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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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I am about to get a aftermarket intake manifold. I am having a hard time deciding between the ATS and the Banks. Both claim theirs is the best, but which one actually is? Believe it or not the Banks is actually cheaper. Guys that have these, what are yalls thoughts?
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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very good question,
ill change mine after ill got time to install my turbo....
some other got different brands too

Did it worth the dough?
there is really a difference?
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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I have the ATS and like it alot... I felt a noticeable bump in power around 1700~1800 rpms, passing became easier after the install...
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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i can only buy all these goodies after i up grade the tranny

 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 04:39 AM
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I was looking into the exhaust and intake manifold, but ran short on money. Heres a link to a guy on ebay for the intake, its the cheapest i could find it any where. He also has the exhaust manifold, check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...170140877&rd=1
 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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I'm of the opinion that I'll probably never exceed the capacity of the stock intake manifold. Does one work better than the other? It's hard to tell. But, Steve swears by his ATS, so I would have to believe that an aftermarket intake manifold would be a less restrictive improvement over stock.

So, for me it would come down to which one I liked the looks of under the hood. Because they do look good.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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Id go with the ATS in lue of the Banks...why just pay for the name?
 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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I'm of the opinion that I'll probably never exceed the capacity of the stock intake manifold. Does one work better than the other? It's hard to tell. But, Steve swears by his ATS, so I would have to believe that an aftermarket intake manifold would be a less restrictive improvement over stock.

So, for me it would come down to which one I liked the looks of under the hood. Because they do look good.
You know what could be a very slim possiblity is for me to put the stock manifold back on and test it over a tank of fuel... if there is any gains in daily driving to be had there, it'd show up in the mpg test (see my mpg test thread linked in my sig for more info on it).
 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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Yeah, Steve, that would be an interesting test. I've been wanting to get an ATS for a while, based on looks alone. I'm not really expectingvast performance changes. But if there is some noticable improvement, great.

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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 09:46 AM
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I might just do that... another thing would be to put the stock air box back on... last year I'd put it on for an extra1 mpg but it changed the way the motor ran too much for me to want to leave it that way. seemed though that when I put the aero on, the stock airbox was less of a factor. it would be a good test now.
 
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