OBX Intake Manifold for 420A any good?

[kitedeclipse]

Hey I'm looking to buy a few more mods (plugs, wires, intake manifold (maybe), fuel rail, high-flow cat) and I was wondering if anyone has tried that OBX polished intake manifold out and how well it actually performs and if it makes a difference in sound. It looks good but I wonder if that's where it stops. Any help?

 

[kitedeclipse]

Also has anyone tried the OBX fuel rail?

 

[Ja17Bmx]

I have the obx fuel rail, and idk if its me but i felt a difference after i put it on. I havnt ran my car at the track since i put it on because its snowing here now, so i dont have a time difference, but just from driving it around i could feel a little difference, also i like how it looks. I dont know about the intake manifold yet, as i have just ordered mine.

 

[prop7459]

From previous threads people don't like it because it is not predrilled for your sensor. If your want it drill order it from www.conceptillusions.com. The price is $200 with it drilled. To me that is a decent price for it. Check their website out.

 

[SoilentGreen98]

I'm not talking from my own experience but from what I've heard from many others, it's pure crap ..... as well as the Venom manifold too.

 

[GSGoinFast]

I have the obx fuel rail, and idk if its me but i felt a difference after i put it on. I havnt ran my car at the track since i put it on because its snowing here now, so i dont have a time difference, but just from driving it around i could feel a little difference, also i like how it looks. I dont know about the intake manifold yet, as i have just ordered mine.

is that a joke or are you serious??? first off, your still gonna have the same fuel pressure, and injector pulse length, so the fuel your engine is getting is still the same. second, even if it did somehow increase the fuel your injectors were adding, that would slow you down, our cars run rich from the factory and leaning them out gives you more power, not adding more fuel, unless you have a lot of mods sucking in a lot of air. that fuel rail will not give you anymore power, end of story.

I'm not talking from my own experience but from what I've heard from many others, it's pure crap ..... as well as the Venom manifold too.

i think there the same design, OBX is kinda like a wal-mart brand, it takes the name brand products, and sells it under there name for cheaper. there header is the greddy desing, cam gears are AEM, and i think the intake mani is the same as venom.

 

[SoilentGreen98]

yeah no kidding, they're the Wal-Mart brand that's whored out on EBay, I don't plan on ever buying any OBX products ESPECIALLY something as important as an intake manifold

 

[miamieclipse]

is that a joke or are you serious???QUOTE]



BWAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA :laugh:

It's good to be back guys, Yes it needs to be fabricated to fit on our cars. I personally wouldn't say i don't trust an obx brand product as long as I do some research on them first. For example OBX Cam Gears will work fine whereas their manifold sucks ass. OBX does not r&d their own products, they copied their cam gears from AEM and their IM from Venom hence the quality difference.

 

[SoilentGreen98]

True, I have AEM cam gears (no, not installed, haha) and they are pretty much the same as the OBX ones. AEM is a good brand so alright, maybe that ones ok. The OBX manifold is the same as the Venom one, where as Venom sucks therefore the OBX sucks. There we go, product logic!

 

[LeJeune123]

So the question remains, will the OBX intake manifold help or is it a waste of money. If I get the one with the holes already drilled will it work correctly. Someone said it had to be modified, what kind of modifications will be needed.

 

[miamieclipse]

If i were you I would call do some research and find some machine shops in your area; compare prices just get your stock manifold ported & polished.

 

[GSGoinFast]

Hey I'm looking to buy a few more mods (plugs, wires, intake manifold (maybe), fuel rail, high-flow cat) and I was wondering if anyone has tried that OBX polished intake manifold out and how well it actually performs and if it makes a difference in sound. It looks good but I wonder if that's where it stops. Any help?

1 other thing, you may want to reduce your 4.5" cat back exauste to a 2.5" or 2.25". your probably making low end torque like a honda

 

[miamieclipse]

1 other thing, you may want to reduce your 4.5" cat back exauste to a 2.5" or 2.25". your probably making low end torque like a honda

Don't you mean making NO low end torque like a Honda? :laugh:

 

[SoilentGreen98]

If i were you I would call do some research and find some machine shops in your area; compare prices just get your stock manifold ported & polished.

yes, good call

 

[prop7459]

Like I said, Concept Illusions drills them for you if you buy the mani from them

 

[90fwdturbo]

i have both the obx manifold and fuel rail. they dont bolt up to each other you have to use one or the other. or you have to fabricate a bracket for it. but i personally chose the manifold. because unless you have any other kind of fuel system upgrade the fuel rail isnt gonna do jack. but at least the manifold looks cool.

 

[SnoopySLR]

ok, first..... THIS HAS BEEN ARGUED FOR MONTHS!!! USE THE SEARCH!!!

second, the manifold is crap for NT people. If your boosting, get it... if not forget it. The added volume in the plenum is too much for a NT, unless you have big cams. My buddy had the Venom on his 95 NT... he lost power until he installed his cams, then it was nice. We couldn't get the car to idle though...

 

[GotSome-Turbo]

First of all i like walmart and i know from experience not all the products are crap in fact WM sells a lot of good name brand products

they're the Wal-Mart brand that's whored out on EBay

that being said OBX is an ebay whored out DOLLAR STORE brand :laugh:

 

[SnoopySLR]

First of all i like walmart and i know from experience not all the products are crap in fact WM sells a lot of good name brand products

we're talking about car parts.... not underwear

 

[GSGoinFast]

First of all i like walmart and i know from experience not all the products are crap in fact WM sells a lot of good name brand products


that being said OBX is an ebay whored out DOLLAR STORE brand :laugh:

well i dont like wal mart cuz i feel like... i am a minority in there...

but what you guys are missing is wal mart will sell name brand products re packaged in there names, for a lower price. same with obx. there products can only be as good as the originals, and are usually slightly worse, but that might just be said by people who want to think there name brand product was better because they paid an assload more for the same damn thing...

 

[Gorkoracing]

Like someone said above if you are turbo or going turbo it MIGHT be worth it. From what ive read of others experiences with it, it didnt help any unless they were HIGHLY modded(300-400). Porting and polishing or having the stock one extrude honed is the way to go if you dont plan on ever modding your car that much. And as for the fuel rail :thumbdown your stock fuel rail will flow just as good as any aftermarket fuel rail you'll be tricked into buying. if your staying NA go intake, header, exhaust, maybe highflow cat, 55-57mm tb, pp intake mani, udp, etc...
but the fuelrail and that obx mani would be a waste for you

 

[JRichter]

I put the OBX ITM in and yes it requires some modification that involves a little thought. I didn't feel any difference (no loss or gain in power or acceleration) and my car still idles perfectly just under 1000 rpm with the exhaust replaced from the header back. It's been on for around 1800 miles. I still have stock throttle-body and stock cams so I didn't expect any performance from it until then. It does look good and gets a lot of comments but IMO NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE unless you get bored and stay up all night putting it in like we did.

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[widebodyeclipse]

what kind of modding did u have to do. looks pretty though.

 

[SnoopySLR]

The IAT doesn't fit, so you have to drill and retap. There is not hole for the MAP sensor, so you have to drill one. There also is no hole for the EGR pipe. My suggestion for this... get rid of it. Whats the point of buying a nice polished, smooth, clean intake manifold if you just going to send nasty exhaust through it. Here is a link for a awesome deal on a EGR block off kit. It comes with the resistor you need to trick the ECU, so you won't get a CEL.

http://neongoodies.home.comcast.net/Goodies/Egr_Elim/EGr_Elim.html

BTW, that looks incredible. I can't wait to get my car done..... Did you notice any sound change. My buddies Venom intake manifold was really loud.

 

[1fastRS]

well i dont own any obx stuff so i cant really comment on the quality, but someone did say that they steal their designs. if thats the case, and they design the products just like the "big name" guys, wouldnt that make them pretty much the same? i mean if their headers are just like the greddy ones, whats the difference other than name and like $200? but like i said i've never used their products so i dont know. i'm just saying dont judge untill you know. i bought my headers off of a guy who makes them himself. stainless, mandrel bent, 4-1 design. no big name on them, but just as good if not better, and they cost me $180 new, not $400-500. so i'm just saying, a cheaper price dosent always mean cheaper quality.