Hey everyone, i'm shopping around for cold air intakes and i'm wondering what system provides the biggest gains? I was looking at K&N, AEM, Weapon R and a few others... I'm currently leaning to a K&N system unless theres a better one out there.

 

When I was looking for short ram it was between the K&N and the AEM. Went with the AEM because it has the dryflow filter so you don't have to oil it when you clean it like the K&N, just gotta rinse clean and let it dry to clean it.

 

Whats the difference between those and say a cheaper brand like Ractive? some people say its all the same for power gains but its probably a cheaper quality.

 

You won't notice a difference between say an AEM intake and a non name brand intake. A lot of people get intakes from ebay and throw a nice K&N or AEM filter on it since the ebay filters suck.

I found my intake at a real good price so that's why I got the AEM. If I didn't get that deal I would've just gotten an ebay intake.

 

I purchased a Spec-d Tuning cold air intake for my 1991 honda accord ex. Came with no instructions and had to cut a hole near the battery to fit it in . I decided not to. Works wonders actually. 50 bucks off amazon too. Smooth idle and fast acceleration. You can go for the more expensive name brands if thats what you prefer.

 

I ended up getting a Ractive intake (kinda like an ebay brand)... again came with no instructions. had to buy another rubber tube for the air lines cause the stock one was too short. Overall i'm very happy with it, everything's installed good and the sound is just amazing! there's a noticeable difference in power too compared to the stock intake box (i expected that anyway)

 

Congrats on the purchase. They always make the top end sound really nice.
The eBay intakes usually use cheap filters so when yours starts to get dirty you should swap it for an AEM or K&N filter. You can also clean and reuse those ones too.