I believe both are 1 solid piece besides the connections to filter and engine? AEM is ~$50 more, curious if there's a reason for it besides name? Anyone heard an EP with both that knows how sound compares? Power gains are going to be too close to compare i'm guessing, just curious about the noise level/sound.

 

I'm a huge fan of INJEN products. They have always made high quality products and I have never doubted recommending their products.

 

i think there all the same , i got aem v2 and i like it but im preetty sure injen will be satisfying as well

 

omg, there is a title with this question at least once a week. they are all pretty much the same, tube+filter=intake. that simple

 

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lol ... Why doesnt everyone think like you? I got mine for $75 shipped :D
I say save your money and put it towards some nice tires, or maybe some spoon rims

 

It's going on an EP3. Both will make about the same amount of power on that car.

And yes, search. Question pops up every week, at least.

 

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lol ... Why doesnt everyone think like you? I got mine for $75 shipped :D
I say save your money and put it towards some nice tires, or maybe some spoon rims </TD></TR></TABLE>

They would think like him if they didn't believe the name brand marketing scheme freakin companies use to sell their products. "Oooh the company said i can make 50 + hp gain off of their intake" when in reality, you could go to autozone or even ebay and get those generic intakes and have the same gains for a fraction of the cost to buy a name brand intake.

Just like EP3 said, tube+filter = intake. No need for an expensive *** CAI or SRI. They all do the same thing. Allow your motor to breathe better. I wish there were more people that thought like that.

 

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They would think like him if they didn't believe the name brand marketing scheme freakin companies use to sell their products. "Oooh the company said i can make 50 + hp gain off of their intake" when in reality, you could go to autozone or even ebay and get those generic intakes and have the same gains for a fraction of the cost to buy a name brand intake.

Just like EP3 said, tube+filter = intake. No need for an expensive *** CAI or SRI. They all do the same thing. Allow your motor to breathe better. I wish there were more people that thought like that.</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL just as I was reading your response, a K&N ad came up at the bottom of the honda tech screen lmfao. It stated "27hp gain on a corvette ZO6!" ... I had a few rufflez

 

Pipe is pipe... mostly

If I was given a choice between the aem and injen I'd pick injen, but like said above me you won't notice a difference.

 

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LOL just as I was reading your response, a K&N ad came up at the bottom of the honda tech screen lmfao. It stated "27hp gain on a corvette ZO6!" ... I had a few rufflez </TD></TR></TABLE>

OH yeah... my screen showed the shelby gt500 with a gain of 52!!!

 

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OH yeah... my screen showed the shelby gt500 with a gain of 52!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>
Who cares, I gained shiffy-five (a)whp and 13 more mpg off da turbonator.

 

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Who cares, I gained shiffy-five (a)whp and 13 more mpg off da turbonator.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn I need to get myself one of those... I wonder if I buy two if it'll double the increases!???

 

To answer the OP, sound and gain are going to be nearly identical. I'm just running a K&N SRI now and am probably going to get an Injen SRI so my bay looks cleaner.

 

I have an AEM CAI and I love it. I can tell the difference in power and it sounds really great. AEM is the originator of the marketed CAI and they do a very good job. Not saying the injen unit isn't good but I like AEM products a lot. The dryflow filter is very easy to clean and seems to filter very well.

I don't believe a 15 dollar autozone filter and 6 dollar piece of pipe is just as good. The filter technology is different between a cheap autozone cotton filter and synthetic fibers in an AEM filter. Same as the AFE filters which have VERY VERY deep pleats which is reality give more surface area allowing MORE AIR. It's your car, do what you want but I bet the DYNO would prove wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by square_1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have an AEM CAI and I love it. I can tell the difference in power and it sounds really great. AEM is the originator of the marketed CAI and they do a very good job. Not saying the injen unit isn't good but I like AEM products a lot. The dryflow filter is very easy to clean and seems to filter very well.

I don't believe a 15 dollar autozone filter and 6 dollar piece of pipe is just as good. The filter technology is different between a cheap autozone cotton filter and synthetic fibers in an AEM filter. Same as the AFE filters which have VERY VERY deep pleats which is reality give more surface area allowing MORE AIR. It's your car, do what you want but I bet the DYNO would prove wrong.</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you're so worried about a filter, then buy an K&N filter (because that's what filter is used on AEM) and a Vatozone intake and you'll be running the same things but at fractional cost. An intake is just a mandrel bent tube nothing special or spectacular about it no matter what AEM or Injen or any High Rollin Name brand company says. Unless their intakes are made of gold plated, titaniam alloy with a hyperflexed flux capacitor.. You're not getting any thing special but a tube. Believe what you want but i bet if you looked up you would see the word GULLIBLE written on your ceiling. All the name brand companies can sell firewood to hell, that's how good their marketing is.

 

Actually the AEM intake DOESN'T use a K&N filter. All the K&N filters are a oiled cotton media filter... The AEM intakes use a NON OIL dryflow. How in any way does that seem to be the same filter to you? Have you ever even seen a dryflow filter? And to me I would be a little more comfortable not having filter oil running into my turbo, MAF, intake, throttle body, etc. But that's just me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by square_1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Actually the AEM intake DOESN'T use a K&N filter. All the K&N filters are a oiled cotton media filter... The AEM intakes use a NON OIL dryflow. How in any way does that seem to be the same filter to you? Have you ever even seen a dryflow filter? And to me I would be a little more comfortable not having filter oil running into my turbo, MAF, intake, throttle body, etc. But that's just me. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i agree the oil will cuase more restriction since dirt and what not will stick to the oil. dryflow has less restriction and its more durable. Also doesnt need special chemicals to clean, all you really need is a bucket with water.

 

well go buy a cheap intake and put an AEM filter on it.. simple as that. Problem solved. There's your $300 intake for roughly 40-60 bucks.

 

The dryflow filter alone is around 100 bucks. Just that price probably speaks about something.

 

generic CAI FTW! all I did was buy the CAI piping off ebay for my car, painted it black with heat resistant paint, while I was listening to the stones of course , and then I went to wal-mart and got a k&n for a suburban, they are huge! but only have an opening at one end and the rest of the filter element is closed, also make sure the diameter piping is 3 inches and the opening of the filter is 3 inches, also, lastly to save you a 60 dollar filter, just switch the massive *** filter into a fram box that costs all of 6 bucks, so you aren't stealing, just paying less

 

oh and all in all it cost me 40 bucks for a great piece that I could feel on the top end and that sounded great! goodluck man

 

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You're a douchebag. Don't post crap like that again.

 

[freak] you man, I was 16 and poor, chill out

 

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Poor is if you can't afford food and clothes, not $60 air filters.

And it's still a douchebag move--and you're bragging about it.

 

oh well they deleted my post