Whats the best Intake?
 

What the best intake (money and HP gain) With out making any holes or cuts in my 370z?

Post MAF tube with drop in filters

Are you talking about a cold air intake or a short ram air intake? The cold air provide about 6-12 more horsepower and the short rams get around 4-8. No big gains and you wont notice anything with the butt dyno but they do provide some engine roar. Pros and cons on either one but you buy what you like.

Stock :stirthepot:

In all seriousness everyone says the Stillen is the best, but it's $500 and I think you still have to cut stuff. Cost to HP ratio your best bet is a set of K&N drop-ins and the post-MAF smooth tubes (~$180 all together and within a few HP of a full CAI)

If you are getting tuned and trying to maximize HP you can acheive I would look at the Takeda Stage II CAI. Since you do not want to cut anything. However if you would cut the support in the same fashion as you have to with the Stillen G3's then you would have fully unrestricted airflow. As the silicone tubes are smashed by the support otherwise. I believe this is Top Speed's secret mod to this particular intake in their bid to maxmize power from all the mods.


But if you are not trying to get the best numbers you can possibly get on a dyno/paper. Then it is a personal choice. Do you want some bling under the hood go with whichever CAI you like. Or just do the drop ins and/or smooth tubes.

You're new here, please try a google search

Or just text DE for answers to all your questions. He is my 370z catalog :tup:

i like the k&n typhoon cheap on amazon and give better "gains" than most. But honestly unless you plan on getting full exhaust and intake AND then a tune. just get the one you like the best. Because +-5hp is not going to make any difference you can notice anyway.

no intake that meets your expectation exists.

What about K&N Filters Typhoon?!

overpriced/minimal gains (if any at all)

So forget about the price, what is the best Intake with out making cutting anything?

FYI, on the stillen G3 you only "cut" two composite plastic pieces. It is hardly "cutting up the car". Heck, you could not tell on mine unless I pointed it out with the nose off.

i have had the stillen g3 on my car for almost 3 weeks now i think and i like them.

if you want cold air Takeda's( less than Stillen an no cutting and same power) if not Post MAF tubes and drop ins

Are you talking about the short pipe Takeda's right? cuz they also have the same style at G3 which need to cut things.

also does MAF tubes and drop ins have the same noise or if any as the other intakes or performance gain?

I suggest since you do not like to cut anything to run no filters like me. You wont have those stupid filters impeding your airflow. And man let me tell you the noise enhancement you will receive is hands down the best mod ever. It blows every other CAI out of the water in performance and sound. It sounds like one of those beast (the one you are thinking about right now in your head) that will keep you up at night. It will give you chills when you hear it as well as sending mass unrestricted air to your engine. And the VQ will reward you when you stomp on that skinny pedal with a nasty snarl as those rpm's start climbing.

This is a top secret mod so just keep this between you and me. Let all those other people worry about things like long tube CAI's and cutting stuff. We don't have time for that nonsense. This is all you need to do. Lose those filters and let the Z free ball if you know what I am saying. Unleash the beast!

haha... I am not sure what exactly your talking about lol. are you talking about Post MAF tubes and drop ins?

No, he is telling you to remove your air filter and drive with no air filter, which is stupid in my opinion

I went with the Takeda CAI long tubes, no cutting, hardest part of the install was getting the bumper off and you save quite a bit of money over the Stillens for a couple of horsepower. If you're talking bang for your buck just compare horsepower to cost, Stillens are the most popular yet the cost to horsepower is quite high. I don't plan on racing my car, just want to do some mods cause it's my car so paying an extra $100 + for a product that gets 2 or 3 more horsepower doesn't make much sense to me. The key though is it's your car, if we all followed the same path this site wouldn't exist.

If you're talking about running no air filters at all, you're in for a rude awakening with the damage all of that dirt is going to do to your engine.

Air filters are very real, and serve a real purpose.

In a previous life, I had a high compression 2.0 B series Honda civic hatchback, for track day/road course duty and the street. I had an individual throttle body setup. So its basically 1 throttle body per cylinder. Lots n lots of flow, insane throttle response. 90% of the time I ran with no air filters.

The amount of filth would turn the engine oil BLACK in 500 miles.

If you're not being sarcastic, I feel sorry for whoever buys that car from you some day if you run no filters for a long time.

smh... people have a hard time picking up on sarcasm these days.

No they don't :D

it's a rare thing lol

On this forum?

This isnt exactly a hotbed of high level automotive discussion lol

I've seen theories and posts that are frightening. People talking about getting tires re-balanced after installing lowering springs.

:rofl2::icon14::rolleyes:

I guess next time I better label my post. My first post in this thread was serious, however. Then it kept going in directions that were questionable. So I decided to go in my own path.

I assure you I am running an air filter. I didn't write that signature line for fun. ;)

don't you know you are supposed to get your tires re-balanced... that's what i'm doing now

I have the takeda CAI. The restriction from the bending you have to do to the silicon connectors to fit them through is pretty huge and due to that, the bottleneck seems greater than stock, although they are probably less restrictive everywhere else.
Because of this, I cut out space for them last year so they could be round. Just for peace of mind.
I then got the car tuned and made good power but power dipped a bit at the top couple hundred rpm. I didn't care too much since the rest of the curve was good and full, but if you really care about peak numbers, it's something to keep in mind. I also had other mods though, like a single HFC at my XYZ pipe, which may have also been the cause.
Definitely enjoy mine though, and I got it for $200 cheaper than the Gen 3 from Stillen.

But if you want the best, I think Stillen's is still the most recommended.

aam cai !