best intake?

[Winkler22]

What's the best intake? Like performance and sound wise. I don't know which is better; Injen, JWT, PR, Stillen, or Weapon R, and any others that are good.

[97wvmax]

i have the place racing CAI. i think it sounds nice and u can tell the performance gains are there.

[Winkler22]

i also heard franken car is good, what yall think?

[TheMax95]

I have frankencar. Sounds awsome. Feels awsome.

CAI(Injen, Place Racing): more low end gain. slight loss of top end

Hybrid(FrankenCar, Weapon R): more top end gain. NO low end loss.

Filter(Stillen, JWT): more top end gain. slight loss of low end

The CAI and hybrids sound the same. Filters alone aren't as loud as with the pipes. DEFINITELY GO WITH FRANKENCAR($137 shipped)

[Winkler22]

For the frankencar do i have to get a midpipe seperate? and what's the deal w/ the Apex-I filter, need it or don't?

[TheMax95]

The kit comes with the midpipe and the filter and everything you need to install. Don't get the Apex filter it's just a waste of money. $137 is for the k&n included. But if you feel like paying $60 more for a the Apex, then get it. No difference in performance or sound, just looks better.

Check www.frankencar.com for all the info you need

Here's a pic of my FrnakenCar intake with the k&n filter:

[Paonessa]

i got a weapon-R. a representative told me i could expect to get 10-12 hp gain's with my intake. it's got carbon fiber pipe(less heat conducive) and a hyper filter. I have a video with sound of me running my car with an intake and exhaust. i'll send it to you if you want to hear it. All you can hear is the intake screaming

[97wvmax]

it would prob be a good idea to get one of the ones they r talkin bout, mine was 215 plus i had to drill and 3.5 inch hole into my fenderwell to so that the CAI would go in.

[un4gvnbb]

another thing to remember is that you have to get an air bypass valve with the CAI. since the CAI is basically outside the car it is exposed to water. if it sucks any up, kiss your engine goodbye. the air bypass valve will eliminate that threat

[97wvmax]

with a CAI the only way that u would suck up water would either to have some1 spray a hose into it while running the car, or if u drove thru a deep body of water.ive had mine for a few months now and gone thru rain and snow and havent had any problems

[MaxPayne]

Yeah, the splash guards under the car pretty much eliminate the need for an air bypass valve. You shouldn't be driving in flood waters or monsoons anyway.

[MaximusGTR]

Show a picture of how you cut the 3.5 inch hole, because I'll probably get in more air myself if I made a hole as well. My car would haul ass even more then.

[Winkler22]

Thanx for yalls input. I've also been checking the .org forum. There was a guy on there w/ a 2k2 and had the K&N filter and it screwed his MAF up cause some oil got down in it. So i'm sticking w/ the frankencar but i'm gettin the Apexi filter. I'll let yall know how good it is, but i'm not ordering it til next week cause I need another $50 and my b-day is this Sun. (Jan. 5).

[MaxPayne]

Apparently you don't have any sembalence of what the hole is there for. Its not for more air, its for cooler air. If you have a Maxima without foglights, you are pretty much getting a straight on stream of cooler outside air than air from under the hood. It is well known that the cooler the volume of air, the more molecules it will contain amking a denser charge. Hence the advent of the COLD AIR Intake. :right:

[MaximusGTR]

Gee wiz Thanks sir....:toothless