Hey so i bought a AEM short ram intake system cuz i thought it was the best bang for the buck, i just want your opinions on what you guys would have gotten, im satisfied with my decision but just want to know what you thinkn about certain intakes.

the choices come to mind

weapon r
ac autotechnic
injen
aem


weapon r had the fastest VQMPH ( virtual quarter mile per hour ) time
ac autotechnic had the most horsepower at a higher RPM
injen had overall highest HP at most of the RPMs
AEM had a good run, just running short of fastest VQMPH under aem, weapon r, and injen.

now i did some searching on the price, i got the AEM intake for 100dollars shipped, injen one was about 150 shipped, weapon r was about 110 shipped, and ac autotechnic was about 90 bucks shipped.

now i thought that AEM was best bang for the buck, plus i get the free license plate frame

any coments?

 

Custom > *
GAB > *
F/C-POP > *

Turbonator = teh win

 

got a photo of this installed ? didnt know aem made one for the 4th gen, snap a photo and post it up

 

don't think AEM makes intake for maxima

 

http://maxmods.dyndns.org/index.php?MaximaIntakes

 

Can i ask you where you got these price ??

 

I like the Injen Cold Air Intakes the best. I have one on my 96 Maxima. Before I put it on with my horrible exhaust I topped at 120 if that. Then when I put it on it first sounded a lot better and on top of that I could hit over 140mph. Just a little insight.

 

sounds like you got a good deal.

 

sorry, i meant to say that this was for my 2nd car, an accord. and as for the price of aem intakes and injen ( i think they have injen ) go to autoanything.com. they got 10% off a lot of things if you purchase before 2/26 and use the coupon code "gousa". they already guarantee the lowest prices, and if not they will beat it by a dollar, add on the extra 10% off and you got yourself a really good deal. lets say you wanted an escort radar detector, they sell it for 6% under MSRP, add another 10% and you're lookin around 255 260ish for a pretty damn good radar detector, and shipping is only like 5 bucks.

 

So this thread actually has nothing to do Maximas?
Sounds like you just wanted to do a commercial for autoanything.com

 

lol no. i dont work for them at all. i just thought maybe i could pass the news.

 

this is just a test post.

 

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This thread is full of vacations if you ask me This thread and a lot of the posts in it belong in different forums

Such as TEST POSTS and OTHER CARS

 

So the Injen intake gave you an extra 20mph in top speed. I want one too!!!

 

That just tells me to stay out of Philly.

 

yeah from what i hear, these intakes are cosmetic mods, engine jewlery, lol !

 

From what I have read, an SRI on this car doesn't do too much. (Feel free to prove me wrong) But, if you're in it just for the sound, I'd probably go with Frankencar, just because they offer Apexi filters on theirs. It's a little more costly, but if you search on google for air filter tests or something, they've done a test versus the K&N and such, and the Apexi did better at filtering. I havent read much about the Berk, so I'm not positive if they sell one with the Apexi filter as well.

 

I'm thinking about going with a PR CAI ebay knock off.

I just wanna drill a hole in my fender and have it look cool, and suck in cold air.

 

I don't do 140 in the city. I do it on the empty turn pike with no cops. I'm an excellent driver by the way. I have my sr20 450hp 240 now to run in LoL. Plus I've only had one vq30 that actually lasted on turnpike runs at 130mph for 6 hours. The other two I've had blew right away.

 

Took you a while to respond

 

I say get a BOMZ cold air intake that goes into the fenderwell off ebay for 20 bucks, pitch the crappy filter and put a nice K&N on.

 

in the fender FTL!!

 

You mean K&N sticker on MAF ftl?

 

i just stuck that there.

 

Go custom.

 

i dont really think it matters much... all of them are pretty much similar in sound and gain

 

I prefer a simple belt driven snail intake or a exhaust driven snail intake.

 

OEM + 82mm MAF

 

 

I heard intakes do not really increase horsepower to the car,
in fact may make it slower?
is this true?

 

custom K&N hai, esp of dd's

 

Pretty much, yea.

 

ive done months and months of research on this...

basically the bottom line is that your stock airbox and intake is the best overall power.

short ram is more high end, but you give up your low end torque.

CAI (true cai) is better low end, but you give up your mid and high.




just stay stock, with a clean airfilter.