G35 Cold air intake??

[maticc]

Hey im lookin to put a cold air intake on my 2006 coupe g35im trying to decide between AEM, Injen, or K & NAnychance anyone has any of these intakes and could give me some adviceim looking for the intake that will1.Provide the most HP/Torque gain2. Sound the best3. And is most reliablecan anyone give me some tipps????

[tollboothwilley]

All good options

Lots of people have the Stillen or the JWT popcharger.

Have you tried a search?

I don't think i've heard anything bad about the reliability on any intake. Sound is preferential.

[cheapazz]

Love my Injen!

[awdjdmtalon]

I have the NISMO CAI for the Z on mine. Fits perfect and sounds great. I noticed gains in the upper RPM range.

[tollboothwilley]

This is my preference. Don't mind the majority of then engine. There's a lot of work going on. It'll look hawt when i'm finished...

[V6 G35s]

Im pretty new here but back in dec when i got my G35s i put a set of injen intakes in it and i love them

[joker350gt]

This is my preference. Don't mind the majority of then engine. There's a lot of work going on. It'll look hawt when i'm finished...

dang man clean the bay lol

[dougiefresh7988]

Hey im lookin to put a cold air intake on my 2006 coupe g35im trying to decide between AEM, Injen, or K & NAnychance anyone has any of these intakes and could give me some adviceim looking for the intake that will1.Provide the most HP/Torque gain2. Sound the best3. And is most reliablecan anyone give me some tipps????

have you tried a alternative brand intake for your infiniti i have a 2005 g35x sedan and i put a fujita short ram intake on it this intake sounds awesome with my stoks exaust and gave me about a 10 to 20 horsepower gain . it is priced reasonalby at under 300$

[joker350gt]

try

have you tried a alternative brand intake for your infiniti i have a 2005 g35x sedan and i put a fujita short ram intake on it this intake sounds awesome with my stoks exaust and gave me about a 10 to 20 horsepower gain . it is priced reasonalby at under 300$

[tollboothwilley]

try

have you tried a alternative brand intake for your infiniti i have a 2005 g35x sedan and i put a fujita short ram intake on it this intake sounds awesome with my stoks exaust and gave me about a 10 to 20 horsepower gain . it is priced reasonalby at under 300$

10-20 HP from an intake huh? Anybody else think this man is fooled??

[joker350gt]

10-20 HP from an intake huh? Anybody else think this man is fooled??

im working on a mega thread for intakes and exhaust coming real soon

[donkim1]

i have an AEM intake. it added a nice little boost but not really noticable. it sometimes gives off a high pitched whiny sound. i'm not 100% convinced that its from the intake but its what i've been told

[dougiefresh7988]

well buddy got a dyno ill drive my a** over ther to prove it ur username says it all you F$#&*% joker

[G_whizz]

Jesus... kewl out with the name calling.. grow some thicker skin.

[pfarmer]

well buddy got a dyno ill drive my a** over ther to prove it ur username says it all you F$#&*% joker

Or you could post your dyno. For the 07-08s it looks like it does work and work fairly well, however the published dynos only show about 5-8 hp gains.

Perry

[uprev]

Most of the intakes available for the G/Z are going to be short ram style. The "cold air intake" design is flawed in design but seems to work well in marketing.

Plus the gains are proven with the Stillen Z tube, and JWT PopCharger setups.

Personally I say go with what you think looks the best if thats what you're looking for. If you're looking for power gains in an intake then you should think about doing something else as the stock intake is actually fairly well designed. Also if you change the way the air flows over the MAF (which most intakes will do) you should consider getting a tune that will readjust the MAF. The MAF is the basis for the entire running of the motor and if you cause turbulence at the MAF you can lose power in any number of spots in the power curve.

The better choice for the DE motor G/Z is to get the plenum spacer. You're smoothing the air flow in the plenum, not affecting the tune drastically, and it's an inexpensive mod.

The HR and VHR motor cars don't really have intake issues thus far. The twin intakes by design will offer much more flow capability, and much more accurate distribution of air in the plenum. The stock power curve on the newer motors is pretty damned smooth because of this.

[uprev]

Forgot to mention.

If you're going with an oiled filter material that you'll want to buy a can of CRC MAF Cleaner. http://www.crcindustries.com/a...05110The oil from the filter gets into the air stream over time and messes with the MAF reading. You'll want to clean the MAF every oil change as a preventative measure. Better safe than sorry when it comes to the MAF.

Dry filter material is the better choice for keeping the air clean going into your motor. Most new dry filter material has very little resistance in air flow, and you don't have issues with the oil getting on the MAF.

Point of contention to all the K&N lovers out there. K&N recently purchased AEM's intake division so they would have a dry element product to sell.

[GWhiz35]

I bought the JWT pop charger w/ Z-tube and have been pretty impressed with it. It comes with a heat shield too. I probably gained 5-7 hp out of it and it makes the car scream at WOT! I've had an INJEN intake before but it was on a 00 Celica GTS and i saw a big improvement.

[joe603]

Be careful when handling your MAF sensor...they damage VERY easily!

[cheapazz]

With the Injen intake, the filter is located just in front of the drivers tire. During install you have the option of cutting away some foam (which is recomended from Injen) or just remove that piece of foam for a direct shot of air to the filter. The other nice thing about the Injen is that you can remove the lower tube to use it as a short ram intake for the winter so as not to clog up your filter with sand or get water in it. It sounds great and you can feel the gains, but I'm sure you will feel gains with just about any upgrade over stock. It is as close to putting your filter outside of your engine bay as you can get.

[tollboothwilley]

I actually opened up a air hole in the radiator support directly in front of the Stillen air box. I might enlargen that some as well. It will give you some direct cold air.

I read some tests that were done on outside air temp. 18" off the ground was much hotter than 18"- 36" that they measured in the tests. Keep that in mind when thinking about air intake design.

[toddnos]

well buddy got a dyno ill drive my a** over ther to prove it ur username says it all you F$#&*% joker

lol at this guy^^^^

[tollboothwilley]

Some peoples kids....

[MisteenoMike]

Most of the intakes available for the G/Z are going to be short ram style. The "cold air intake" design is flawed in design but seems to work well in marketing.

I've personally witnessed a short ram intake make more power than it's Cold Air version on a G35 VQ35DE equipped with a NISMO R-Tune Cold Air Intake System. On the dyno the intake with cold air extension gained an average of 3.2hp (with a 10hp dip in power at 3800rpm). After converting to short ram, power jumped to 5.6hp (with no dip in power).

This is due in part to intake resonance. Injen is the only company that tunes out this resonance with their "step-down" process in the built-in MAF housing included in most of their newer intakes. What's "flawed" with most other companies Cold-Air kits is that they use the same diameter pipe from end-to-end, which does nothing to stop this resonance.

Almost all companies make excellent performing Short Ram kits as resonance is more of an issue with longer pipes. But only Injen's Cold-Air kits are tuned properly for maximum gains. So if you go Short-Ram get whatever floats your boat, but for a CAI I have a hard time recommending anything other than Injen based on what I saw on the dyno.

[joe603]

Interesting...this seems to make sense!

Welcome to NICO!

[apro06g35]

Maticc-IMO stillen airbox/ztube is the way to go im really happy with it have an 06 as well

[Jacob_USA]

I looking something for my new G35x sedan 2006

So Stillen is much better or Fujita, JWT, AEM ??Wich one's better??

[xjaywalker]

I've personally witnessed a short ram intake make more power than it's Cold Air version on a G35 VQ35DE equipped with a NISMO R-Tune Cold Air Intake System. On the dyno the intake with cold air extension gained an average of 3.2hp (with a 10hp dip in power at 3800rpm). After converting to short ram, power jumped to 5.6hp (with no dip in power).

This is due in part to intake resonance. Injen is the only company that tunes out this resonance with their "step-down" process in the built-in MAF housing included in most of their newer intakes. What's "flawed" with most other companies Cold-Air kits is that they use the same diameter pipe from end-to-end, which does nothing to stop this resonance.

Almost all companies make excellent performing Short Ram kits as resonance is more of an issue with longer pipes. But only Injen's Cold-Air kits are tuned properly for maximum gains. So if you go Short-Ram get whatever floats your boat, but for a CAI I have a hard time recommending anything other than Injen based on what I saw on the dyno.

Welcome to NICO. Fellow RSM resident! Thank you for the info, still not sure if I am sold on CAI at $300, but that was informative. Are you the new Silver G I 've seen around?

[MisteenoMike]

No, sorry, I don't own a G. But a customer of mine (who also happens to live in RSM) has a Dk. Blue Metallic G35. That's the car that I witnessed the power improvement on after converting it to short-ram.

Instead of splitting hairs trying to get 1-2 extra ponies with a CAI, with the money you save, get a short ram + plenum spacer and make some guaranteed horsepower!

[dougiefresh7988]

love my fujita i think it is great , sounds awesome with stock exaust will sound even better with performance exaust , and easy to intall best of all wont break your wallet check them out on ebay if any or andysautosport.com best of luck to you

Doug