In your opinion, AEM or Injen?
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In your opinion, AEM or Injen?
In your opinions which short ram intake do you thing is better? AEM or Injen. and Im not just talking about HP increase, Sound, looks....everything.
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Rep Power: 0 Well I was definatly considering it but, 1 I live in florida ( VERY bad place to have a cai) and 2 my friend with a 02 lancer had one, it stated raining, and he filled up a cylinder ( car go boom, boom) so cai is out. and im trying to argue, but in your opinions which is better in sri form?
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Oh jeez... its a filter on a bent stick. Pick one.
Apparently K&N is the "best" according to people... but that may give you a 0.0000001% gain over the other.
Apparently K&N is the "best" according to people... but that may give you a 0.0000001% gain over the other.
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Rep Power: 0 you can defintely feel the difference with a filter on a bent stick I am so used to my cai i took it off and put my stock one and it feels all ghetto and i dunno how to explain it.
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injen CAI w/ aem bypass valve
injen CAI w/ aem bypass valve
Originally posted by Boilermaker1
Oh jeez... its a filter on a bent stick. Pick one.
Apparently K&N is the "best" according to people... but that may give you a 0.0000001% gain over the other.
Oh jeez... its a filter on a bent stick. Pick one.
Apparently K&N is the "best" according to people... but that may give you a 0.0000001% gain over the other.
Bypass valves DON'T WORK.
And V2 is proven market hype.
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Rep Power: 0 The V2 seems like it wouldn't really make a difference over the regular AEM CAI. the two sized of pipe shouldn't change anything much. if anything you'd think it'd slow down the velocity.
The thing about the Injen is that it's metal. Metal gets really hot in the engine compartment. hot CAI = hot air, hot air = less power.
the AEM is plastic which doesn't get as hot as metal. just a theory.
The thing about the Injen is that it's metal. Metal gets really hot in the engine compartment. hot CAI = hot air, hot air = less power.
the AEM is plastic which doesn't get as hot as metal. just a theory.
Originally posted by GideoN
SlammedBlueEM2: So are you saying that you would rather stay with the stock air box?
SlammedBlueEM2: So are you saying that you would rather stay with the stock air box?
All the CAI does is add volume under the hood and eat low-end power which can only be made up with a 3,500-4,000 RPM launch. Still the car is still no faster than bone stock if it made a 3,000 RPM launch.
I only like the CAI because of how it sounds which is the only reason why I prefer it over the stock airbox for myself which makes it somewhat of a lucky compromise for my car.
And boilermaker is right... it's just a stick with an air filter.
Bypass valves compromises with horsepower and technically don't work for ****. AEM only released it because people realized a CAI is a hazzard when submerged in water or sucks in water easier when going over puddles @ WOT but it doesn't work!
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Boilermaker1: Since it is just "a filter on a bent stick," why did you buy an Injen CAI?
But we're talking SRIs here, not CAIs. The SRIs all go to the basically the same place.... so they're basically all the same excluding the logo.
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Rep Power: 0 wasnt there a chart/graph somewhere that showed the gain for each SRI/CAI? i think it was Injen vs. AEM. cna anyone post that up. itsll answer the performance part!
