AEM><INJEN....(intake)

[ddgsxr504]

I'll look forward to those pics!!

[le_ryan]

welp, looks like injen takes the cake on this one!...ill up date my cardomain site when i instal the new INJEN intake you all voted on...thanks for all the help, and tips and opinions.....i knoew i could count on you guys!

[ddgsxr504]

Quick question, which color are you going to get?

[VinceSez]

chrome w/ red ... my damn engine bay practically has all the colors of the rainbow =D

[BadMojo]

I'll look forward to those pics!!

Maybe I'll even sit my fat *** on the hood a few times for good measure.

[ddgsxr504]

Well don't "dent" your hood! I swear people say some crazy stuff on this forum sometimes. I highly doubt that a company such as AEM or Injen would make a product for your car that didn't fit under the hood!

[le_ryan]

Quick question, which color are you going to get?

more than likely red......thats gonna be the theme under the hood...especially when i get me red top in a year!

[DRIFTEADOR]

i vote for a diy cold air box . best of both worlds, the response and top end of a short ram and the cooler air of the CAI

[ians-ka]

my intake is for an s13, though i have it on my 95 now, and it doesn't even fit quite right under the hood and i have no clearance problems, the only problems you face are having to undo the brackets that hold the intake on in order to open your radiator cap, the stock pipe has an indentation where the cap is, the aem piping doesn't.

[InsanityInc]

No, my hood has pretty visibly scratched up and flattened my AEM pipe a bit. I imagine an S14 probably wouldn't as the front part of the hood is higher.

[ddgsxr504]

Another reason to get an Injen, or..... an S14!!

[InsanityInc]

The injen would have the same problem, I guarantee it. The pipe on the injen is .25" bigger and still round. The stock pipe is flat for a reason, you know.

[JesusLikesKFC]

you guys can debate all you want but your just blowing away what..400 bucks on a cai wich reeps gains of maybee a 4hp spike in peak power? if ya wanna do intake just ket a kn filter and reroute the coolant, its the best intake mod u can do and it leave your wallet feeling happy.

[InsanityInc]

you guys can debate all you want but your just blowing away what..400 bucks on a cai wich reeps gains of maybee a 4hp spike in peak power? if ya wanna do intake just ket a kn filter and reroute the coolant, its the best intake mod u can do and it leave your wallet feeling happy.

The AEM intake I got was like 120 bucks. About the same price as just getting the K&N filter, and the AEM intake HAS a K&N filter. No reason not to really.

[Scooby24]

You can get a K&N drop in for around 50 bucks. How do you figure 120 dollars is around the same price as 50 dollars?

[Bigvinnie]

What really makes the injen better than the AEM? I looked at a few dyno sheets and saw that they are relatively the same. I don't think the diameter of the injen matters that much. After all the KA TB is only 60mm, and even when the butterfly is fully open it is only using the equivelant of 56mm of diameter space. So wouldn't you wan't to use the slightly smaller 2.5" AEM to create a stronger vacuum to condence the air and flow?

[Scooby24]

you guys are talking about fractions or MAYBE 1 hp difference between the two intakes.

If one truley is a "better" design it's not enough to even think twice about.

If you're going to let anything be a deciding factor between the two let it be price and quality of the air filter.

That's it.

[Tulsa_S-13]

The guy I bought the car from had an Injen pipe and MAF adapter in the trunk, so I just bought a $20 ebay intake kit and chopped it up to make an extension, than went to Autozone and bought a K&N Cone Filter. Walla, spent only around $85 for the whole set up. Although I had to use a dremel to cut the ebay piping than cut a hole for the extension pipe to go through.

[InsanityInc]

You can get a K&N drop in for around 50 bucks. How do you figure 120 dollars is around the same price as 50 dollars?

K&N drop-in filters are pointless. I'm talking about their FIPK cone filter.

[Scooby24]

K&N drop-in filters are pointless. I'm talking about their FIPK cone filter.

ohhhh riiight

you must mean these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

45 dollars.

neeext

[SOHCSE]

The injen would have the same problem, I guarantee it. The pipe on the injen is .25" bigger and still round. The stock pipe is flat for a reason, you know.

The INJEN in my S13 fits perfectly, clears the hood fine. Also I have no trouble getting to the radiator cap.

[Bigvinnie]

Yeah did you see how ghetto that adapter is it was square in the middle not round...LOL

[InsanityInc]

ohhhh riiight

you must mean these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

45 dollars.

neeext

An ebay link? Are you seriously trying to debate retail prices by giving me an ebay link?

[ddgsxr504]

Wow this thread got really retarded quick! All the guy wanted to know was which intake most N/A KA guys prefer, basically an opinon poll. He made up his mind like 15 posts ago so what's with all this ranting about K&N filters, cheap alternatives ect. Take this $H!T somewhere else!

[Scooby24]

An ebay link? Are you seriously trying to debate retail prices by giving me an ebay link?

Well golly...I suppose I can buy that product on ebay for 45 bucks. I guess I am going to argue that one.

Crazy huh?

Edit: Sorry I'm getting a little sarcastic and out of line here.

My point is, there isn't enough hp gain from intakes to worry about which 130+ dollar intake to get. They will all give the same sort of gain....the preference on color, filter quality, brand loyalty is all that should be of concern.....not pipe size or anything else that adds fractions of a hp.
Modified by Scooby24 at 11:00 AM 8/30/2005

[BadMojo]

I'll look forward to those pics!!

No pics yet, but fitment is fine. Pipe isn't dented or scratched at all. Dunno. My butt dyno tells me no real difference in power, but my aural dynamometer tells me it sounds cooler.

Anyway, cheaper than the Injen, no fitment issues. It also came with stickers that I thankfully did *not* put on my car.

[babowc]

lol, cai is waste of money..just save up for a turbo or just get a cone w/ adapter tothe stock piping..

you would really pay 130~150 dollars for a mandrel bent piece of pipe with a filter on the end of it?if you got the money, power to you

[BadMojo]

you would really pay 130~150 dollars for a mandrel bent piece of pipe with a filter on the end of it?if you got the money, power to you

Correction. Shiny red piece of mandrel bent pipe.

Besides, I paid $40 for a tank of gas so why not $150 for a shiny tube?

[babowc]

haha the 40 dollars of gas actually takes you somewhere though.i dont see a CAI carrying your car or for that matter making a BIG difference..

its just my opinion.. but CAIs are so useless.. 150 dollars would do more good by using it to maintain the car would probably do much better :P

but, its your money what you want to do

[Bosrudorfer]

Sorry to bring this up from the grave. I am looking at getting either the AEM for $120 or the Injen for $175. I was reading the install faq on 240sx.org and found this, was this ever corrected?

"AEM is now aware of the difference between the intake air temperature sensors on the 95-96 240SX models and 97-98 Nissan 240SX models, and is in the process of modifying the supplied bracket to accomodate later model 240SX owners. AEM does not recommend that customers modify their intake systems and that 97-98 240SX owners wait until the design change is completed before purchasing the system. The updated kit will be available shortly. If you have any questions, AEM recommends that you contact them directly at (310) 484-2322."