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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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is the cold air intake really worth the 300 bux? should i just make one for 50 bux or is there a reason to get the K&N?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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Well that's your call. Some have made fender-well intakes for much less! Just need some experience and time along with a good cone filter. But with that said I've also heard of water troubles with a fender-well set up! Prolly not much to really worry 'bout but just try in' to inform ya. And will likely have to hack off some inner-fender well to make it fit just right. But if you make a good set-up, please post some pics. and dyno results! And as always, good luck!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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could get the cold air inductions one instead of the k+n
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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how much does that induction one cost?? and 06 i would maybe think about doing that i just dont have time to be cuttin and everything, im really busy and barely have enough time to change my own oil lol..but if theres one out there cheaper than 300 bux that will hold up illl look into it
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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now maybe i am just new to this stuff but the k&n isnt really a cold air intake its more a larger intake,now dont get me wrong it makes a hell of a difference and sounds awsome but doesnt a cold air intake go like down into the fender to fetch cold air?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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coldairinductions.com thats what you want!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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http://www.coldairinductions.com/W-B...oldAirBox.html

$265.99 Backorder 1-2 weeks
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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^what he said^
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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I have a drop in K&N Intake for sale for $25 + shipping. You could run it and open up the bottom of your airbox and have something much better then stock but a lot cheaper then a CAI set up.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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I have the K&N kit for my GXP. Is it worth $300? I'm not so sure. I paid $280 for mine. I noticed more torque when I put mine on. I could be rolling and still trip the tires when I stomped it. My 1/4 mile time improved a bit as well. If you have the money, I'd go with it. Besides torque, the kit itself looks great in the engine compartment as opposed to a lot of homemade kits.
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comp g sounds good, u got any pics? im really interested in that
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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i kinda like the look of the cold air inductions intake vs stock vs k&n but i wonder what torque and hp diferences there are between the cold air inductions intake vs the k&n
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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yea i was trying to figure out the same thing but i dont think that it gives you any specs. on the inductions website
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by neilownz
could get the cold air inductions one instead of the k+n
CAI is what I have in my car.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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the CAI probably gives you the coolest air, the K&N probably gives you the most hp/tq being that it is almost an open cone, but i don't the difference is noticable.
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http://www.coldairinductions.com/W-B...oldAirBox.html

Anyone have this intake? I was thinking of ordering it without the cone filter and ordering a k+n x-stream filter to work with this instead of actually ordering the kit. I think I can find the coupler cheaper also. If you own this intake what are your thoughts on the quality of it. Thanks
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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the hp gains for the K&N are 13.5hp

http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...x?Prod=63-3059
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Originally Posted by rottonj
http://www.coldairinductions.com/W-B...oldAirBox.html

Anyone have this intake? I was thinking of ordering it without the cone filter and ordering a k+n x-stream filter to work with this instead of actually ordering the kit. I think I can find the coupler cheaper also. If you own this intake what are your thoughts on the quality of it. Thanks
I have this CAI. I think it is very well made.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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hey, i found this on ebay and its a lot cheaper than 300 dollars but my question is does it come with everything needed to install the cai? if so i will buy this bc its so much cheaper than the one knN makes
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Originally Posted by Da0neEnigma
hey, i found this on ebay and its a lot cheaper than 300 dollars but my question is does it come with everything needed to install the cai? if so i will buy this bc its so much cheaper than the one knN makes
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