# Need a 'hook up'/help

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [August 26, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-a-hook-up-help/192049 "2007-08-26T22:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreekPower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GreekPower](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GreekPower)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-a-hook-up-help/192049/8 "2007-08-27T09:31:42Z")

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> [@The N word was buried..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-n-word-was-buried/32146/18):
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> They are both capable of doing the job. I’ve seen 1st try’s handiwork and Jeff is a knowledgable guy. I’ve neve talked to Domination, but I know quite a few people who have had work done by them, and nary a complaint.
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> Is this for your Acura or the not-so-DSM? There is a lot more work involved with just slapping an intake manifold on. What will you be tuning with?
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> In order to properly run something like that (on the Acura anyway)…you need:
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> Throttle body bored open to match the IM (if you don’t you’re leaving a restriction, negating the flow of the IM)
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> Honda engines love opening the intake ports about .030 over the IM ports, to create an anti-reversion chamber so the motor can use the extra flow effectively
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> Assuming your fuel system is up to the task, which it most likely is, you should tune it right away. It’ll run rich as hell…washing the cylinder walls…killing effective ring seal…makes it run like total shit…etc.
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> Not trying to knock your plans, but it all functions as a system. You’ll actually lose power if you just throw it on, or at the very least shift your powerband out of the rev range your motor is safe/effective at.  
> What are plans for this motor?

This is for my daily driver. The motor is a motor I am going to be building on the side for the car. It will use a 3.5L block, top end will be T2 heads and reground cams, better springs, I could either use a stock intake manifold (i can post a pic later comparing the 3 possible stock ones). The tuning would be from a safc2 and a wideband (nothing else works on this damn car ☹ ) The man purpose was to help get more air into the engine, boring the throttle body can only gain 3mm’s max, so using a different throttle body has to be done, but then the bottleneck on the stock intake manifold is restrictive so that needs to be made, thats why I thought of just going completely custom.

ok for some reason I can’t multiqoute.

But the design of the plenum can change I just was using it as a good reference because of the height, I don’t want it sticking out of the hood. Cost I think could be anywhere from 500-1300 for that intake manifold to be made, compare it with alot of other import intakes (minus 4 cylinders) its fair pricing.

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