I'm ready to buy a CAI for my car and I was wondering if the AEM V2 is really any better than the regular AEM CAI?

 

According to the AEM website, there was significant gains over the regular AEM CAI. The test was done on a civic dx.

 

save yourself the money and buy the #1. and buy K&N filter instead.

 

i thought aem used k&n filters unlike the cheap $50 ebay ones that use k&n style filters

 

significant?


I've got a buddy who was the head of R&D at AEM. He said at most the v2 may get 2-3 more hp, but even then he said he doubted it.

 

yep. real K&N

 

You should just go with getting the AEM V1 (?) and save yourself a hundred dollars or so, for 1-2 extra hp at most?

 

Technically, if it's a 2-3hp gain, that's what? a 33-40% gain over what they normally claim, still in real life, it's not much.

 

he said if that though, he was being generous.

 

The thing about the V2 is that it has greater gains in some areas than the regular CAI b/c of the dual tuning. In the V6 Accord application - the V2 only has 2-3 peak whp gains over the standard CAI, but it has a max gain of almost 10whp vs the standard CAI. It doesn't have a hole where the normal CAI does at a certain point. It's about the gains as a whole, not just peak gains.

Now on the I4 application - this could be different. They don't have any dynos posted for that application.

 

AEM is using their own sourced filters now, instead of the K&N's.

 

i dont know what to do anymore

 

i know that 1-3 hp isnt going to be felt only measurable but if headers and exhaust were added at some point would that 1-3 increase or even maximise the HP gains from H/E

 

for us i4s the v2 is well worth it becuase the v1 has huge drop in low end power and slighly better mid. the v2 has more power all around except slighltly less mid. you 3.0 guys will never notice low end loss from say a cai and cat back, but i will tell you my car was slower off the line with my cai and catback then stock until i bought a dc header and then it was smae or slightly better. the v2 makes more power then the v1 at almost all rpms. yeah peak may only be 2hp but look in other places and its 5+ especially down low and dont forget about tq #'s they are pretty much up all around also. again especially down low where civics and 2.2 and 2.3cls need power

 

just buy the regular aem cai.

 

Its just what i gathered from their website. Thats just what AEM claims. It looks good on paper.

 

get the reg. cai and buy yourself some ignition wires and plugs.

 

whats wires or plugs going to get me at this stage of the mod game

 

better fuel economy.

+1-2 hp?