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I found this air intake listed at a Canadian car site. Shipping from the US is ridiculous so adventom.com and others are out. I am wondering if anyone knows anything about it. I haven't heard mention of it any posts here or on some of the other fourms.
Is it the same as the eBay BOMZ intake just rebarnded? The picture does not look like the Bomz, but it could just be a stock intake shot as opposed to the actual Protege intake.
After all the research I have done into intakes, I am no further along on a concrete decision of one over the other. I am loath to spend big bucks on something for the minimal gain it gives, and many posts (and AEM) claim that the short ram gives pretty much the same gain as the cai.
BTW, has anyone noticed how crappily the stock intake is positioned. I was exploring under the hood tonight and the rectangular opening at the top of the engine compartment opens into the small channel where the hood lip rests. I assumed this was open to the grill below, but its not. Can't suck much air through that in a hurry. Plus the larger plastic chamber that the air is initially sucked through is directly over the rad - nice and hot.
Based on these observations, I am more convinced of AEM's claim that the short ram gives the same gains as the cai as the short ram ends up over to the side of the engine and should be able to suck lots of air in (compared to that dinky little stock intake opening). I can't believe that the air is hotter over there than the air that has passed over top of the rad in that plastic chamber. In fact, I would think its fair to say its cooler, which, combined with the reduced resitance of wide mandrel bent tubing, should net roughly the same small gain as a cai. This is based on observation of the layout since I am a bit of a newb to all of this (but understand some basic principles).
Deciphering the claims in many posts does not point one way or another convincingly enough, so saving money for similar gain wins out and I look for the cheaper solution.
Unless you can convince me otherwise...
Robin Smith
I found this air intake listed at a Canadian car site. Shipping from the US is ridiculous so adventom.com and others are out. I am wondering if anyone knows anything about it. I haven't heard mention of it any posts here or on some of the other fourms.
Is it the same as the eBay BOMZ intake just rebarnded? The picture does not look like the Bomz, but it could just be a stock intake shot as opposed to the actual Protege intake.
After all the research I have done into intakes, I am no further along on a concrete decision of one over the other. I am loath to spend big bucks on something for the minimal gain it gives, and many posts (and AEM) claim that the short ram gives pretty much the same gain as the cai.
BTW, has anyone noticed how crappily the stock intake is positioned. I was exploring under the hood tonight and the rectangular opening at the top of the engine compartment opens into the small channel where the hood lip rests. I assumed this was open to the grill below, but its not. Can't suck much air through that in a hurry. Plus the larger plastic chamber that the air is initially sucked through is directly over the rad - nice and hot.
Based on these observations, I am more convinced of AEM's claim that the short ram gives the same gains as the cai as the short ram ends up over to the side of the engine and should be able to suck lots of air in (compared to that dinky little stock intake opening). I can't believe that the air is hotter over there than the air that has passed over top of the rad in that plastic chamber. In fact, I would think its fair to say its cooler, which, combined with the reduced resitance of wide mandrel bent tubing, should net roughly the same small gain as a cai. This is based on observation of the layout since I am a bit of a newb to all of this (but understand some basic principles).
Deciphering the claims in many posts does not point one way or another convincingly enough, so saving money for similar gain wins out and I look for the cheaper solution.
Unless you can convince me otherwise...
Robin Smith
