New air box or cone filter?

[tigglebitties]

What I am hearing from a fellow tuner is that unless I have a ram intake theres no point in getting a cone filter except it sounds cooler. Apparently with humid weather turbos has some trouble so a new K&N air box would be better. What are your thoughts?

 

[super97gst]

What I am hearing from a fellow tuner is that unless I have a ram intake theres no point in getting a cone filter except it sounds cooler. Apparently with humid weather turbos has some trouble so a new K&N air box would be better. What are your thoughts?

do u mean like a ram air intake?? a ram air intake has a vent in the hood to direct cool air into the intake. ive never seen one on a dsm. also ive never heard of turbo's having troubles in humid weather. im not really sure what u mean by a k&n air box, but most intakes for dsm's are just a cone air filter (k&n or whatever brand filter u want) and a flange to bolt the filter to the MAS. i wouldnt pay much attention to that guy and just look around at intake systems for ur car. hope u find what ur looking for.

 

[tigglebitties]

do u mean like a ram air intake?? a ram air intake has a vent in the hood to direct cool air into the intake. ive never seen one on a dsm. also ive never heard of turbo's having troubles in humid weather. im not really sure what u mean by a k&n air box, but most intakes for dsm's are just a cone air filter (k&n or whatever brand filter u want) and a flange to bolt the filter to the MAS. i wouldnt pay much attention to that guy and just look around at intake systems for ur car. hope u find what ur looking for.

Well I have a stock air box in my car not a cone filter. By K&N air box filter I mean the filter like this:

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[PieEyedPiper]

www.extremepsi.com

cheap and good intake system. ditch the stock box.

 

[super97gst]

i agree with pieeyedpiper i would be ditching the stock airbox for sure. ull gain about 10 horses anyway without that restrictive airbox.

 

[tigglebitties]

I am not going to pay $139 for that $30 worth of product. Would a K&N FIPK do just as good with out the ram air pipe?

 

[PieEyedPiper]

To be honest its the nicest, in my opinion, for the money. You can get ebay systems for much less, but the quality is lower. You can also get an injen for $200+
You shoudlnt have any problems with a $30 ebay intake filter and pipe though, its just a pipe..
and while a k&n will do fine for just a filter replacement, good luck getting a good k&n filter for anywhere close to $30.

If all you can spare is 30 bones and you still want to upgrade your intake, check out what ebay has to offer.