Ebay cai or Brand name?
12-20-2007, 04:01 PM
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Ebay cai or Brand name?
Alright the question is this:
What is better the ebay cold air intake or a brand name like Injen, AEM, K&N, or other?
The second question being,
is thier even a diffrence?
What is better the short ram style or the long pipe versions?
How do I protect from hydrolock?
and how hard is it to swap out the orginal airbox?
Thanks guys!
What is better the ebay cold air intake or a brand name like Injen, AEM, K&N, or other?
The second question being,
is thier even a diffrence?
What is better the short ram style or the long pipe versions?
How do I protect from hydrolock?
and how hard is it to swap out the orginal airbox?
Thanks guys!
12-20-2007, 04:05 PM
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people all have different answers, basically name brands have been dyno'd, others have not. Most who get the ebay have no complaints though. Basically a CAI is just a tube with a filter... it just depends on diameter and shape really.
difference.... not really, but "you get what you pay for" will come up a lot. I'm neutral on this subject, it is almost as bad as a GTO vs cobalt topic lol
you have a ss/sc so you will use a CAI not a SRI no matter what. None are on the market for our cars for SRI.
Not hard... look at the how-to injen intake install
difference.... not really, but "you get what you pay for" will come up a lot. I'm neutral on this subject, it is almost as bad as a GTO vs cobalt topic lol
you have a ss/sc so you will use a CAI not a SRI no matter what. None are on the market for our cars for SRI.
Not hard... look at the how-to injen intake install
12-20-2007, 04:07 PM
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Intakes
Alright the question is this:
What is better the ebay cold air intake or a brand name like Injen, AEM, K&N, or other?
The second question being,
is thier even a diffrence?
What is better the short ram style or the long pipe versions?
How do I protect from hydrolock?
and how hard is it to swap out the orginal airbox?
From what I have read the ebay intake is no different to the Injen. The only thing you will want to do is purchase a AEM dry flow filtre and a Hydro shield. The install is not all that hard and will take about 1.5 hrs for the inexperienced. You will require a CAI if you drive the 2.0 LSJ.
Thanks guys!
What is better the ebay cold air intake or a brand name like Injen, AEM, K&N, or other?
The second question being,
is thier even a diffrence?
What is better the short ram style or the long pipe versions?
How do I protect from hydrolock?
and how hard is it to swap out the orginal airbox?
From what I have read the ebay intake is no different to the Injen. The only thing you will want to do is purchase a AEM dry flow filtre and a Hydro shield. The install is not all that hard and will take about 1.5 hrs for the inexperienced. You will require a CAI if you drive the 2.0 LSJ.
Thanks guys!
12-21-2007, 07:12 AM
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You will need to cut the ebay CAI at the very end of the pipe . The end is narrowed down a little bit and has caused CEL's for soem people that bought them . There's a few threads about cutting it around here somewhere's .
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I'd say go with the eBay for a few reasons...
1) It's pretty much the same as an Injen
2) It's cheap
3) I have never seen a CEL (after the mod end mod)
The great thing about the brand intake is that if you decide to go with a bigger build in the future and decide to upgrade intakes too... your not loosing a whole bunch of cash.
Other that that, if you are planning a big build now, Rebel is having a GB for their 3" stainless intake.
1) It's pretty much the same as an Injen
2) It's cheap
3) I have never seen a CEL (after the mod end mod)
The great thing about the brand intake is that if you decide to go with a bigger build in the future and decide to upgrade intakes too... your not loosing a whole bunch of cash.
Other that that, if you are planning a big build now, Rebel is having a GB for their 3" stainless intake.
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