Does anyone out there have any ideas on which intakes are the best for our cars? K&N or AEM? Short Ram or CAI etc. Please post opions on the different intakes you’ve had experience with.
There are many many many threads discussing intakes and peoples opinions on them. Please take the time to search.
I think i’d rank them this way . . .
Injen and Iceman are about even, and from what i’ve seen personally make the most difference(cold air).
everything else is about the same.
I just chopped up an iceman, the only thing nice about it was the K&N filter on it.
A cheopo Ebay SR intake works for me.
For emission people though, I’d take the Injen over the small diameter AEM.
Thanx for the responses guys!
i like how the type r keeps it oem look thats what im going for maybe with the velocity pack k and n filter
http://www.pipercross.net/viper_product.asp
I found this site. They are a little costly but are real carbon fiber, look good and are guarunteed, Now they don’t have an exact model match for the Gen 2 but the hose is flexible so I think I’m gonna get one and run it to one of the open ports in my front bumper.
stokeless did you dyno your setup with the iceman vs your ebay short ram? my friend used to have a bolt on 92ls and we dynoed the car with the stock intake, an ebay cold air, and the iceman. the iceman made 4 more whp than the other two all through the powerband.
Sorry, No. I just used my butt Dyno, and they all felt the same.
So what were the Dyno numbers?
Are you saying that a stock intake made the same hp as an EBay intake?
Dyno’N a stock car is waste of money to me.
I do however run 15.3x 1/4’s in a bolt on 92" 4dr.
my bad i wasn’t clear.
he had a stock intake on it and bought the iceman. i had an ebay intake. we dynoed the car stock, then with my intake, and finally with his iceman. the iceman made more power than the ebay. that’s what i meant. i don’t know the exact numbers but I remember we were very impressed b/c there was a 4whp difference over the ebay intake. that number just stuck with me. if i could find an iceman i’d probably get it.
I don’t see anything special about iceman intake, except that it has thick tubing, and has a 3 1/2" diameter 4" long cone shape K&N filter.
I’m thinkin’ during your dyno runs, the heat must have been building up, and it was the K&N filter, and the thick plastic that made the difference.
I gotta clean out my TB/IM soon anyways, maybe I’ll slap on that intake on and see if I feel any difference.
I doubt I will, but it’ll give me something to do.
The main difference that sets Iceman intakes apart from everyone is the tapered pipe design.
Starting from a 4" (or whatever it is) opening and tapering down to 2.75".
Oppps, forgot to mention that.
The inside diameter is like 2" inches then goes to 3" inches.
(rounded off to the nearest inch, not very much)
Just measured it.
1 hour minimum between runs. dynoed other cars while we swapped out intakes and took pictures.
the iceman (least from what i’ve seen) seems to stay cooler after hard driving than metal intakes.
stokeless, dude your butt isn’t going to tell you anything. just because you don’t FEEL a difference, doesn’t mean there isn’t one. get on a dyno and see if the thing shows better numbers like we did. 'm not saying we’re absolutely the final say so, but from our little “experiment” the iceman was definitely a better part.
It doesn’t matter if the plastic pipe stays cooler or if a metal pipe gets hot after driving. The air being sucked in travels at such a high speed rate that it doesn’t have enough time to get hot.
Whether the intake pipe gets hot isn’t an issue and shouldn’t be one.
The real main focus is the pipe design and how it affects the powerband.
yeah but intake temp variations do change power outputs and the differences from the dyno to the street are noticeable don’t you agree?
Well I wouldn’t know. I haven’t dyno’d my Mazda3 with a CAI to know the difference between on the dyno and on the street, nor would I even care to.
80-90% of people on here who have an intake probably haven’t dyno’d their car and wouldn’t even notice the difference either.
Whether or not the power output based upon temperature changes, that change is slight and the general public wouldn’t notice a ~1-2hp decrease or increase anyways.
And I’ll say it again, the real main focus is the pipe design and how it affects the powerband, not the temperature of the intake.
There is no point in discussing something thats been discussed many many many times now.
yeah it’s kinda pointless to argue about that little bit of power. The only reason I would even fuss about this is if I did auto-X or something that made every single HP count. Besides with the money you wasted to Dyno an intake could have gone towards a performance part that offers a very noticeable and arguement worthy HP increase.
Iceman intake is on, no noticeable power gains here.
Only difference I felt was the K&N filter.
I compared my 2 air filters in the light, the K&N was clearly shining threw more sunlight.
Also I can feel more air being sucked in as I open the throttle rotor.
So I guess the Iceman intake will stay in. Plus it’s bent alot better, and gives my engine bay more room.
AEM claims to use some crazy sonic resonation thingamjig to “move the air more effectively” in thier V2 inductions. Is this any better or is it just a VERY smalll difference like the rest of these intakes?