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Old 06-15-2002, 05:06 PM
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Me and my friend were talking and we were discussing the differences between brand name Cold Air intakes, exhausts etc.

We both agreed that some designs are superior, and some parts are made of better materials, but then we got on the subject of Cold Air intakes specifically..

What would be the difference between an AEM, Iceman, Apc, and Nakayama intake, assuming that they collect air from the same place (all CAI or short ram)

I said that there probably wouldnt be that big of a difference seeing as these parts aren't really prone to rust etc.

What do you guys think?? Is AEM worth the extra $100?? Are they all about the same??

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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (Briman2021)

AEM is worth it...filters fall apart on cheaper ones...and ICEMAN looks retarded
Old 06-15-2002, 06:08 PM
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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (Briman2021)

i had the IceMan, weaponsR and the AEM and by far...the AEM not only look d nicer but also perform d better..all are CARB approve d
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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (deepnite)

always like Ice man
i could tell you the opossite , that ice man perform better then aem
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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (Spoon1)

You can't go wrong with AEM, Iceman, Injen, Comptech.

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Old 06-15-2002, 07:49 PM
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You can't go wrong with AEM, Iceman, Injen, Comptech.
exactly.....every one is going to give you about the same HP numbers, and throttle responce

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AEM is worth it...filters fall apart on cheaper ones...and ICEMAN looks retarded
How exactly do the filters "fall apart"?? And have you had experience with this or are you just saying that?? I dont mean to flame, it just seems a little shady that no one else talks about filters falling apart.
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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (Briman2021)

I have had three filters fall apart ( the cone w/ fillement coming seperated from the base of the filter). I would go with the Iceman or AEM (right now I have AEM and its cool) BTW the AEM was not one that fell apart. They were just cheap custom images style ones. The only diff with intakes is some material conducts more heat than others does it make a diff.....maybe but I doubt its noticable with out a dyno.


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cool, thanks, I got a Nakayama intake off of EBAY, If the filter looks shady i will get a K&N and slap it on there.

Thanks!!!
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i really like the way comptechs designed their cai
but all the rest probably put down the same numbers.
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Default Re: Differeneces in Brand Names (RK)

You can't go wrong with AEM, Iceman, Injen, Comptech.

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ya you can go wrong with those!!!!!!but you can't go wrong with APC


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ive heard comptec and aem make the best intakes...

as far as power gains, do you guys know which might be the best intake??
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