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Ebay cheapies, AEM, Ractive, Monster Flow or K&N Drop in?

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Old Dec 13, 2002 | 05:06 AM
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Ebay cheapies, AEM, Ractive, Monster Flow or K&N Drop in?

I want an intake but i dont want to spend so much on an injen, id rather send more money on nice rims and have a cheapy intake. So which should i get?? I have heard good things about the ebay cheapies and i have heard good things about the Monster flow and the K&N drops.

But i really havent heard anything about the AEM or Ractive ones. The biggest turn off for the Injen is the fact that the filter goes into the wheel well, that makes it hard to take out and clean the steep price dont help matters either!

So help me out guys!

If it helps matters ill soon get the Racing Beat Cat back exhaust, or the MazdaSpeed exhaust, i just want the one that sounds the smoothest

Im so picky
Old Dec 13, 2002 | 08:30 AM
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Old Dec 13, 2002 | 08:58 AM
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I have ractive, and it works nicely... and no matter which one you buy they will ALL work the same. of course, the filter might be the only picky difference. Personally, i would go with a new intake (not just drop in) and i bought the ractive one. SOund great, looks nice, and the throttle response it GREATLY enhanced... dont know if the drop in added to the throttle response like the intakes have
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So if you want an intake, just go w/ the cheapest one....

you can always change the filter if you dont like it.
Old Dec 13, 2002 | 10:02 AM
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theres nothing that proves that the injen is a better intake than the aem. they are both high quality and use good filters. i personally chose the aem, bc it was a little cheaper and didnt' wanna mess with getting an injen and a bypass valve for it. neither of them are going to give you great gains in power or torque, and i'd be willing to be that either intake will give you about the same increases. if your looking to save money, id get an aem. unless someone gets actual dyno graphs of the two intakes on the same car, theres nothing to prove that the injen is any better.
Old Dec 13, 2002 | 09:15 PM
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I have the K&N drop-in filter and it works good. I cant say its any major perfomance increase or anything, but it improved throttle response and flow. It was worth the $30.
Old Dec 13, 2002 | 10:22 PM
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go onto ebay and pay 35 bucks for this exact one, you won't regret it.ebay intake
i love mine and this is the guy i bought it from. it comes with all tubing and stuff neccessory.
you don't get a choice in color, but for 35 bucks, you can't beat it.
Old Dec 14, 2002 | 12:14 AM
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Originally posted by walight01
go onto ebay and pay 35 bucks for this exact one, you won't regret it.ebay intake
i love mine and this is the guy i bought it from. it comes with all tubing and stuff neccessory.
you don't get a choice in color, but for 35 bucks, you can't beat it.

That does seem like a sweet deal! What size piping is it?
Old Dec 14, 2002 | 12:20 AM
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its just big enough that you can slip the mass flow censor into the tubing without rubing anything. I don't know the actuall size. sorry OH and it doesn't require you to move the overflow tank either, i just had it moved b/c i was gona attempt to do a custom cold air setup until i saw this one on ebay.
Old Dec 20, 2002 | 09:05 AM
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Damn, that's the same intake I have!!! Looks like I should've waited a few months. I've never seen intake prices that low on eBay.
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