Whats the difference between this ebay intake http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-...Q5fAccessories

or the z tube and drop in intake.... The price is about 150 dollars difference and they both look the same and probably do the same thing... so what wrong with the 30 dollar intake from ebay?

to me i think its the same **** and ALOTTTTTTT cheaper! But i could be wrong.. what do u think

 

i asked the samething about this product. and i still dont know why, but i went with an OEM ztube for 50 dollars, but i dont think CAI does much

 

Heat soak and air flow.

That ebay intake has no heat shielding whatsoever and, in fact, looks to me like it would be a pretty good conductor of heat, further degrading the performance. It doesn't appear to have a velocity stack. The system lacks air pressure integrity entirely and without knowing the specific brand of cone filter it is suspect, imo, as well.

Other than that, it looks pretty good.

 

Z-tube/Drop In filter- you gain about 1 hp.

ebay intake- you lose anywhere from 20-40 hp, due to heat, and lack of proper air pressure.


Still wanna save money? Maybe you can throw on some turbonaters while your at it.

 

+1 om the z-tube and k&n drop in and getting heat soak with the ebay intake...our engines run hot, so thats alot of heat your going to pull back into the motor

 

buy it and then post feed back on it. since its only 30 dollars your not really losing much right?

I think someone out there has it, but just doesnt want to tell anyone.

 

turbonators +1

 

Ok, I think that was a little over exaggerated lol but you wont lose 20-40 hp from an ebay intake lol

 

But for the majority of the time, you'll lose enough to where you'll be able to feel the difference. And if you have hot summers where you are, you'll definitely feel that affect your car too.

 

Yea heat soak from hot summers will get you for sure.

 

just put a sock over the throttle body - who needs a damn intake

 

I once tried to clamp down a cone filter straight to the throttle body and just drive around like that but the filter was too big and wouldn't fit.

 

this is why cold air would b the best? everyone on here says no... the filter sits right in your bumper n sucks in all the cold air as you drive instead of the hot air by the engine..

 

lol whered u put the MAFS?

 

hahah!