Banks cold air intake

185EZ wrote:
Sorry but the "professionals" make mistakes.
Vega. Gremlin, 1984 Corvette. All engineered abortions
Remember the ford pinto?
Firestone 500 radials?
Corvair?
All death traps
What about the endless recalls even from proven manufacturers like honda?
What about the broken exhaust manifold bolts in the 8.1 and the brake recall?
Water ingestion into the intake.
Nothing is perfect but there are aftermarket options to make them better.
They design power output to make a motor last 100,000+ miles.
Some of us don't need it to last that long and want to unleash the possibilities that the engineers tied back.
Could they do it? sure. But it may require 91 octane to fill up your 75 gallon rv tank.
Does it all work? Maybe to some degree but they wouldn't still be making it if it didn't do some sort of good.
I would bet my rv that all of you have added some sort of aftermarket item to any of your rides.

If it costs me $600 to get their Gains of 60 HP and 70 lb-ft with a simple flash and solve my driveability issue then by all means it's worth every penny.

To say it's all hogwash is, well, just hogwash.

But i did add Seafoam to my tank and gained 20% more power......

Vega-Worlds worst ever car. Only car that would break in half going down the street from rust(it actually happened). Only runner up might be the Yugo.
Gremlin-AMC designer on LSD produces a car that looks like a frog.
84 Corvette-Roger Smith on LSD also. Nobody could improve on the 66.
Pinto-Was actually a good car with a poorly placed gas tank.
Firestone radials-when I was 16 we already knew they we're junk.
Corvair-GM tries to outdo VW bug design and fails, but a lot of people loved their Corvairs. Dangerous handling.
Broken exhaust bolts-Same with Ford. They took the nickle out of the cast iron manifolds, now they warp(rotors too), and Banks exhaust was born. Great headers, but much more noise from the doghouse.
AMC Pacer-why did you forget that poor thing? and the Matador? Both mutant children of a blind designer.
Seafoam-Good cleaner/preservative.
K&N filters-Never made for the street, flows more air but also more dirt, but they look pretty which is a plus.
Get the Bank's headers you'll love em. If you can't afford then then get Thorley's.