Best Cold Air

[kfcuno]

Im looking to get a aftermarket cold air intake for my 2003.7msp and was wondering which would be the best one to get for price and power.

thanks,
dannyk

 

[RenzoMSP]

AEM or Injen.

 

[vxfilmer1000]

Injen.............. thats what i got and i like it. The gains are like 11hp and like 14 or so tq price i paid for mine is 282.00.

 

[ms03protege]

Injen... i got mine for 245 shipped. Check out hopupracing.com

 

[rizzo]

There's two for sale in the For Sale section for around 150$.

 

[rizzo]

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113812

 

[wicked]

aem,or injen if you want a CARB approved,otherwise www.turbohoses.com

 

[BOOSTR]

Can't beat an Injen. I got mine from overboost.com for $220 shipped. The price has risen since then.

 

[wicked]

you can definatly beat injen,turbohoses did.

but injen is definatly the easiest to get your hands on.

 

[rocketr2]

11hp ?? thats on stock ??

 

[CChris704]

11hp, definatley not. those are probably injens numbers and they always beef them up.

 

[Rawyzf]

No way 11hp, more like 3-5.

 

[Larone]

I love my iON CAI. I don't know how much increased hp it gives over stock, but with the iON FMIC installed, I believe the CAI gained ~13peak whp vs. the stock air box (someone correct me if I am wrong, I don't have the dyno charts handy).

Also, iON uses Stainless Steel (unlike Injen which uses aluminum), and iON uses silicone hoses & SS clamps vs. rubber hoses and just steel clamps.

Everything iON makes is top notch...part for part.

 

[wicked]

I love my iON CAI. I don't know how much increased hp it gives over stock, but with the iON FMIC installed, I believe the CAI gained ~13peak whp vs. the stock air box (someone correct me if I am wrong, I don't have the dyno charts handy).

Also, iON uses Stainless Steel (unlike Injen which uses aluminum), and iON uses silicone hoses & SS clamps vs. rubber hoses and just steel clamps.

Everything iON makes is top notch...part for part.

except for thier service,and habit of taking a REALLY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME.


what intake,does't really matter if your not doing much with the car,but I can say that every intake put on a stock car gained around 4-6 HB,but turbohoses intake spooled the turbo a few hundred RPM's sooner.

IMO,turbohoses intake also made the best sounds,for spool,and BPV

 

[Larone]

You know I never really understood why iON Performance received so much slack for their wait times, when now so many people are saying they too have had to wait for consierable periods of time for parts from many other vendors here (including the much respected MAM..who I too respect). I for one can wait.
Back to the CAI, I would like to know where it was ever determined that the turbohoses intake spooled the turbo a few RPMs sooner than iONs. The iON intake gave a uniform 17whp increase between 3500 and 5000 rpm (and gained 24whp at 4700 rpm). This was at stock boost with the iON FMIC installed.

 

[wicked]

yes,when you pair any of these intakes up with a good FMIC, the gains a much graeter.the numbers I posted are for stock comparison.

As far as the turbohoses spool time,this can be confirmed,I contaced Hoover at turbohoses before I posted the numbers I did.

unfortunatly Hoover does not post DYNO sheets,because he does R&D,and in that field people rip off info to much to risk.

TURBOHOSES tested a few intakes,including INJEN,and all gained about the same,some in other places of the power band then others.

INJEN,and AEM do not R&D ,they test for fitment only,then dyno to see how much power they made,then sell.no fine tuning.

just by looking at the TURBOHOSES intake,you can see where it WILL outflow.


the turbohoses intake,can also be upgraded to fit a GT28RS turbo as well

 

[rocketr2]

Turbohoses, is a short ram intake, isnt CAI better?? Also its $395, looks like its the most expensive of all.

 

[MsP_DeViL]

Im looking to get a aftermarket cold air intake for my 2003.7msp and was wondering which would be the best one to get for price and power.

thanks,
dannyk

Are you getting a FMIC Kit? if so wait and go MAM KIT! it rocks !!!

 

[wicked]

Turbohoses, is a short ram intake, isnt CAI better?? Also its $395, looks like its the most expensive of all.

there's reasons for that.

they are on sale right now,sort of a GB

 

[Larone]

yes,when you pair any of these intakes up with a good FMIC, the gains a much graeter.the numbers I posted are for stock comparison.

As far as the turbohoses spool time,this can be confirmed,I contaced Hoover at turbohoses before I posted the numbers I did.

unfortunatly Hoover does not post DYNO sheets,because he does R&D,and in that field people rip off info to much to risk.

TURBOHOSES tested a few intakes,including INJEN,and all gained about the same,some in other places of the power band then others.

INJEN,and AEM do not R&D ,they test for fitment only,then dyno to see how much power they made,then sell.no fine tuning.

just by looking at the TURBOHOSES intake,you can see where it WILL outflow.


the turbohoses intake,can also be upgraded to fit a GT28RS turbo as well

Yeah, but did they do a comparison test of theirs vs. iONs? Highly doubt it. True though, any intake will show more gains with an already installed FMIC vs. a completely stock car. That's common knowledge.