intakes....

[believedat]

Can anyone here give me ups and downs of each cold air intake brand. People have been telling me to get all different types and I would like to hear from you guys which manufacturer you prefer.

1. AEM
2. ICEMAN
3. INJEN
4. EBAY Generic brand...

Thanks for the help.
btw, I drive a 99 Civic Si (Canada) EX (USA)

 

[nd4sped]

1. AEM ( V2 ) --- has dyno proven charts on site.plus the V2 is just bad ass...
2. ICEMAN --- its plastic
3. INJEN --- good product but its just like AEM's standard intake.
4. EBAY ---- generic

 

[Zak8022]

to add to what nd4sped said, the AEM will cost you a bit more than any of the others. personaly, i would stay away from the ebay ones... but thats just me. i have an AEM v1 CAI, and i love it. had it for two years and i have loved it. i have heard good things about the injen as well, tho i dont have any experience with them.

 

[boricuacvc]

i have a short ram AEM, and it sounds beautiful. im gonna upgrade it to a cold air now.

 

[anekin007]

1. bad thing about aem, there is a big hp spike drop right before vtec
2. iceman is a good intake, heard nothing bad about it.
3. injen is good also, like the way its a 2 peice.
4. ebay, cheap material, cheap product and will make you look cheap

 

[Beelzebubba]

AEM V2: Hella overpriced for the meager power advantage. Not economically sound but you do get V2 bragging rights

Iceman: Any heat-soak advantage is greatly exagerated. Air is a poor conductor of heat even if the aluminum is and the air doesn't stay in the intake long enough to make a big difference. Better when you spend a long time idling in the staging lanes.

Injen: really probably overpriced but good on product consistancy.

Ebay generic: Caveat emptor...Mine is a direct copy of an AEM V1, same curves, same diameters, same materials, hell, may even be made in the same factory for all I know... just no "cool" sticker to put on your door... but different vendors vary in product and quality. Be careful you may not get a decent quality product.

 

[TEALSQUEAL]

i would go with iceman, the plastic they use has a very low hold rating for heat, alot of other companies cut corners by using cheaper plastic with slower disipation of heat

 

[matts2ksi]

1. AEM - good and bad about the V1 and V2...no BPV for the V2, but hit's midrange better.
2. Ingen

...I have a V2...haven't installed it yet, but I hear good things about it!

Good luck!

 

[Handlebars]

its a cheap piece of pipe and filter. that appies to all of them. ebay>overpriced garbage.

 

[Zak8022]

i remembered a main reason why the AEMs are so expensive. all of their products (at least the intakes) are CARB certified. this is one hella expensive thing for AEM to go thru, and therefore they have to jack their prices in order to make it back... while still having their outrageous profit margin. if you care about legality, AEMs are good.

 

[98silvercivic]

ok i have the aem v2 on my 98 civic ex i cloud fell a big hp gain the lil more that it costs is well well worth it i can get you one for 275 plus shipping dude im telling you i have had ice man and injen and thay suck compared to the v2 the v2 kicks ass people get very scared or your car when thay see the v2 and it makes your car sound like it has a turbo its sick as hell.

 

[Beelzebubba]

ok i have the aem v2 on my 98 civic ex i cloud fell a big hp gain the lil more that it costs is well well worth it i can get you one for 275 plus shipping dude im telling you i have had ice man and injen and thay suck compared to the v2 the v2 kicks ass people get very scared or your car when thay see the v2 and it makes your car sound like it has a turbo its sick as hell.

I've seen the dyno charts...so tell me, how does it feel forking out an extra $240.00 for that whole extra one horsepower?

Sounds like you have never heard a turbo before.

 

[6sic6]

ok i have the aem v2 on my 98 civic ex i cloud fell a big hp gain the lil more that it costs is well well worth it i can get you one for 275 plus shipping dude im telling you i have had ice man and injen and thay suck compared to the v2 the v2 kicks ass people get very scared or your car when thay see the v2 and it makes your car sound like it has a turbo its sick as hell.

what? People get scared of your car because of an intake????

 

[Handlebars]

plalcebo effect strikes another dumb riceboy

 

[matts2ksi]

Check this on the V2...

http://www.aempower.com/v2.htm

notice there's not much difference in HP except the V2 peaks sooner, but look at the Torque...V2 deffinitely outperforms the V1.

The key to the V2 is that it hits the mid range RPMs better than the V1 because of it's double chamber.

 

[matts2ksi]

The shitty thing is those dyno's are on a DX...oh well

 

[DirtyD]

yea that V2 sticker is intimidating

 

[Handlebars]

woah a manufacturers dyno c hart. those arent rigged or anything... notice it says those are "typical results" meaning that those are NOT real dyno graphs from real cars.

 

[anekin007]

well, a intake is a intake. so what matter is what style or look you want. all intake average 1-5whp. the most i seen that had the best whp is the comptech icebox which i seen a average of 4-6whp.

that graph is funny. it shows stock has 96-98 hp, not sure if its whp or hp so im guessing its whp, im not fimilar with dx power. look at the V2, 112-115 hp? hahaha. you cant get 15whp from a damn intake

 

[98silvercivic]

yeah most people are scard when thay see my intake and i do bleave putting out the extra 240 is worth it from what i can tell none of you have drove a car with a v2 its not just any intake and i only paid 50 bucks for my v2 and its brand new never on a car and its the best intake i have ever had so i dont relly care what all of you say cuz you just dont know