Upgrading my S
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Joined: Mar 2003
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From: New York City
I don't believe that a intake of any kind would give you 15 horse. Not even to the crank in my opinion. But then again I'm no proffesional. From what I have been reading in all the magazines, both AEM and Injen are tied in HP gains and Torque gains. They are about the same price as well. I favor the one piece Injen intake because it's one piece and it apeals to me. Many people have AEM as well. They are both good intakes but I highly doubt an intake upped your car or any car for that matter by 15 hp. As for the question on horse power with spugen, I believe the horse was 3.8 horse to the wheels it added. All of these bolt on's wont be giving you much horse but if you really go far with doing NA, your car will be very quick and reliable. As tests shown by most of the import magazines, the Spoon S2000 did the same quarter mile and 0 to 60 as the Supercharged S2000's. So depending how far you push the bolt ons, you can have one very stable and fast S2000 (not as if its not fast right now) as well as a clean running car. It's all by what you would like to do in the future. If your planning on Forced Induction, I say just go with either a ECU chip (not a spoon or mugen considering both of those chips are made for NA cars ) or get a nice exhaust. You will benefit more with an exhaust if you are doing Forced Induction. Good luck 
-Adam
-Adam
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: South of the pier, Huntington Beach, CA
Here is a less common upgrade for your S. Be the only one on your street with an Alaniz head complete with oversized stainless valves, some beautiful porting, and extensive polishing. Anyone care to guess how many hp this one item will add?
(This one is a 3rd birthday present for my S.
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(This one is a 3rd birthday present for my S.
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