your opinion on Cold Air Intakes
 

I was looking at injen CAI ones but they cost quite bit $250+.

So I went on ebay and they are people selling CAI's for $60-$70.

I'm not an expert on this subject of course,

but are injen ones really worth the cost?

Its just a pipe with a filter on the end? Like what I mean is, say I get those $60 cai's and just put a good K&N filter on it, would it not be the same?

any experience on these cheaper CAI's?


Thanks guys!

It depends what engine you got?
MOst of the time the injen is better but not nearly enough to merit the price. If you have the 1.6 then there is some ebay intake that causes a stutter at 3k rpm a nono.
The injens have much more r and d put into them so if there could be a problem they have fixed it. What it really comes down to is the filter. The ebay filter suck while an injen is very nice. Then again you can get the ebay intake and then just go to pepboys and grab a nice filter for $10.

Ebay discount cold air and lovin' it.

I'm gonna go with the e-bay intake, not CAI, but the regular replacement piping. The trick is, keep the stock rubber hose to the throttle body and take off all that restrictive plastic box stuff. Also, move the coolant resevoir more towards the headlight and fan (put it in the space that you created by taking off the stock intake). Use one of the pipes to bend around and in front of the battery. It will suck the air out of the hole in the wheel well and the hole under the head light.

$60 bucks on ebay for two pipes, all necessary fittings AND a K&N filter. Can't beat it. :bt:

mgs_freak, do you still have the ebay seller that sold you the cai set?

I found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

its $9!! i dunno..sounds kinda... you know.

but it should fit a K&N filter..i think.

That one doesn't look like it has all the necessary parts.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

Those all look like valid systems. I'd go with one of those for ~$60

Cheap intake, good filter!
Can't beat it.
and no on the $9 one...

Check the shipping charge.

yeah, plan to spend right around $60shipped for a nice CAI...or you can get a nice SRI for about $30=45

I think intakes are mostly personal preference.....I have the INJEN....and I love it.

I went the e-bay way!!!! and it works bad ass. From what I have heard the tend not to send all of the rubber parts. I had to go find the cupplings, 10.00s. I got mine in and tottal was 70.00, sounds great too!

IMO, you get what you pay for.

I'm getting the K&N set-up from procarparts.com. I bought some clear corner lights from them, and the service I received was awesome. They shipped quick, packaged great, and you can't beat the price.

One thing to think about. A number of people on this forum have installed the E-Bay CAI, and many have had good results with it. Others have installed this intake, and have experienced rough idle and CEL. I installed an AEM SRI, and though it was more expensive (and the gain was no doubt less than a genuine CAI), there was a notcieable gain without any hiccups. The AEM intakes do work well (I've had them on several cars now), and best of all the construction, quality, and fit and finish are all quite good.

I got my intake this weekend and installed it in about 40 min. That's complete from gathering tools, dissasembly of stock air boxes, bullsh*t time with the buddies and installation of the new intake. I had a little trouble with the coolant resevoir (the pipe I bought wasn't quite the angle I was looking for) but it worked. Sounds real mean now too. I'll try to get a pic on here soon.

Oh yeah, no problems either. I've heard of some having idle probs and stumbling about 3 grand on the tach, but this one runs smooth through it all.