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IN WITH THE GOOD AIR

Skunk2 Intake Looks Good And Produces Horsepower

When a B16A-equipped CRX EF came into the Rage Performance shop for a Skunk2 intake manifold install, the crew dove into the job with a fury. With cameras at hand to document the swap (’88-’91 CRX) for your personal pleasure, the job took no time at all and the owner of this Honda is deliriously happy with the results.

The car arrived at Rage with a Mugen header and intake, exhaust, ECU and Field VTEC. Initial dyno testing revealed that the car was already pumping out a respectable 147.7 hp at 7,800 rpm with 102.7 lb-ft of torque. After the Skunk2 intake manifold swap, the car gained 9.8 hp (over the previous mods) for a total of 157.5 at 8,300 rpm. Torque increased to 104.2 lb-ft.

The first thing Rage Performance does before making any speed part swaps is to throw the car onto the in-house dyno to see what it can do (as a baseline).

While this was simply a swap concerning one part on an engine that had already been modified, it was quite interesting to see the increase under the controlled circumstances of a before-and-after dyno test. That’s one of the beauties of having work done at a shop like Rage Perfor-mance, as it has an in-house dyno and the qualified technicians to tune your particular combination.

The Skunk2 manifold was a rousing success and it looks damn good, too. That’s a homerun in anyone’s book. Check out the photos for details on the installation.  HCI

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Rage Performance

877/4-RAGE-00

Dept. HCI 5637 Arrow Hwy. Unit J&K Montclair, CA 91763

Skunk2

909/808-9888

Dept. HCI 2050 5th St. Norco, CA 92860