opinions needed

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:10 pm

alright so i have been thinking about putting my stock intake(air box and what not) back in... jsut because im starting to lean towards the whole...dodge made it that way... and it works fine...so y try to improve it

also im thinking about putting the stock orange side markers on.. instead of my smoked ones??

opinions welcome

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:11 pm

Well if you have a cold air on ? I will buy it off you as I need one

The stock isnt bad if you have a good filter in.
But if you have a good intake on why take it off its all up to you.

EmersonHart13 · Post by **EmersonHart13** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:19 pm

I run a stock box and K and N filter and like it A LOT more than my K and N Typhoon I had...

The only downfall is I hear you cannot run and upgraded TB.

John

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:20 pm

Yeah..

though Dodge made a descent intake... the aftermarket ones are "suppose" to be an improvement (i believe they are a small improvement)... that and they look cool too.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:51 pm

Actually you can run the mpx tb on stock air box - thing is about CAI is I would happen to guess that it is personal taste. Dodge made it very similar to a CAI if you take a look at the way it is set up - there is a resonator type box in the fenderwell were the CAI filter would be, safer than running a CAI, and sound is quieter - but then why would AEM's website shown a 6 hp/7 tq increase over stock on an 01 RT? I would say that the air flow is increased, smoother, and colder.

OverDrive418 · Post by **OverDrive418** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:16 pm

I have found that the CAI alone didn't do much by itself. It wasn't until combined with the header, exhaust and TB that any response became apparent, and even then we're not talking rocketship acceleration here. So if you plan on doing other upgrades keep it in, it weighs less, easier to install the TB to it if you were to get one, and cleans up the look of the engine bay. If not then the stock unit and a good filter will be just fine.

And keep the smoked markers, orange looks odd on a silver car!

biggrobb1995 · Post by **biggrobb1995** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:45 pm

Leave the intake in. I don't know about anybody else but I did notice a little bit of a power gain with mine when I had it and my gas mileage was noticeably better. Leave your side markers the way they are.

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:56 pm

its up to you on the intake, now the side makers.....stock rocks!

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:54 am

teamliviD wrote:its up to you on the intake, now the side makers.....stock rocks!

+1 but you knew that was coming.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:14 am

i say if there is any hp gain from going from stock to an aftermarket intake .. most of that is gained by the removal of the silencer/resonator in the fender area (can be removed with stock airbox) ... and a free-er flowing airfilter (can be used with stock airbox) ...

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:24 am

i went from stock air box to cheap eBay intake to AEM intake to 60 mm TB and then back to stock... i'm actually thinking about just bringing down a tube from the fender to the bumper and making it a ram-air type

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:28 am

^^^hey, dont copy my idea.

00element10 · Post by **00element10** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:35 am

i had a ram air setup on my 00 neon about 2 years ago... It didnt help all that much, on the highway you felt a little more umph tho. It was a 3" that stuck out from under the bumper, came up into the fender, through the filter and then into the throttle body.

silentneon01 · Post by **silentneon01** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:48 pm

to me its too much of a pain in the butt to put stock parts back on unless necessary.

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:24 pm

i think im jus tgonna put the stuff back in the engine bay... not the stuff in side the fender well....

and the stock sides are going on.. my passenger side is broke

its an ebay CAI

and by the end of the month ill have turbo piping