Right now my car is hptuned on e47 and I also have a gutted second cat. Stock everything else. Now I've read a lot of mixed information which I'm sure is mostly he say/she say and regurgitated information, but I'm wondering if anyone has personally had or seen a car with a setup similar to that of mine go from a stock intake to one of the aftermarket intakes and pick up a considerable amount of power, and how much power was gained.?

 

Yes you will pick up some power. A lot of people don't like oiled filters.

Somewhere in the 10whp gain. Maybe a touch more.

If you want to go the very well accepted setup:

You get the ZZP intake tube ZZPerformance - LNF Cobalt Upgraded Intake Tube #ZZ-LNFUPITT and do the factory airbox mod. Factory Airbox Mod - Cobalt SS Network

That will net you close to the same results and you will look stock.

Really the only added benefit of the K&N is the sound. It makes the stock BPV sound off like crazy. I love it, but sometimes hesitant and the amount of particles that get through the K&N filter.

 

stock intake with a drop in filter is all you need you an intake isnt going to give you any real gains

 

No gains on stock turbo, other than sweet sexy sounds.

 

You should gain around 10-15whp from it.