My advice is if you really want an inlet, buy the cheapest one that fits. These turbo inlets are grossly overpriced for the hp gains they provide. As far as I can tell with my RPMC inlet, it just makes more noise. If it does make a few more hp, I can't feel it. Maybe it would be more significant with more mods, but with my Cobb SRI and ETS TMIC, I felt absolutely no gain in power. The turbo 'may' start spooling a little bit earlier, but I normally don't hammer the throttle below 2.5-3k RPM anyway and the turbo pretty much makes full boost by 3k. All I know is I payed about $25 more for this inlet than I payed for my Cobb SRI, but probably got 25whp less power gain. I think my $200+ would have been better spent on some new motor mounts. There was another inlet out there (I forget the name), that was abit cheaper than the RPMC and looked to be of better quality (rolled ends to hold the tubes better and nicer welds). The RPMC isn't bad, but like I said, all of these inlets are overpriced for two pieces of madrel bent tubes, cut and welded together. Mandrel bent lengths of 2.5" aluminum tubing cost about $25-30 a piece. The problem is aluminum requires TIG welding, which is expensive equipment and requires abit of skill to master, but I would say that materials are WELL under $100 to make one of these. Ya gotta wonder how you can buy a Corksport intake for $239 that comes with an inlet, a machined MAF housing, filter, and all hardware and then people charge $200+ for just an inlet alone (and Corksports inlet is madrel bent - all one piece, no welds).
