injen rd cai or aem v2??
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injen rd cai or aem v2??
i have 2 people that want to trade me for my used 2 12' jl subs (that i dont need) for the injen rd cai and the other person for the aem v2...ive just been trying to choose from either one...i have read about all the comments that fellow 7thgens have said about these two intakes but still stuck with choosing which one is better for my 04 civic ex...any help would be appreciated....
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Keeping in mind that neither actually gives any noticable gains, I'd take the Injen over the AEM - the Injen locates the filter behind the bumper cover, giving just a touch more protection than the AEM design, which sticks it right under the battery tray. Oh wait, I DID take the Injen over the AEM. He he.
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Rep Power: 0 AEM all the way...remember v2 is like a shortram so you don't have to worry about being "protected behind the battery cover" if your that stupid to go in a puddle that big so the cone is in that much water then by all means you deserve whatever happens. (this is in reference for the v2). I got significant gains from the V2 as well. I don't know how much HP but I went from hitting constant 17.1 to hitting 16.8...this is not sea level times its at LACR so converted its like mid 16'z
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Originally Posted by NaSh123
AEM all the way...remember v2 is like a shortram so you don't have to worry about being "protected behind the battery cover" if your that stupid to go in a puddle that big so the cone is in that much water then by all means you deserve whatever happens. (this is in reference for the v2). I got significant gains from the V2 as well. I don't know how much HP but I went from hitting constant 17.1 to hitting 16.8...this is not sea level times its at LACR so converted its like mid 16'z
Maybe you were so encouraged by the sound of the intake that you somehow sucked less then before? I'm sure the v2 didn't shave off .3 sec
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Originally Posted by QBoi
Maybe you were so encouraged by the sound of the intake that you somehow sucked less then before? I'm sure the v2 didn't shave off .3 sec
lol im sure it didn't didnt' shave off .3 but it did help because I was consistently hitting 17.1 before. Also when I goto dealer i always take off my intake and I CAN feel a difference
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Rep Power: 0 im still reading and hearing the same results about the two. injen this...aem this...still not sure which to choose from...any more advice?? any sound clips from the 2?? if so...link please...
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Rep Power: 0 goto the AEM website they have a sound clip of the V2...its pretty loud...my doors start to kinda rattle when I get near 7k....but its perfectly quiete when you want it to be quiete...so its perfect loud when you want it...soundless when you want it 
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Originally Posted by Dishwasher
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Rep Power: 0 i live in so cal and right now its just raining on and off (lately it hasn't)...i do come across some few inch floods but dont think its that big of a problem...will it??
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Rep Power: 384 if its the new design of the v2 and not the old one take that, cause mine broke due to the bigger pipe and the bracket not being strong enough it just snapped one day, so they have to send me a new one, i would say short ram is better then cold air, the v2 supposdely gives 5.5 hp where there cold air gives 2.2 both aem i mean, so i would say aem
Originally Posted by CLeeNx04CiVic
can u link me to that sound clip of the aem v2?? cant find it.
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Ok anyone correct me if im wrong: With V2, youre eliminating the possibility of water getting sucked in but if youre driving in hot weather, the V2 will be sucking very hot air and it will actually decrease power. With the injen two piece you can have the cold air being sucked in and when its raining, just convert it to short ram. So in hot weather, the injen should work better than V2. In colder weather the two intakes will perform very similar.
