Is it ok to upgrade the intake on a stock turbo eclipse gsx without upgrading the air filter?

Question:
I want to upgrade my rubber stock intake to a hard metal one. Is upgrading the air filter a must as well? Its an automatic and its my daily driver so I just want to give it a couple upgrades that I can install myself because I'm a beginner when it comes to car repairs. Also, what advantages would an upgraded air filter have? Does it improve horsepower at all or will the upgraded intake do that alone? Thanks.

My check engine light is always on, is it my truck or just a bad light?

This is the intake I wanted to upgrade to:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/parts/product_i...

Answers:

Please help me out my car shakes when I'm stooped on red light?

Intakes are designed to increase air flow to the engine and they do that by decreasing the resistance of the stock filter and ducting. Replacing only the ducting may increase performance if the stock ducting has many turns with sharp angles and the new ducting straightens and smoothes the flow through the ducting. Most likely replacing only the ducting will not do much at all, because it follows the same angles and lines as the stock one. If you are going to do it, and you want to see an improvement, do it right and get a high quality replacement intake and filter. This simple upgrade will not hurt the drivability of the car, just enhance it.

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1985 4Runner Bigger Tires?

First off, why do you want to upgrade something halfway? Installing just the intake tube won't make a difference if it's sucking air through a restrictive filter. So, NO! It's not ok to upgrade halfway.

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My buddies got a 92 isuzu pickup that runs ruff?

Get a filter as well...looking at that website they sell filters as well (one of the alternative intakes is less than the one your shooting for and it includes a filter). As for increased HP you'll get some (check the source for numbers). And on a side note an exhaust will help free up some HP as well.

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