I put my Injen CAI in about a month ago and i can feel the difference. I raced a kid ironically he had the same exact car but he had n AEM CAI. I would recommend Injen over any.

Just click on them for a bigger pic.

 

i think it was more of a drivers race if you had similar mods

no way you beat him just because you had injen and he had aem..

 

^^^x2

 

im just saying Injen is my choice. The only thing different from our cars were that he didnt have a wing

 

well there's your win right there. Wings @dd m4dd d0w^f0rc3 y0

No but seriously, cia is pretty much the pettiest performance upgrade you can get. I wouldn't credit your win to it

 

you really dont need rear downforce with a FWD car. probably just poor shifting on his part.

 

 

Intake is petty? I beg to differ.

 

injen does make some cool intakes...just wanted to make sure you weren't crediting your win b/c of it

nice engine bay tho

 

No an intake is all the same, i just recommend injen its a nice system. Thanks im goin to get a DC stunt bar for it and shine it up.

 

I personally like the injen myself. However performance gains are very similar to any other intake out there.

 

Get some more mods the give me a race I'll show you what a car with the AEM intake can do .

 

if he's a manual he might already be right there with you.

 

with my current setup I beat manuals

 

A lot comes down to the driver, Injen vs AEM both having an intake the HP difference wont be more then about 3-4 HP

 

Please, PLEASE explain how 3-4 theoretical horsepower is not petty...

 

If it's so "petty", then why is it the most common mod on a car? Why do people shell out upwards of $250 for it? Yeah, 3-4 hp may be "petty", but I don't think the mod itself is petty. You're basically calling it a waste of money.

 

Because people will buy into anything that's under $500 and will give them a "horsepower gain". I believe it's a waste of money, yes. If your goal is horsepower, then your money is better spent on some kind of forced induction. In that case, say a nitrous kit for example, then I would say it was a good call since you want the different tubing to tap your nozzles into. But on a stock car, it's a waste of money (unless your goal is to waste $250 on a faint "whoosh" sound).

 

because it's the easiest mod to do. hp is expensive. A cai is just a cheap easy couple of hp. $250 isn't that much. Look at some people paying $300-$500 for a header or 500-700 for an exhaust. Hell look at a turbo kit that costs 3k. Even a nitrous kit is gonna cost you around 4-700.

The cheapest way to make power is to add f/i. period. 3k can get you at least 50-60whp increase and leave alot of room for improvement with little money. Just most people don't have 3k lying around plus installation/tuning costs since there are alot of people that don't know how to properly install/tune f/i.

 

Do you have a later model 06 with the sai? cause i have a 07 2.2l and i want an intake but the sai is stopping me in a way . i think K&N makes one for sai but i like injen and aem alot more.

 

You can always just put a breather filter over the SAI hookup.

 

K&N is the only intake that has the SAI hookup