aftermarket intake experience

ne_rotary

recently installed the k&n short ram intake and i felt obligated to share how pleased i am with it. when i bought my 370 it had the injen cold air kit which looked alright as it was the black model, but i am a diehard k&n fan so i decided to replace it with the short ram kit. i paid a little over $300 shipped and installed everything in about an hour. although i believe that the injen kit claims a little more whp, the k&n kit feels more responsive, especially at low rpms. from the interior of the car the k&n kit sounds much different than the injen kit did, much deeper and more pronounced, but not over the top. this intake is likely more prone to heat soak having the filters located in the engine bay, but the heat shields and the actual location of the filters should drastically minimize this. i like the look under the hood much more with the filters in the engine bay than just the pipes going down the front end of the car. i know there are many stillen G3 fans out there, and i understand why, but for all things considered including price, gains, ease of install, and overall quality i think the k&n is a hard package to beat.