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Old 10-20-2006, 02:02 PM
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Good ebay CAI?

I am looking for a CAI for my maxima and have been trying to buy the bomz CAI that I see for sale but I have tried 2 different retailers and they both sold me the intake but after buying it they both told me the intake is on backorder. What is another decent brand of ebay CAI? I am looking for something without fitment issues and everyone on here just refers to ebay intakes in a generalized sense without naming the brand of their intake. I dont care how good or non good they look as long as I can get one that will ship immediately and work/fit fine.
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The thing is, most of the eBay intakes are eBay brand, just get any that aren't Bomz, they should all fit the same.
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stock is best. save ur money and do the y
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Old 10-20-2006, 02:30 PM
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I built my own with parts from Autozone and a K&N filter. It cost me about 50 bucks and I can change it any time I want.
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Well you can make it yourself as previously stated. Might be cheaper then buying ebay one and getting a k&n. As for jxkim's comment, stock is good but not the best if you have a true CAI. But the saving for a y-pipe may be a better idea.
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Old 10-20-2006, 03:29 PM
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I have a y-pipe and a short ram intake with a K&N on it right now. I really just want an ebay CAI for the piping then I can put my filter on it. Any recommendations?
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Auto zone ftw
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Old 10-20-2006, 03:56 PM
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Yeah f ebay. Just go get pipes from your local car shop.
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I have an unused bomz CAI kit if you're interested. Talk to me on aim if you are: Wassup2114
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Old 10-20-2006, 06:28 PM
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Here is the one to get.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...spagenameZWDVW
or this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-99...spagenameZWDVW
Both are true cai and will give hp across the board.
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Old 10-21-2006, 04:42 AM
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how bout no ebay CAI, no any kind of aftermarket Inake, unless all u want is the sound becuase it won't give u any gains... 1 hp if ur lucky and that is really pushing it...
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Originally Posted by ethnic6
how bout no ebay CAI, no any kind of aftermarket Inake, unless all u want is the sound becuase it won't give u any gains... 1 hp if ur lucky and that is really pushing it...
I just can't believe that. A true cai (the one that gones in the fender with the stock resonater has been shown to give some good gain and of course that awesome sound, Especially if you have other mods too like a y-pipe, exhaust and ecu or even a mevi/00vi.
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Old 10-21-2006, 08:38 AM
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Yeah a true cai will give gains. Not much but better than 1 hp. You dont get as much sound either with stock maf and filter in the wheel well.
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
Yeah a true cai will give gains. Not much but better than 1 hp. You dont get as much sound either with stock maf and filter in the wheel well.

I get ALOT of sound out of mine and I would definitely say more then 1hp. I went back and forth to stock with a k&N drop in and then back to a cai and the cai was alot better.
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Oh ok. thanks for the correction on the sound. Ive always been under the impression that the sound really comes from the short rams.
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how much of a gain did u get from a true CAI? and was it worth the price?
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What price? You can get one for pretty cheap by using certain pipes. Just get pipes to go after your stock maf and run them through to the fender wall with a k&n. If you dont like it then replace the stock box. You should see like 5 hp maybe. Nothing big but still has some.
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
Oh ok. thanks for the correction on the sound. Ive always been under the impression that the sound really comes from the short rams.

I was too, but I get Alot of sound out of mine, maybe its because i don't have a foglight in and the air just rushes right in.
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Originally Posted by ethnic6
how much of a gain did u get from a true CAI? and was it worth the price?

Check out the ones I posted earlier. There just like the old pr one.
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intake= sound not power (for our cars at least)
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No thats not true. True CAI's give power...
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ebay=trash
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Originally Posted by Freemax4me
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Actually thats not wrong. A lot of stuff is good.
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
Actually thats not wrong. A lot of stuff is good.
lol, u just contradicted urself my friend...
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
Actually thats not wrong. A lot of stuff is good.
lol, u just contradicted urself my friend...
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Originally Posted by ethnic6
lol, u just contradicted urself my friend...
haha my bad
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Originally Posted by Ceasars Chariot
Ebay, just buy the bomz for like 15 bucks and just use the pipe?
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Originally Posted by babymac
Ebay, just buy the bomz for like 15 bucks and just use the pipe?
shipping is going to come out to at least 40 bucks probably
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for that money. spend it on a ypipe. fix your exhaust line to smooth out the veloicty of air leaving your car. intake just buy a new filter. no need for more air coming in if it cant leave ur car just as fast
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There's no need to buy the pipe on ebay if you only want the pipe. Autozone etc. has parts to attach.
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check out my bomz CAI review at vqpower.com...when they first came out i was the first one who got it... infact i paid like $80 for it. now i think it's a lot cheaper. but i don't have bomz CAI setup anymore... (JWT short ram w/ bomz midpipe now)
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