Tevenor
20+ Year Contributor
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- Mar 18, 2002
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Rochester,
New York
This past weekend I had installed a newly built 2G version of the Magnus sheet metal intake in my 96 and the car pulls so much harder over my stock 2G intake it's unbelievable. The L1R now pulls all the way to 8k like a frigin train where as before the 2G intake would drop off the flow at the top. An excellent upgrade! 
According to the DSMLink logs and a couple of highway pulls, in comparison to pulls before and after, I have ~2.0+ lbs of air flow increase at the same 20psi level. Some low end spool loss (~200-~300) but still boosting fast enough to autocross with. The ports of the runners are fit to the 2G cylinder head intake ports and hence is a "bolt-on" to a 2G head.
The intake is a snug fit and you will need to figure out new locations for the coil pack and the transistor pack. Make sure the transistor pack is contact grounded to the chassis which I was able to do by mounting it to the firewall where my EGR solenoids used to be. I was able to keep the cruise control unit however it's REALLY close to the 1G throttle body I am using. The other big issue is that the manifold lowers the throttle area a good couple of inches so be aware of this before you start. There may need to be some pipe work to get your current intake pipes to work. In my case, it required a rework of the TB elbow.
Overall I am extremely happy with the intake. You can feel the increased flow from the intake around 5k and then it pulls harder as you rev it, unlike the stock 2G intake that you could feel the drop between 6k and 6500 rpms. Of course, this is just using the butt dyno. Until I get some pulls at the track or on the dyno, it's just that: butt talk.
The Sheet Metal Intake looks good and it works. Both wins in my book.
I will be going to the track to get some more runs in this weekend and will have a some new times to report as well as some pictures.
As always, YMMV.
According to the DSMLink logs and a couple of highway pulls, in comparison to pulls before and after, I have ~2.0+ lbs of air flow increase at the same 20psi level. Some low end spool loss (~200-~300) but still boosting fast enough to autocross with. The ports of the runners are fit to the 2G cylinder head intake ports and hence is a "bolt-on" to a 2G head.
The intake is a snug fit and you will need to figure out new locations for the coil pack and the transistor pack. Make sure the transistor pack is contact grounded to the chassis which I was able to do by mounting it to the firewall where my EGR solenoids used to be. I was able to keep the cruise control unit however it's REALLY close to the 1G throttle body I am using. The other big issue is that the manifold lowers the throttle area a good couple of inches so be aware of this before you start. There may need to be some pipe work to get your current intake pipes to work. In my case, it required a rework of the TB elbow.
Overall I am extremely happy with the intake. You can feel the increased flow from the intake around 5k and then it pulls harder as you rev it, unlike the stock 2G intake that you could feel the drop between 6k and 6500 rpms. Of course, this is just using the butt dyno. Until I get some pulls at the track or on the dyno, it's just that: butt talk.
The Sheet Metal Intake looks good and it works. Both wins in my book.I will be going to the track to get some more runs in this weekend and will have a some new times to report as well as some pictures.
As always, YMMV.
