i have the same car as you motu but mine's an auto
yeah, like all the HAN bros in here have said, get a CAI (Cold Air Intake) as your first performance mod. You can get some really cheap deals @
www.coximports.com. Free overnight shipping too! I dunno if Michigan gets rain or snow a lot more than down here in VA, but i think the Bypass Valve is a waste of money (you literally have to drive your car through a pool of water to even have a chance of injesting water!) . Besides, you lose HP from the bypass. Why spend over 150 bucks with a bypass valve when you'll be getting almost the same HP as a regular short-ram intake? If i were you and water is a major problem, i'd get a short ram intake.
btw, i have a Injen CAI intake i think it's better than the AEM:fawk: , IMO. :thumbup: