Originally Posted by GSR4444
If you do buy a new intake manifold, how do u find a compatible air intake? Or is it u keep the stock one? So is it either one or the other?
The Skunk2 is a Type-R spec manifold with a GS-R flange for the head. It positions the throttlebody where it would be normally found on a Type-R (up and aft of the GS-R position). Use a Type-R spec manifold, buy Type-R spec parts.
Another interesting note is that your throttle cable bracket won't fit under a stock GS-R strut tower brace. You'll have to a. remove the brace b. get a Type-R bracket, throttle cable, throttle body c. get a Type-R brace or d. bend the bracket and check your cable every few hundred miles to ensure it isn't chaffing.