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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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i emailed skunk2 yesterday night in hopes of having them make a intake manifold for our cars. here is their response.

Thank you for contacting Skunk2. Thank you for your input and we will consider it. The Scion TC is a great powerplant but it is still very new compared to other models such as the Civic in which we have parts for going back to 1988 (almost 20 years). If demand should have it, say 100,000 people or more should demand it, then we will consider it. But the Scion TC is still new and the resources for research and development as well as production costs have not yet come close to making it worth while for us(not to say it will never be). There are still many other makes and models that have high demand yet are not on our list of intake manifolds because the demand is still too low (ie. S2000, Evo, WRX, Celica, 240sx, SER, 350Z, etc). We do still make an exhaust, coilovers, lowering springs, shift *****, and other engine accessories for your car. Please let us know if you have any other questions regarding Skunk2 products.





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there...u all see it...so come on...100,000 people
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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I'm surprised they don't even make them for the s2k's, evos, or wrx's
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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100k huh...so, if i take a survey, there better be more than 100k civic owners planning to purchase a manifold from them.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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why cant skunk make you a one off manifold if you send your car in or somethin
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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im sure we could get alot of support, but dam 100k..
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There are still many other makes and models that have high demand yet are not on our list of intake manifolds because the demand is still too low (ie. S2000, Evo, WRX, Celica, 240sx, SER, 350Z, etc).
we'll never get one
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from them at least.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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are you talking the intake, or the actual intake manifold?
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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I think what he means by "intake manifold" is the intake manifold.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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^^ yehp intake manifold, why would i ask for another intake when injen has a good one
Old Apr 3, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMonkiTC
^^ yehp intake manifold, why would i ask for another intake when injen has a good one
just making sure we are on the same page with the manifold.

that sucks on the 100,000 people needing for them to go to production!
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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lol its funny they put celica on there......they dont make them anymore...
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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lets spam them for an intake manifold
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMonkiTC
lets spam them for an intake manifold
You think we can all post on all the scion sites and actually get 100,000 people to email them?

it's a long shot I know
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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I'm down, I would def. like to see the gains...

I would give it a try to post on other Scion sites too....
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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If we all spam them, then a lot of us should buy from them. As it is, if we all spam them, hardly any of us will actually buy it. It'd hardly be fair for them.

Why don't we spam the people who told us they were planning an application for the tC. You know, like Golden Eagle.
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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I would probably buy an intake manifold if they produced one for the tC. I think with my F/I set up, it may have some decent gains
Old Apr 6, 2007 | 05:02 PM
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100,000 huh, skunk2 is a damn good company and I know some great tuners that recomend their manifolds. I'd be down if they actually took some time to build one.

skunk2 is known for being a honda-acura specialist and just recently started making parts for other imports so be paitent and the more people that send e-mails with interest to big company's like that the more we will start seeing parts developed.




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