i am writing this for my dad because he thinks the stock air intake with a k&n is better than a cold air intake what do yall think about this give me yall thought please
thanks

 

"better" for what? intakes dont give you any noticable power addition.. do you want the sound? in that case just get yourself a short ram and save yourself the hastle

 

no like performance i sure the difference is not much right?

 

yea, there won't be any noticable difference.. maybe like 1 hp.

 

so which would be beter just to make one of us feel wrong ?

 

What car does your dad have?

 

to get the most out of the CAI, it has to be the ones that goes in the fenderwell. also, a y-pipe would help too. i just like the CAI cause of the growl

 

ok thanks, and it is my 96 max. and i am planning to get a y pipe next and hey just wondering what kind sould i get?

 

go with either budget, warpspeed, cattman, or custommaxima's

 

ok which is cheapest and dosent have a ricey tone?

 

have you gone through the FAQs yet? It has both of these topics covered.

 

ws =160
budget=201
custommax=250
cattmax300

 

where do you get the ws so cheap?

 

go through the fender under the battery for a real CAI, do the y-pipe first. the CAI is sound and additional HP ( not much 5-10hp off the line then none)

 

Why is the one that goes through the fender the better of the two CAI designs? I'm wondering because I bought one for $90 but didn't want to cut a hole in my fender (I adapted it into a WAI for current use), but I might reconsider...

 

the warpspeed for 160 was a group deal price, i dont know if its still going on, but doubt it is

 

its better for the intake to be in the fender, because it is away from your engine block, where the most head is being generated, and in the fender you should be getting the actual air from outside the car, not the air from the engine bay.. get it?

 

I've heard numerous arguments on this so far on the forums, and the impression that I have so far is that the stock airbox is better for overall power than a CAI. Apparently, the stock midpipe is better than the one that comes with the CAI, so that makes the difference (with good filters on both). I have the hacked airbox to get the good sound and have the power and have it be FREE.

 

Just get a hacksaw and uh....... you know the rest.

 

your dad is right

 

go read the faq's first then come back and we can talk...oh and also...I found this out the other day also...you dad is right. U can MOD ur airbox to make it better, but stock is better overall.

 

well...for what it's worth you can't measure 5hp on a dyno accurately as far as i know. so how much they give isn't really accurate. but they all don't give alot. if you believe what injen says i'd say buy theirs...i like mine. but i'v seen 700hp Skylines with completly stock airboxes....

 

yes, read the faq's you'll learn a great deal. the best way to go is a k&n drop panel filter, hacked airbox and an oscai

 

Well I knew that it goes in the fender to get cold air, but is the air substantially cooler in the fender than where the Injen takes in air?

 

yes any thing is cooler then that dam injen intake, come on that shiet is right next to the radiator. i mean your not going to notice a difference, only if its like a 20 degree differnece

 

I had a short ram intake before, but I took if off. I definitely felt low end power loss with the short ram when compared to stock. I was since debating about a hacked airbox. Will I also lose some low end with it?

 

not really, but its not as much loss with short ram

 

My answer is: Who knows? There hasn't been enough testing done (that I've seen) to say one gives more gains than another. The reason for the lack of testing? Simple: The gains/losses (if any) will be insignificant at best. Adding the fact that dynos are not considered good indications due to the lack of wind, it's unlikely that this question will ever be laid to rest.

What was "true" on this board a couple of years ago seems to be no longer true. I have yet to read a definitive thread on the subject.

 

GD and also because it is aluminum. The Budget appears to be the best of both worlds lately because it is fairly cheap and it is stainless steel.

 

and fits like a dream