WHY OEM INTAKES and FILTERS ARE BETTER

kenchan · 04-03-2013, 01:03 PM

/thread

JARblue · 04-03-2013, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GTLAW

Guys the point I am making is the stock intake system is very good! and all the money in the world with buying aftermarket CAI is not going to get your no more then 4-6WHP.

I bet you 80% of time people who buy aftermarket CAI end up putting them up for sale in a few months? why because they wake up and see they lost $500-600 on something that only looks good and gives more sound!

Unless you are tracking your car and running near 6500Rpm with CAI you would get more topend power.

But that's it!

My intakes are gorgeous compared to stock. They sound much better than stock at 4K+ RPMs. The R2C filters are significantly better performing filters than OEM. I put the car on a dyno after the install, but I don't have a baseline to compare them to stock. Thus I don't have any numbers to claim, and I honestly don't even care. Please try again to explain to me why the stock intakes are so much better...

Your arguments are terrible generalizations with no evidence, and therefore invalid and baseless, as well as stupid

FPenvy · 04-03-2013, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My intakes are gorgeous compared to stock. They sound much better than stock at 4K+ RPMs. The R2C filters are significantly better performing filters than OEM. I put the car on a dyno after the install, but I don't have a baseline to compare them to stock. Thus I don't have any numbers to claim, and I honestly don't even care. Please try again to explain to me why the stock intakes are so much better...

Your arguments are terrible generalizations with no evidence, and therefore invalid and baseless, as well as stupid

glad im not the only one sayin this

GTLAW · 04-03-2013, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My intakes are gorgeous compared to stock. They sound much better than stock at 4K+ RPMs. The R2C filters are significantly better performing filters than OEM. I put the car on a dyno after the install, but I don't have a baseline to compare them to stock. Thus I don't have any numbers to claim, and I honestly don't even care. Please try again to explain to me why the stock intakes are so much better...

Your arguments are terrible generalizations with no evidence, and therefore invalid and baseless, as well as stupid

You do understand that dry paper filters are better at keeping more fine dust out of the intake system? you can't have highflow and dirt holding at 99%..

Most aftermarket filters are at 98-97% dirt holding.

Bob the oil guy did some testing on 5 filters and all of them let in more dirt then OEM!

JARblue · 04-03-2013, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GTLAW

You do understand that dry paper filters are better at keeping more fine dust out of the intake system? you can't have highflow and dirt holding at 99%..

Most aftermarket filters are at 98-97% dirt holding.

Bob the oil guy did some testing on 5 filters and all of them let in more dirt then OEM!

Really? lol... How about you go do some research on R2C filters before you even start this conversation

kenchan · 04-03-2013, 01:06 PM

mr. jar- /thread is /thread!!

JARblue · 04-03-2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

mr. jar- /thread is /thread!!

Haboob · 04-03-2013, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

mr. jar- /thread is /thread!!

But wait, now that there's another /thread, doesn't that reopen it?

Let's try this:

/endthread

Cmike2780 · 04-03-2013, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

But wait, now that there's another /thread, doesn't that reopen it?

Let's try this:

/endthread

It didn't work. Let me try in all caps.

/ENDTHREAD

MX52Z · 04-03-2013, 01:19 PM

New thread: Do you regret your OEM intake?

Haboob · 04-03-2013, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MX52Z

New thread: Do you regret your OEM intake?

I do.

JungleZ · 04-03-2013, 01:32 PM

with my f1 exhaust I actually feel like I lost low end torque.. I don't know if an intake would help that since this engine barely has any torque

ZMan8 · 04-03-2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JungleZ

with my f1 exhaust I actually feel like I lost low end torque.. I don't know if an intake would help that since this engine barely has any torque

less back pressure will do that, but if you get a tune you should see the low end torque come back without sacrificing any mid-high range gains.

Haboob · 04-03-2013, 01:36 PM

Whoa, whoa, let's not bring any crank into this...

ZMan8 · 04-03-2013, 01:45 PM

Haboob

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