, better weight distribution and will still cost you less than the injen intake.

[240racer]

Originally posted by groundzero
My car is lacking speed, and good air.

I fixed my bad air problem with an ionic breeze http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?pid=37143300 they are only $499 and made about 10hp over stock.

[240sxspeedracer1]

Get an Injen intake, it costed me 180 shipped to my door. Got lucky in a group buy. Check them often at groupbuycenter.com.