Cold air intake
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Cold air intake
Which one would yall prefer.... The AEM cold air intake??? Or the AEM Perfromance V2 intake??? And also what would be the advantage/disadvantage between the both of them. Thankss
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CAI = Massive waste of money for a sound maker, period. Lowest hp/cost ratio of all available options. You're just as well off removing the stock resonator and calling it a day.
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I had a CAI on every car I had, brands such as Evo motorsports, AEM and K&N and now I bought the "cheap ebay CAI" with K&N filter and its sounds great, only 65 $ with free shipping.
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I just put on an AEM v2 because i got a real good deal on it and honestly i don't hear much of a sound difference but acceleration may be a little bit better. I have only had it on for 3 days though so not much of a help now that I am typing this haha.
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Do you guys actually gain any power from CAIs? I know in the NSX world we lose power. Might gain a hp or 2 by swapping out to a high flow filter. Same story with my old Saturn Ion Redline. I lost 7hp (Dynoed proven) with a K&N CAI. K&N claimed a gain of 14hp. All they seem good for is(like stated above) is more engine sound.
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buy a cheap asss ebay intake for $50 and put a $50 AEM filter on it....insulate it with $10 worth of materials to keep the air cooler and call it a Day !!!
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https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-performance-parts-modifications-112/aem-intake-dyno-good-gains-798138/
I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
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I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
I put my boxers inside the stock intake and gained 20 WHP.
I don't care what anyONE says.
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TLOHTL:
What was temperature/climate/humidity/height from sea level when you did each of these dynos ?
What was temperature/climate/humidity/height from sea level when you did each of these dynos ?
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I had an aem cai on my CL-S, didn't make anymore noticeable power, but it did sound quite heavenly upon hard acceleration. I am not bothering with one on my TL-S.
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I'll wait for the AEM V9, which guarantees no water will get up into the engine.....
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I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
I do NOT care what any1 says.
This is for the OP.
Until someone straps there car on a dyno stock and while on the dyno puts an AEM or Injen or Ebay or whatever.... I do NOT want to hear it.
It made a HUGE difference in the mid-high end .... end of story.
Since you need torque to move, your car may actually be SLOWER. However, 3 ~ horsepower is not enough to make any noticeable increase.
But the words "cold air intake" and "significantly faster" have absolutely no business being in the same sentence.
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Not this guy again.
I put my boxers inside the stock intake and gained 20 WHP.
I don't care what anyONE says.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/unleddulg.png/
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I put my boxers inside the stock intake and gained 20 WHP.
I don't care what anyONE says.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/unleddulg.png/
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