Status Elite Intakes, Yes I own $800 short rams

LOU@AMPLIFIED

Ok my turn to chime in since the 2 pictures posted was of our cars

The first picture(370z) with the black STATUS ELITE intakes were just put in right before the show. We didn't have time to do any dyno's on it since we placed it last minute.

The 2nd picture of the G37, i posted the pictures because the dry carbon parts on the G37(Battery and Brake cover, Engine cover and Radiator shroud) was all done by Status Elite. Very high quality dry carbon products if I may say, but the pictures i posted was not at all intended to compare the intakes. I had the JWT'S on my G37 because they are one of my sponsors for last years SEMA.

The two intakes are slightly similar only because they use the same diameter openning on the filter but the velocity stack on both is completely different. The Status Elite velocity stack is much bigger and has a smoother openning. Now i don't know where the JWT'S are made but the SE intakes are hand made here in the US. I really don't know exactly why the SE intakes are that much more price wise but i can tell you that the process of them to CNC the velocity stack and the MAF adaptors is not cheap. Another difference is the pipe diameter used, The JWT is slightly smaller than the SE intake plus the angles and brackets are completely different, not to mention the SE intakes are one piece from the trottle body to the air filter, the JWT are two separate filters from pipe to the velocity stack. Plus, powder coating cost was not cheap for both filters

As for the rubbing issue on the resevior, status elite provided a different bracket to relocate the power steering resevior, I guess the person that sold you the intake didn't give you the bracket.

Im no expert on the 2 intakes mentioned but any short ram intake made for a specific vehicle should yield around the same dyno numbers or just a slight difference in gains but production cost can always vary