Who would honestly pay $2000 for an Intake?

kenchan · 12-21-2012, 01:01 PM

no amount of JDM can turn phelan into true JDM...

W.O.W. 370Z · 12-21-2012, 01:13 PM

I rather see all JDM than all replica BS.

kenchan · 12-21-2012, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by W.O.W. 370Z

I rather see all JDM than all replica BS.

you talking about phelan himself?

Mandingo · 12-21-2012, 02:24 PM

I'd pay $2000 if the intake could do other things

VDC_OFF · 12-21-2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mandingo

I'd pay $2000 if the intake could do other things

you questioning its suction power?

VDC_OFF · 12-21-2012, 03:49 PM

Well Baker just supplied the Stillen and the Top Secret, it was Secret Services here in houston that did the dyno runs. I have yet to go dyno my car after adding the Top Sercret Intakes. But I will at the same place when it reaches the same temperature as my previous run.

Also the dyno run was with the exact intakes I have on my car, bought them from Brad Baker. These are not titanium and do not have the carbon fiber shield, just the HKS filter.

TheGreatOne · 12-21-2012, 04:35 PM

Not me

But for some being able to say you are one of a limited few to have something makes it worth it...

Problem is, you can't stop there, if you have a 2K intake then you have to go all out on everything else! lol

DEpointfive0 · 12-22-2012, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

Not me

But for some being able to say you are one of a limited few to have something makes it worth it...

Problem is, you can't stop there, if you have a 2K intake then you have to go all out on everything else! lol

This is partly why I have JDM tail lights, but I REALLY do like them... And there is no real supplement... But intakes, there are 10-20 different types, exhausts, more than I can count... Also, what's really fúcking the price is the exchange rate and the cost of labor in Japan... I bet if someone made that here or in China, it would be $300-500

VDC_OFF · 12-27-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

Not me

But for some being able to say you are one of a limited few to have something makes it worth it...

Problem is, you can't stop there, if you have a 2K intake then you have to go all out on everything else! lol

He has a point...see signature below.

TheGreatOne · 12-27-2012, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

He has a point...see signature below.

Yup, you got bitten by it...but because of that fact I'm also a big fan of your Z

kenchan · 12-27-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

Problem is, you can't stop there, if you have a 2K intake then you have to go all out on everything else! lol

mr.tgo- but why are there people with $6K wheels and $800 shitook tires?

shadoquad · 12-27-2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

mr.tgo- but why are there people with $6K wheels and $800 shitook tires?

Because they value show over go?

What's wrong with that? Car show competitors are people too!

TheGreatOne · 12-27-2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

mr.tgo- but why are there people with $6K wheels and $800 shitook tires?

Thats one thing I hate to see and I'll never understand....cutting corners.

You gotta go all in or not at all. I'm actually going to get some RE-11's for my Z for next season once its out of storage. She deserves some good tires even if I'd prefer to spend less.

At worst I've gotten used Potenza's just to make it one month until storage, but I'll never understand someone dropping $$ on engine and wheels then by a set of Nankangs

axmea? · 12-21-2012, 10:59 PM

Free market baby! If there's some shmoe who's got the cash to pay for the real deal then go baby go! On the other hand, if there's a shmoe who can make a product cheaper and look the same, feel the same, and made the same or even better, hell go for it and sell a bunch as long as you don't violate patents and copyrights. If your a manufacturer who can't find a way to make the same product cheaper, or even better then you've taken yourself out of the open market.

My sensible bottom line mentality......I'd rather see sensible spending than high horse spending. Just do not make sense spending big $ in ANY economy when you can get the same results and look. If you feel better and more secure because you spent more for the real thing, then bless your heart. I love and relate to the masses.

luigi90210 · 12-22-2012, 01:20 AM

I would pay 2k for an intake....if you know what i mean

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