Intake...

[Oddball]

Here's my build so far. 1996 Integra GSR. Competition valve job, Type R cams and valve train, Type R pistons, balanced rotating assembly, light weight flywheel, Crome tuned computer. Stuck on what to do for an intake manifold. Was thinking Skunk 2 manifold but not sure if it's really worth the money, rather than just modifying the stock GSR intake manifold.

Any suggestions?

[Maxi]

I'm partial to the Comptech Icebox on B-series motors. I had great success with these on my B-motors over the years. Preferred it's power and torque curve to the more common CAI like AEM or Injen. If you're handy you could convert your GSR intake into a Comptech style setup.

[wildoutwhitegsr]

I wouldn't really consider a skunk2/blox/aebs intake manifold a worthwhile upgrade and you loose power down low to gain it back up top. So it all depends on what your desired powerband is and how that matches up with your tranny ratio's.

Plus on top of that inorder to see any real gain, you have to get retuned after you get it installed.

I'd look somewhere else first if your looking for more power.

[TomL]

Are you asking about an intake tube, or an intake manifold?

[TAO]

Here's my build so far. 1996 Integra GSR. Competition valve job, Type R cams and valve train, Type R pistons, balanced rotating assembly, light weight flywheel, Crome tuned computer. Stuck on what to do for an intake manifold. Was thinking Skunk 2 manifold but not sure if it's really worth the money, rather than just modifying the stock GSR intake manifold.

Any suggestions?

The Stock GSR intake manifold is the biggest restriction for a built B18C ... The Skunk-2 is a very good, and cost-effective mod and makes excellent high-rpm (VTEC) Power ...unlike the GSR IM which is a low-rpm / torque biased intake manifold.

Moose

[Maxi]

Oh, i see the post's been edited. I thought he was asking about intakes, but it's clear now he's asking about intake manifolds.

The Skunk2 IM is very similar to a Type R manifold, so you'll gain top end power (usually about 7-8whp on a GSR without retuning) but lose some low end torque. If this is for a track car, then the trade-off is worthwhile IMO since that's not an insignificant amount of power to gain in the 6-8k rpm range. Add a cold-air intake and you should be up 15whp over the stock baseline.

[Matt]

Not to terribly divert the conversation here, but... I'm looking at replacing my motor next year and that means deciding between something stock and better, or something built. May I ask what the modifications you have described above have cost you?

[Oddball]

My car is a road race car. Already has an AEM CAI (the one that goes into the bumper). Car will be professionally tuned and run on a dyno before it hits the track.