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Just ordered one. :cool:

Some people probably do it simply for the fact of getting a more "sporty" sound out of the intake since the factory intake is designed to be quiet.

Disagree, aftermarket intake ftw, stillen one of the first mods I did to the car, and one of the best. :driving:

I like this guy lol

Agreed. Close this thread of stupidity.

Andrew cough cough :rolleyes:

Before this thread gets locked, I'd like to state something. I think the extremes of both sides of the argument are unfounded. On the one hand, you have a guy stating that 80% of CAI owners will return to stock. I don't know where he got those numbers from, but I suspect they're a tad...off. The guy's original post sounds a little too "propagandish" to me.

There's no doubt that there are numerous dyno sheets proving the gains of the installation of just a CAI. However, these dyno sheets are also a marketing tool. The results will be the best run on the best of days, under the best of conditions. I don't know how much they would pertain to the harshness of daily driving. Would the loss be more on the hottest, most humid day? Or would they be minimal because of the added air stuffed into the block? We really don't know until someone runs stock and modded on a dyno EVERY DAY.

Bottom line? I don't think the loss is as bad as some people state, and I don't think the gains are as great as the sheets will lead you to think. Swing away.

Potato pancakes are good.

Again, if the car could be tested having Air RAM into the stock intakes! it would give you the HP your looking for! reason aftermarket intakes give that HP boast on a dyno is because you are running the car at max speeds with open filters! it's not real world driving

you do realize when on a dyno they have large fans blowing air into the front of the car for intake/cooling purposes. it may not be 100% accurate for actual speeds you hit at the high end on a dyno but still there's air.

even "real world" driving i'll take my aftermarket intakes over those giant ugly inefficient air boxes any day.

I will be at Z-days, I would love for someone to ride in my car with stock intake and only thing I have is a F.I CBE. I bet my car will feel more alive. Then someone with tons of bolton's

My case I have spent about $3000K on intakes for all my cars and all of them lost power and GAS.. Oh and I had the NISMO intakes on my 350Z NISMO 08 HR and it lost power.

i ran my car with just FI CBE and stock intakes for over 10k miles. put my intakes on and it's way better.

you havent made any sense what so ever in this thread. :facepalm:

and i'll be at zdayz as well. i bet mine runs better lol

lets make sure our butt dyno's are calibrated before making any serious statements. :mad:

This has got to be one of the most pointless threads ever. The OP's arguement is basically, what's the point of spending all that much when all you see are small gains until you reach the peak powerband. The thing is, we're looking at the Z as a performance car where every hp matters. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going OEM and keeping everything stock. At the same time though, there's nothing wrong with some engine bay bling or a few extra pony's. You don't have to hit the redline every time you drive, but it's nice to know it's there. If all I did was drive the Z like an old lady, I would have been better off with buying an FR-S.

Modifying your car with aftermarket intakes and exhaust has nothing to do with logic or common sense. It's fun. YOLO

Yeah but it's good for several pages of forum entertainment which is why we're all here reading this anyway.

The smart thing to do would be to buy the parts piece by piece, but don't install till you have all parts. Make sense?