Lately I've been getting anoyed at my intake rattling even after numerous adjustments to filter position with and without the support bracket. Also I miss the low end punch my car once had and once easy passing on the highway now feels sluggish. But I love the sound the engine makes right now, especially after 4,000rpm. So for the GAB people, how does the sound compare?

 

....Ghetto?

 

+10char

 

Much more refined/deeper, much less rasp/rattle. ..

 

I am working on a new version of the GAB. I have a couple ideas. Here's one where a filter would be on it. I am still think of still going down where my injen filter is at.

 

Just do a PAB and lose the filter... once you introduce a cone filter, it's not considered ghetto anymore, and the price outweighs the gains.....since the GAB is virtually free, and so is the PAB.

 

I am thinking about doing the GAB to my 2k2, but I dont want to loose any low end torque and I know their MAF are very sensitive.

Since the winter is getting here though, I would probably gain low end torque because of the cold air

 

Since I have boughten the car I have gone through to different kinds of intakes. I got more spare parts to shake a stick at. Mine is more of a chamber system.

 

Well...the GAB is definitely lacking in the sound department....it pretty much sounds stock except when you go WOT....and even then, it still isn't as loud or aggressive as an aftermarket intake....

I see that your interested in low end tq...the stock airbox will do just that....it's all compromise IMO...aftermarket intakes lose some low-end but gives you great sound...stock airbox sounds pretty conservative (even with a GAB) but gives you great low end...if you REALLY want to keep the aggressive roar of an aftermarket intake, but want to regain your low/mid range, then try to find another mod to help you gain back your low/mid punch...maybe headers

 

Ha, headers would be great....except I am a poor college student.

 

I just switched to the Berk intake from my GAB... I love the berk intake, it sounds much nicer and if anything I feel more lowend with the berk than my GAB.

 

I felt no loss in the low end at first also, but after a month or so my car feels really sluggish now. I heard that G35 peeps lost whatever gains mods gave them after the computer re-adjusted so they keep on resetting the ECU once in a while. Maybe we should do this too?

 

I thought I didn't lose low end either...but here is a perfect example..

I bought my car in July of 04...it was nearly 90 degrees everyday for the whole month...my car was bone stock....throughout the whole summer and whole winter...my car felt great...then when I got my intake in February, I "thought" I didn't feel a low end loss....but it turns out I did, becuz this past summer (2005) I noticed my car had a hard time coming off the line in the 90 degree heat...especially with the a/c on...sometimes it was so bad that I ended up stalling the engine....I NEVER had this problem during the summer of 04 when I was bone stock...

I'm assuming...when I FIRST got the intake, I didn't feel a low end loss becuz I was keeping the revs real high just to hear the sound of it...after I got bored of the sound, I changed to normal driving and there definitely is a loss down low...from idle to about 2,000 RPMs...it feels more sluggish with the intake+exhaust...

also, a local member of mine (dragdmax) has a 6spd with the GAB/17 degree mod....his car definitely feels preppier than mine from idle to about 2000...I've driven his car inside & out many times too...

 

Ya on the highway, my car feels really slow between 2000-3000rpm, then it starts to pickup no problem. Before, any rpm and my car would speed up easily.

 

2000-3000 seems fine for me...I'm guessing cuz I'm 6spd with shorter gears so I don't get affected as much as you do with your 4 gears...the only time I feel a loss is from idle to about 2000....I'm sure if I returned everything back to stock...I would be able to launch off 1000 RPMs easily....with my current setup, my car has a hard to launching smoothly at 1000 RPMs....it usually gives out a nasty bog.... I gotta keep it above 1500 in order to launch smoothly

 

I recently installed a Frankencar w/ Apexi filter. So far I haven't noticed any loss of low end torque (I reset the ECU when I installed the intake), if anything I notice more torque above 1000-1200 rpm. Maybe cause mine is a 6 speed the launch is different tan an auto?