PROS:

smoother, more linear acceleration
little bit more low end torque
SMOOTHER SHIFTING!? (I KNOW this is not the placebo effect because I hadn't even thought of this beforehand. Only realized it during the first drive afterwards.)

CONS:

Not as beefy sounding
Engine bay not as appealing aesthetically


Recommend everyone give it a shot. Doesn't take too long at all. What do you have to lose? If you no like, you no keep!

Now I'm debating whether to get an aftermarket panel filter or keep the regular "non-high flow" one I have in there now.

 

If you get an aftermarket panel filter, try to avoid the K&N, there's not much of a difference in power or acceleration. Try the HKS panel filter.

 

As much as I want to say that's a good thing. It's just so hard to give up the good ol' CAI.

 

y? what do you have to lose? try it.

Is it that you don't wanna give the Nerdy Nissan Engineers a chance for a comeback?

Nah, I understand what you're saying. You need a reason to justify spending all that extra money for a CAI. I was the same way. Then I said, "ef it."

 

LOL. Well let me get your old CAI. Then I might trash after a few months. My max is stock right now but the concept was the same with my Camry.

 

i'm going to switch back to stock after 2 yrs with the stillen. just gets too boggy in the heat for my taste, and the sound gets pretty annoying when i'm trying to accelerate quickly and people look at me like i'm trying to race them.

 

Did you have a CAI or a WAI? I had a WAI and swapped in my stock one and definitely noticed exactly what you said. I'm just curious of how much of a difference there is between stock, CAI, and WAI.

 

what is the best way to go for air box cai ?short ram? or stock.....i have cai but its right in front of radiaor so i mite be losing power...which gives the besr acceleration and power?

 

yeah, I wish I hadn't tossed my stock intake. I've been thinking about going back to stock. Anyone want to trade me? Ebay piping, 6" K&N filter, looks mean and barely fits!

 

yeah you never said what kind of intake you had. I mean if its not a true CAI then I unnderstand. But I dont unnderstand what anyone ever really expected from a WAI cept noise

 

It's only an air filter, I don't know what you might expect, but I don't think anybody is expecting a significant difference in power or acceleration by replacing the air filter. So why don't you tell us why HKS is better than K&N?

 

Stock, if you read the very first post in this thread, or any of the other 1234823472347 intake threads on this website.

 

Check out the sig for my previous setup...

 

Why does this site load up a completely different random thread along with the one you are reading and trying to respond to. No wonder nobody comes here anymore.

 

It's the autoscroll function. My hunch says you went past the end of the thread you originally intended and wound up in a thread that the software felt was similar. I hate this Autoscroll function myself.

 

I abhor it myself. It's only purpose was to make sites more mobile-friendly. I hated it when Amazon implemented it, then YouTube, then this site and that site and every other important site I frequent. Too hard for people to click the next page number I guess.