intake question

sup guys first time postin here i have a 93 red gt. Next week im going to purchase a cold air intake. The only thing i have really seen is the K&N cold air or the Injen short ram. What do u guys think i should do? Get the cold air or short ram and if so which brand should i go for. Thx a lot (car is base model so no turbo stuff is goin to work) :sly:

Id go with the cheaper short ram intake if your looking for just a basic intake. If it's an N/A car, the cold intake wouldnt do too much

just go with a k&n, u dont need all the show just get a nice filter.

sup guys first time postin here i have a 93 red gt. Next week im going to purchase a cold air intake. The only thing i have really seen is the K&N cold air or the Injen short ram. What do u guys think i should do? Get the cold air or short ram and if so which brand should i go for. Thx a lot (car is base model so no turbo stuff is goin to work) :sly:


were do you live? cold air intake might work better than you guys may think

i live in Delaware pretty hot round here right now so hopin the cold air will give some better performance and also should it make it sound a little louder? I already have 2 Power 1 exhausts on it. Thx

i don't think the sound will be any diff but if you live in a hot area then the colder the air(even if it isn't a lot) the better

The sound will be a bit more noticeable, but nothing compared to a BOV!!! Id still say go with the short ram....no reason to go with an intake twice as much when the power difference is hardly noticeable

I never heard of K&N "cold air intake" kits? where did you see that?

K&N short ram intake and Injen Cold Air Intake is what he meant

I was just on the Injen website, they dont make jack for our cars either!

Whoa, I never knew Injen made intakes for our cars. Italian Lunaticz, when you're really ready to buy, make sure you call the people and know exactly what you're getting because sometimes they might not have everything that's in the picture. Because I was looking at some K&N's a while back and they had both the pipe and filter displayed but when I called them, they're like the pipe's not included. So yeah, just a heads up...

Oh yeah, do you guys know if that Injen intake is CARB certified or not?

Oh yeah, do you guys know if that Injen intake is CARB certified or not?
http://www.injen.com/carb.html

Injen is a very reputable company, if that thing actually fits our cars I might just get one. looks real nice! wonder what the dyno results would look like compared to the 3sx intake pipe.

Injen is a very reputable company, if that thing actually fits our cars I might just get one. looks real nice! wonder what the dyno results would look like compared to the 3sx intake pipe.

I don't think the pipe would give any performance gains would it? I always thought that they were just there for looks... Musashi3000GT, are you looking into getting a short ram or cold air?

But yeah, if that package includes both the filter and pipe, that's a really good deal. Too bad it's not CARB certified (I couldn't find it on the list) otherwise I'd get it....

well Slade, the theory is that mass of air is affected by the surface it travels on. this means that if the surface is rough, air will travel slow. if the surface is smooth then air travels faster. a smooth intake with really smooth surface area = faster air delivery to the throtle body = more power. also air mass can slow down or turbulate (turbulance) according to change in direction of travel. in other words ; the less bends or less angle of bend the easier the air will travel. so the shape, size, and material (or finish) in an intake pipe does affect air travel therefore affecting power.

I see....but isn't the stock pipe "smoothe" in the inside? The outside looks bumpy and rubbery but since the inside is smoothe, wouldn't it make the air travel the same? Would the material that it's made out of affect it too that's why a metal-type of pipe is better? But yeah, what you said makes sense. :)

metal type surface has less "roughness" compared to plastic

Metal also heats up and stays hot alot longer than plastic or rubber so the type of metal is also important. and the plastic stock intake has those ribs, those things "effect" air travel.

Metal also can be cooler than plastic when air travels through it

http://www.autopartsauthority.com/apa_brands/k_and_n~cold_air_intake~mitsubishi~3000gt~parts.ht ml
thats the K&N i was talkin about n the Injen u guys already have posted still tryin to decide but thx for all the input fellas i really like this forum n hope to be on it alot any more inputs would be helpful...K&N or Injen...dammit lol

http://www.knfilters.com/FIPK/fipk.htm
thats some more info on that perticular K&N intake system

here is what that particular K&N kit looks like for the 3000GT.
http://www.knfilterchargers.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=57-1500-1
I know that you saw it advertised as a "Cold air kit" but it really is not. all it is a free floating filter and adapter which uses the stock air pipe. its good quality but its just a filter, now the Injen one caught my eye. it comes with the filter and the pipe, so you get more for your money. I would get the injen one. my friend got a Injen short ram kit for his Honda Element (its the only aftermarket product he found according to him) and the thing actually showed a gain of 8 HP on the Dyno. that is freaking awsome for a simple intake and filter!

They conducted a research and found that K&N will actually give you the best HP gains

"they"???? are they the same "they" who killed Kenny? those bastards!

Does anyone know how effective "ram air" devices are? I have seen stuff about how they work but DO they realy work? And how much HP on the dyno does a K&N give our cars (TT & NA).

http://www.vetteguru.com/ramair/
come on guys, google is your friend!

Ram intake is the lowest form of "forced induction" that there is. it will increase HP for sure since its forcing air into the engine. I'm waiting to get a carbon fiber hood with a vent right above the filter, then I'll have the guys at the machine shop cut me up some sheet metal to seal the filter from the engine bay and thus all that hot vapor. it should result in a nice ambient cold air/ ram intake hybrid. now I just gotta figure out a shot-off for when it rains :cwm27:

http://www.vetteguru.com/ramair/
come on guys, google is your friend!
But it's so much easier to have somone else find it or explaine it! Boy raz you shure like 3000GTs lol, you seem to drop in here alot!

well guys thx for all the input i think im gonna go for the Injen if it does come with the filter and the pipe. Thx for all the links too. See ya around. :smile:

But it's so much easier to have somone else find it or explaine it! Boy raz you shure like 3000GTs lol, you seem to drop in here alot!
Are you kidding me, I love the 3s'.....Id sell my left nut for a TT AWD 3s.






dont really know why left over right....guess the answer is in the cosmos

Me too..... Damn SL!

But it's so much easier to have somone else find it or explaine it! Boy raz you shure like 3000GTs lol, you seem to drop in here alot!

nah, he just comes in here every once in awhile cause he misses me :iceslolan

nah, he just comes in here every once in awhile cause he misses me :iceslolan
Well I found you, you sneaky little bastard!
Yea, it's kinda sad really, I wish I can one day own one...*sigh*

Keep looking man, far and wide, there are deals out there believe it or not!

It's not the availabilty, but more with insurance. They classify the 3s as an urban exotic car, insurance for me is through the roof!!!

i hate insurance. they don't really have to charge us that much money. thousands and thousands of people pay them hundreds of dollars a month. they have way too much money to have to charge us so much.

Mines about 2k/year but then agin I do only have an SL.... :banghead:

/\ Man your lucky
for a 95 talon tsi, its 500 a month for LIABILITY
a Stealth TT would cost me double and the bestt part is a 3000gt would cost around triple

if i wasn't going thru my moms insurance i would have to pay 370 a month. because of a dumb accident i got into but still. my record was fine until then. people learn from there mistakes. so they just charge you 150 dollars extra for 2 years. ahh well, its life gotta deal with it

Wow what a hijack of a thread lol, we should just start an AIM chatroom lol.

yea, too bad some of us dont have AIM :banghead: Ah well, MSN is muy better :thumbsup:

i dont have either

http://messenger.msn.com/
try it for free!!!

I use AIM because everyone I know uses it.

omg, have you seen the thread in the camaro forum? its 150 pages long

simply because it has to do with a girl

ooo, girl, show me!




we are such postwhores

i know ha

there goes the intensive rehab for postwhoreing i went through





:banghead:

I used to post at this forum where people would post over 50 times a day on average! Most of it was "posting games" and such.

Man that was a long read! LOL

k guys 1 last question. I noticed when checkin out the intakes there are no "cold air" intakes for my model but i have found a Injen and K&N "air intake." Im gonna buy 1 soon but im just wonderin will a regular air intake still gimme some power compared to the cold air? Thx. :loser:

I do believe Injen has a CAI for the 3s. Either intake will generate some HP numbers but those numbers will varie from setup to setup. I can look for a site that will give you some ball park numbers....just let me finish ths call :icon16:

like i said the coder the air teh better. you wouldn't get no more than 3-4 more ponies from cold air but but every stalion counts in my book. if you dont wanna spend the money then just use a simple K&N it will do you just fine.

which do u guys think is better short ram or cai...i mean ive seen people say short ram is better and others say cai is better.

I think ive come to the conclusion that it just depends on the company and their test.

Id favour the CAI because cooler air is better air. Specially for turboed cars

if i was you i would go with the k & n charger kit but thats just me.........:evillol:

Has anyone done a dyno for the K&N on our cars?

http://www.knfilterchargers.com/search/typhoon.aspx
Now you filter out your car :p