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This may be a silly, unrelated point, but I thought I would throw this into the mix anyway.
As much as I like the import scene and working with four cylinders, I just about never find them to be as audibly stirring as, say, a Ford Mustang V8. But an intake (home-made or not) can help beef up the sound of your four cylinder.
I was driving yesterday next to a 1999-2000 Honda Civic Si. I noticed that every time the drivier hit the gas, the car emitted some very "muscular" sounds. I drifted behind him to take a look at his exhaust, and to my surprise, it was the stock piece. In fact, I couldn't pick out one detail by looking that did not look completely stock. And I know that Si's do not sound like this right off the dealership lot.
So I pulled up next to the car at a red light, and asked the driver if it was in fact stock. He said it was, except for an intake. Getting your car to sound meaner (and I mean a lot meaner) is in and of itself worth the investment of getting an aftermarket intake, or making your own.
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