is it true about AEM cold air?
02-24-2003, 03:40 PM
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is it true about AEM cold air?
I have head that the AEM cold air intake give 10 to 20 hp gain. now i don;t know about that i see the logic in it and i have seen some test results but i don't know weather paying that much just for a AEM cold air or if i could just get one cheaper and still would be about the same but i don't know i gues i will have to see. ;]
02-24-2003, 04:26 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
No, it will NOT give oyu 10 to 20hp gains..
All of those "Bolt this on and get instant HP" are bogus. Except Turbos, Superchargers, and Nitrous.. but even then, they have to work in conjuntion with the other performance mods on your vehicle to obtain thier "peak hp gain".
Most of the time, when you see an HP number posted, and a product claims to give that, chances are, they mean "You could get that if you had a setup with all the other mods that work in conjunction with a this.." Blah blah blah.. it's all about marketing. And marketing pisses me off.
All of those "Bolt this on and get instant HP" are bogus. Except Turbos, Superchargers, and Nitrous.. but even then, they have to work in conjuntion with the other performance mods on your vehicle to obtain thier "peak hp gain".
Most of the time, when you see an HP number posted, and a product claims to give that, chances are, they mean "You could get that if you had a setup with all the other mods that work in conjunction with a this.." Blah blah blah.. it's all about marketing. And marketing pisses me off.
02-24-2003, 05:13 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
I heard like 40 to the wheels with the aem intake.. hah
nah, nothing special about them, the cheap ebay ones work just as well. The only intake that I could see being slightly better than others is Iceman intakes since they are made out of plastic (less heat) but thats it.
Jeff
nah, nothing special about them, the cheap ebay ones work just as well. The only intake that I could see being slightly better than others is Iceman intakes since they are made out of plastic (less heat) but thats it.
Jeff
02-24-2003, 05:18 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
I have an 88 crx with minime, matricx full exhaust and header, ecu chip(tuned for vtec) and a home made aem style cia and I make about 130 to the wheels \ i would say the aem really makes more power than most of the intakes out there but only like 5-7 hp,
02-24-2003, 08:11 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
Import Tuner put an AEM Cold air intake, some headers (can't remember what kind) and an exhaust on a 91 Civic Si and gained like 10 hp with all three. Baseline was about 95, after I/H/E it was 105 I think.
02-24-2003, 08:51 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
yea i seen somthing like that in import turner but i thin it was on a acura they where talking about. they where tweeking the ecu and stuff like that and they added a aem cold air and gained 10hp but i still am not sure weather i want to spen the money on a aem or just somthing like ice man or injen..
02-24-2003, 10:40 PM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
cia do make more power, but its not really the acual pipe part of the cia. its the less resrticive filter that does it., if you go buy a k&n cone filter and put it on the end of your plastic stock air pipe, it will do the exact same thing. having a high flow filter and a short intake pipe makes your powerband slightly into the higher rpm ranges too.
02-25-2003, 10:43 AM
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Re:is it true about AEM cold air?
Originally Posted by random-strike
cia do make more power, but its not really the acual pipe part of the cia. its the less resrticive filter that does it., if you go buy a k&n cone filter and put it on the end of your plastic stock air pipe, it will do the exact same thing. having a high flow filter and a short intake pipe makes your powerband slightly into the higher rpm ranges too.
The flow of the smooth pipe increases air speed velocity inside the intake pipe. Which is why they have the mandrel bends on the aftermarket pipes. The problem is, people don't understand that the "high flow filter" actually causes the MOST turbulance. This isn't because it's just sucking in air and doesn't direct the flow. That is why companies make those "in filter bells" that actually direct the air flow as it's being sucked in.
