please take some pictures

That may be true, but it makes the most sense to test it on both in the prototype phase so you can make one part that fits every model. That's smart business.

They r taking there time maybe for the quality of the intakes to compete with injen and stillen?

I was looking online and found this craigslist posting. Good chance for anyone local to get free intakes!

2009-2010 Nissan 370Z AEM Intake

hawthorne is right by my work. i'll leave them an e-mail.

Nice find! We miss out on all this kind of stuff on the east coast :shakes head:

very true, i'll be happy if it performs as well as the stillen intake.

Nah smart business is to sell a separate dedicated part for the nismo that doesn't cost anymore to produce than the regular intake and sell it at nearly double the price to gain profitability from the low volume of sales of the nismo. You'll buy it anyway

Edit: Oh and all joking aside i hope it's a total failure and makes way less horsepower than the stillen so i won't feel bad that i own one

So far there isn't an intake out there that won't fit the Nismo. The Stillen and Injen work fine.

Are you sure? You know, I can't think of why the Stillen wouldn't fit. Yet, if you go to Stillen's site, they actually state that it won't fit the Nismo. :confused:

Check it out (look down under the Description column):
STILLEN : STILLEN Generation 3 Ultra Long Tube Dual Intake Kit

The Gen III does "fit," but requires some extra cutting of some plate on the Nismo to route the filters around I believe. A couple of people on the boards with Nismo models have done it, but Stillen has personally not done it so they do not want to recommend directly.

I spoke with someone at Stillen about this. Because it is slightly different they just err on the side of caution. It will fit, guaranteed, with little to no difference between the non-Nismo version.

http://www.liquidc4.net/images/oilco...hoserunfar.jpg
You can see the right vertical plastic diffuser here. In front of the bumper, so pretty much out of the way.

http://www.liquidc4.net/images/oilco...bilizerbar.jpg
You can see the black horizontal metal pieces here that line up with the top of the bumper. Worst case I've heard that these may need to be notched a bit.

No no no you see it doesn't matter if the regular intake will fit or not. If the box says "DESIGNED FOR THE NISMO EDITION" It's going to sell even if they charge $900. You say "but wait thats stupid, no one would do that i wouldn't buy it for that much" OOOooohh but people will and so what if you don't buy it you'll just end up buying the regular version so either way they sell you an intake, and they make a killing off of uninformed NISMO fanboys <---smart buisness

EDIT: proof = people buy the nismo exhaust for almost 2 g's when it makes less than a fourth of the power of similar 1500 catbacks

My point is a simple one.

If you are in the design phase why not make one that fits every model. It's just simple logic. AEM makes good intakes (one I'd consider buying) and if they make one that doesn't require cutting the longer air guides that direct air to the cooling parts then +1 for me, other NISMO owners and people who are upgrading to the NISMO front end.

If the above was directed at me maybe you should click on the intro post on my signature and come back and tell me I'm a NISMO fan-boy who doesn't know anything....

:iagree: with GFo12ce, comments like that shouldn't even be posted since surprisingly your a z owner also.. lets not start a pissing match and NO! we're not over sensitive, keep the wise cracks contained to the Lounge area...Peace. :tiphat:

Actually, people bought the Nismo exhaust because it was covered under warranty and added some power/sound.

Ya, I don't want to turn this into the sound deadening thread lol. I emailed a link to this thread to someone I know at AEM and volunteered my car if they want to look at a NISMO. I haven't heard back but we'll see what happens.

Not to get too OT but after getting a baseline dyno done on my car, then doing a back to back with the HKS Hi-Power exhaust I have some respect for the NISMO exhaust. It was pretty close.

no it wasn't directed at you. I'm just saying they do exist and 400 extra dollars for something that says nismo is nothing to them. You kind of have to take it as a satirical insight into the world of capitalism and big business preying on the ignorant and willing to spend it isn't directly aimed at anyone.

the s-tune is different from the version that comes on the nismo and it sells for a bundle

How did your install go? Any pictures of how it looks?

Not to thread jack, but if any of you aftermarket guys wanna sell or donate (I pay shipping) your stock intakes then let me know. Thanks!

seen the criagslist ad for AEM, i drop my car off this past monday and picked it up on thurs. they relocated the windsheild wiper fluid.other then that they did a good job. i love it!:happydance:

In for dyno!

Look similar to Injen, but what is the grey piece between the pipes?

I was wondering that too. It looks like some sort of foam, maybe a cushion or something temporary from mounting?

that's the bypass valve in case water gets into the tube. why does the tube say nismo on it?

dyno info will be on the aem web page next week.. inside that gray foum is the bypass valve so it dosent suck up water.

AEM is manufacturing the intake for nismo... i asked them the same thing when i first got it back.. so its basically a AEM intake.

That is ridiculous since bypass valves negate all the gains and takes away the whole point of having a CAI. I sure hope there is an option to take that out because unless the entire filter is completely submerged under water, the bypass valves do nothing and at that point you're f**ked anyway. I'm willing to bet that with the bypass valve in there the gains will be very minimal.

ya thats true.. we will see next week when they put up the dyno sheet... but i cant complain, it was a free intake.

Any input from the butt?
So is this design basically the same as the Injen, just AEM so maybe different pipping, that grey piece?

i can feel a little difference in throttle response..

awesome!!! i won't be running a bypass valve. Hopefully they dyno it without that power loser on there.

yeah but i can see why if they're making this for nismo they would need to slap that on. Any part that's made for oem application needs to cover their own azz from all those bs lawsuits. That's why if AEM is manufacturing this for Nismo....i will just go with Injen.

I guess you guys haven't seen an AEM intake on other vehicles. This is a common feature that nearly all of their intakes use. It only opens when the bottom filter is fully submerged. Air is easier to pull than water so it will simply pull air through the gray foam. Otherwise it stays shut and all air is pulled through the cold air intake at the bottom. This isn't something new and it doesn't destroy all the power losses. With the vast amount of knowledge here I'm surprised you guys haven't started your own intake companies. :rolleyes:

Read this please:

AEM Air-Bypass Valve - Tech - Sport Compact Car Magazine

yea i've used them before and they are garbage IMO

So I'm sure you have the dyno charts to show the massive losses it produces.

i didn't say massive losses, but they constantly pull in hot air. That would just lead me to believe that it's losing the power. I'm not sure if even they dyno with them installed.

I had the 2 bypass valves on 2 different cars, they caused extra play in the pipe and broke very easily. The sound was also a little louder with the bypass off.