It sounds good though, it makes a deeper, throatier sound on acceleration, I love the way mine sounds and it's just a cone filter on the stock tubing for now.
Definitely definitely read around, read everything and then read it again. When I got my car and started coming around here I knew almost nothing about anything, and now with about a year's worth of reading under my belt Im starting to get the courage and money to begin my own hands-on engine mods.
It's scary getting going cause I worry I'll break something but so far I've removed the stock airbox to make room for my intake. Along with that I removed my MAF and throttle body to clean and reassembled it all. I dropped the tranny pan to do my fluid and filter. Just last week I removed my front exhaust manifold and everything necessary to get it out, and installed my power log, (which is a redesigned front exhaust manifold sold for out cars for better exhaust flow). Within the next month I'll be installing a new downpipe for the exhaust and removing the upper intake manifold to install an hv3 (Another specialized part for our cars sold by zzperformance.com).
None of what I did is anything special, it's all pretty minor compared to the experience a lot of guys on here have, Im still a beginner. My point is that when I bought my Grand Prix, if you would've asked me if I'd be taking on modding my engine on my own, I'd have said, "No way I know nothing about that." But just by reading EVERYTHING and trying to take on little things at a time, I feel like I've come a long way personally.
Even just with automotive in general Im much more knowledgeable than I was because I even read the threads not related to my particular engine.
Im almost the same age as you btw, the car you bought has a lot of potential to be a fun car if you want to take it there.
Go forth, and LEARN!
