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Cont. of my metal intake vs. plastic intake thread.opinions needed!

Old Nov 26, 2002 | 03:05 PM
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Ok, i've managed to track down an couple intakes for my car, but I am in a bit of a dilemma.

Option 1: ABS Plastic Evo Motorsports Short Ram Intake: Special group buy price of $200.

Option 2: LLTek.com Metal Short RamIntake, Retail: $288. I inquired about this and they said it was made out of steel..not sure if they meant aluminum or if it really is steel.

Anyway...Is it worth the extra $90 to save and go with the Evo plastic short ram. Will a steel intake dissipate heat as good as an aluminum one..i.e. better then the plastic intake??
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Old Nov 26, 2002 | 03:21 PM
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steel bad.... aluminum good! so is plastic
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 10:39 AM
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Dude you need to look around more. If you go to www.modacar.com for example you have a alot of choices of intakes at better prices. There is both plastic and metal ones so that does not help with that descion . I figured I would try and save you some money and give you some varity.

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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 10:45 AM
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steel will rust unless its stainless steel which i doubt.

so think about it
moisture from rain or fog going inside intake= rust
rust would make particles go into your mani

so it is bad
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 11:08 AM
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Originally posted by Ronin
Dude you need to look around more. If you go to www.modacar.com for example you have a alot of choices of intakes at better prices. There is both plastic and metal ones so that does not help with that descion . I figured I would try and save you some money and give you some varity.

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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 11:09 AM
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Originally posted by Ronin
Dude you need to look around more. If you go to www.modacar.com for example you have a alot of choices of intakes at better prices. There is both plastic and metal ones so that does not help with that descion . I figured I would try and save you some money and give you some varity.

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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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The "steel" intake in question..I don't know, maybe its aluminum and they dont' know what they are talking about...
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Old Dec 1, 2002 | 01:46 PM
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I thought you were looking for an intake for the SI. If you are looking for the A4 you should see what the major german tuners make(neuspeed,abt etc.) I would imagine they have some thing

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