My ebay experience
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From: Olyphant, Pa
My ebay experience
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-07...Q5fAccessories
Overall the product wasn't bad for the price. I definitely noticed a gain in power. More so on the top end i think. The only thing i have to get is a new filter. This filter is just a joke, just a metal screen filter? Seems pretty bad. I am going to end up getting a kn or aem filter. The only thing i replaced was 2 of the hoses that they gave me. They just didnt have a tight fit.
All in all everything fit and lined up good, i would recommend this if your on a budget.
Oh btw does anyone know if the filter from the kn/aem cai will fit this? it has a 3" opening
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Not trying to rain on your parade but....too many changes in direction between the intake and the airbox at the engine - the friction and inertial losses associated with this tortuous path destroys the free-flow of air to the engine - it will not "breath freely". You don't want to have the engine having to do extra work to get the air to the intake valves because any work done here is a net reduction in horsepower output. As nice as it might look you will get what you pay for and this might be less than you expected. The filter alone would have been my first clue. There is a reason that the PRM is so successful - it is direct, it is tuned (frictional losses are minimized) and it has a great filter to protect your engine from the effects of particulate matter in the air that is mostly like digesting glass (called sand and dust). If you can get a K&N filter onto the end I would do it quickly before I drove anywhere. Good luck.
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From: Phoenix, AZ
The straighter the flow the better-yes
But it has around the same amount of bends as the aem or injen cai.
But you need to replace that filter with a k&n or aem dryflow (I love my dryflow) as soon as possible.
But it has around the same amount of bends as the aem or injen cai.
But you need to replace that filter with a k&n or aem dryflow (I love my dryflow) as soon as possible.
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Not trying to rain on your parade but....too many changes in direction between the intake and the airbox at the engine - the friction and inertial losses associated with this tortuous path destroys the free-flow of air to the engine - it will not "breath freely". You don't want to have the engine having to do extra work to get the air to the intake valves because any work done here is a net reduction in horsepower output. As nice as it might look you will get what you pay for and this might be less than you expected. The filter alone would have been my first clue. There is a reason that the PRM is so successful - it is direct, it is tuned (frictional losses are minimized) and it has a great filter to protect your engine from the effects of particulate matter in the air that is mostly like digesting glass (called sand and dust). If you can get a K&N filter onto the end I would do it quickly before I drove anywhere. Good luck.
To the OP, get a K&N filter and/or see if you can fit a velocity stack on the end of it.
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Not trying to rain on your parade but....too many changes in direction between the intake and the airbox at the engine - the friction and inertial losses associated with this tortuous path destroys the free-flow of air to the engine - it will not "breath freely". You don't want to have the engine having to do extra work to get the air to the intake valves because any work done here is a net reduction in horsepower output. As nice as it might look you will get what you pay for and this might be less than you expected. The filter alone would have been my first clue. There is a reason that the PRM is so successful - it is direct, it is tuned (frictional losses are minimized) and it has a great filter to protect your engine from the effects of particulate matter in the air that is mostly like digesting glass (called sand and dust). If you can get a K&N filter onto the end I would do it quickly before I drove anywhere. Good luck.
For the price this intake looks very good. I would get a K&N filter and see how you like it than. How does the intake sound?
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Originally Posted by romeo2' timestamp='1304568762' post='20540384
Not trying to rain on your parade but....too many changes in direction between the intake and the airbox at the engine - the friction and inertial losses associated with this tortuous path destroys the free-flow of air to the engine - it will not "breath freely". You don't want to have the engine having to do extra work to get the air to the intake valves because any work done here is a net reduction in horsepower output. As nice as it might look you will get what you pay for and this might be less than you expected. The filter alone would have been my first clue. There is a reason that the PRM is so successful - it is direct, it is tuned (frictional losses are minimized) and it has a great filter to protect your engine from the effects of particulate matter in the air that is mostly like digesting glass (called sand and dust). If you can get a K&N filter onto the end I would do it quickly before I drove anywhere. Good luck.
For the price this intake looks very good. I would get a K&N filter and see how you like it than. How does the intake sound?
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From: Ballston Spa, NY
You get what you pay for, AEM cost 300- for a reason (testing, tuning, reasearch and design).
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k&n FIPK, sounds good, some gains, no intake will give you anything much horsepower wise. but what a FIPK does is NOT suck up puddles in heavy rain, and require cutting and an incredible irritation to install it.