After market air intake Options

[pongt17]

Does anyone know if the after market air intake is suppose to be better than the oem one? My oem air intake hose has a crack and I was wondering if I should replace it with an after market one or buy an oem one. The problem is the dealer is the only place I can get the oem and I haven't call them yet to see what the price might be. I called around the auto parts store and none have it. I haven't tried the yunk yard yet. I am trying to see if anyone has one for sale here. Also if I can't find one. I would like to know which after market one is good to get and how hard is it to install. Thanks
-Pong

[DEATH]

Or since you're MAP based and the reading is taken from the end of the intake manifold you can duct tape your existing cracked one [use black if you want it to look right] since all it's gonna be doing is keeping dirt out of your engine. I know it sounds ghetto but doesn't sound like you care much about the idea of an aftermarket intake and would prefer the cheap route [but maybe I'm wrong]. Or you could get another member on here to build you one, or you could could build you're own at Autozone/O'reilley's/Pepboy's etc. using that Spectre stuff [perfectly good stuff]. Besides - if you take your time with the black duct tape and cover the whole stock plastic tube it will look pretty good [surely better than it does now] for damn near free.
just wanted you to know that a leak there won't cause the engine to run funny or anything - just don't want dirt in there.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jun 12, 2008 - 11:27 AM