Upwards facing throttle body, Cold air intake help?
- Thread starter RyanVTEC12347
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^ x2The intake manifold you are describing is he exact same for the d16y7 engine, the same one in my car. To be honest with that manifold set up you won't see any gains with a full intake system. Save some money and go to autozone or advance and buy a k&n style or actual brand drop in air filter, to replace your paper one and be done with it.
RyanVTEC12347
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true, but it's a fair amount of hassle thatsYou could just swap intake manifolds with one that has the throttle body on the side. You can get used ones for next to nothing rather than trying to rig it up in a way that it's not intended to fit.
The bottom line is there is no intake that's going to fit both styles properly. If you want to try to rig something up, you can certainly do that but it's kind of a makeshift solution. There are inexpensive intakes out there that you could go with for now and buy the name brand part after swapping if you decide to do that but if you're dead set on buying an AEM product I would say just get the one that is intended for your current setup. If you swap later on, deal with it then. $200 is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things compared to everything else that goes into a swap.
A lot of people talk about eventually swapping out their motors and then lose interest, change vehicles, etc. You might as well just get the part that suits your current needs. By the time you swap you might decide that you want to go with a better unit or different style anyways.
A lot of people talk about eventually swapping out their motors and then lose interest, change vehicles, etc. You might as well just get the part that suits your current needs. By the time you swap you might decide that you want to go with a better unit or different style anyways.