Intakes- K&N vs Injen
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typhoon is good if you ever want to switch between sri or cai, personally if youre lookin for a cai go with the injen (or better yet an "ebay" intake, which will save you around 100 bucks) but either way if you get a cai your gonna have the problem of the filter being in front of the wheel well panel....unless you do an ebay intake and dont run the filter that low...then you can do the stock intake mod and use that to direct air right to the filter (check around the forums, theres been a few ppl that have done that type of mod (if youre one of these ppl post your pics up))
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i would go with Ebay and K&N filter and save a good amount of money!
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If you live in a state that does emission inspections, don't get the eBay kit. Make sure you get one with a CARB number, or you might get failed on visual inspection.
Injen is the best hands down.
AEM intakes are the ones with issue rubbing the brakefluid resevoir NOT the Injen.
The Injen CAI can be converted to a SRI, with 5 min, and 6" of 3" Pipe, but the placement of the Filter makes it pointless (Cars with CAI's that have exposed filters need worrie about that, not us.
Yes the E-bay cheap imitations do work, but they are inferier quality imitations (I dont car if you have had one for 2 years and its all fine, It doesnt change the fact it wont last as long as the Injen)
AEM intakes are the ones with issue rubbing the brakefluid resevoir NOT the Injen.
The Injen CAI can be converted to a SRI, with 5 min, and 6" of 3" Pipe, but the placement of the Filter makes it pointless (Cars with CAI's that have exposed filters need worrie about that, not us.
Yes the E-bay cheap imitations do work, but they are inferier quality imitations (I dont car if you have had one for 2 years and its all fine, It doesnt change the fact it wont last as long as the Injen)
To be honest, I purchased my intake for asthetic and engine tone. Anyone dyno the gain on an intake in a P5? I can tell you that with just an intake, it will sound more powerfull. Add an exhaust, depending on make, and it sounds even better. So I went with a red sri AEM. Are the fitment issues related to both SRI and CAI? I've had none to speak of.
Rac3rX said:
I have an ebay intake, and you have me concerned. Will the aluminum break down faster than Injen aluminuim?? Let me know ASAP, as I am at 3.5 years with the ebay intake/ K&N filter, and I do not want it to dissolve on me.
If the ebay intakes break down as you say, can you back that up with any proof?
metal tube and filter=intake. not sure how that can be made bad.
no carb sticker? slap the stocker on to pass smog.
on a side note, I am still waiting for someone to post up dyno proof of tests with ebay vs injen intakes.
RaiderMP5 said:
The Pipe should be fine, its the couplers, elbow, ect.
To be safe you could always get a second intake from E-bay, or the couplers and elboys from the Injen web site will work, buy one if ever one breaks.
I got Injen, because I like the car, and want to pass it off to my Kid, so I plan to have it for a while.
