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reading a few threads on this i havnt quite come to a conclusion...

is it a good worthwhile mod? can it be trusted?

basically the only reason i'm thinking this is i wouldnt mind the shorter pipework (and a little extra response would be nice) but i dont want to sacrifice reliablity, i have a teensy bit of cash to maybe spend on the car and this is quite a cheap thing to do.

opinions?

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thanks for info boys

yeah i just got 250 smackers for birthday and just wondering what cheap options are out there for a little more fun

might have found something though.. think rice

One word - "Hookers"

the stock plenum is fine for around 500hp or thereabouts. there are problaby 5 thread covering stock plenum vs front custom hack vs greddy vs china ones etc. was covered recently. spend the money on something that makes the car go faster. shortening the pipes wont affect flow and make it "respond" quicker. a lot of people believe this, it wont do shit. buy a boost controller or cams or cam gear or fuel pump or z32 or fuel rail or fuel regulator or surge tank or catch can etc

What most people do is just have a 120 degree bend going from the inlet mainifold and around down under the headlight to the cooler. If i can find the photo i have seen i will post it up. Then again what everyone else has said, just save the cash for a real decent plenum or take it to an engineering guy and ask him what he thinks, the hardest thing will be getting equal flow down all the runners.

Good Luck hope this helps!

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