Is it ok to put this on without doing anything to the exhaust? Would I have any problems and How is this Intake? TIA.

 

you'll be fine. ran my injen for 2 yrs with stock exhaust. no problems at all. you'll love it!

 

you will loose low end power,but probably not notice it.just make sure you do not drive over any high puddles of water at any kind of speed or.............your done.

 

never noticed a loss in low end power with mine......

 

u want to be real careful about puddles... if u want i'd look for an older 2 piece injen intake that way it can be converted from a long ram to a short ram intake rather easily...

 

why, whats the problem with the intake and water. Also, how easy is it to get water in there?

 

if your cold air intake sucks in water, your engine is done for and warranty will not cover. Labor + new engine I'd say runs 15-20 G's. With cold air intake, the filter sucking in air is inside your bumper which is lower than your stock intake point, more prone to suck in water from puddles. Don't you know the stock intake is already very good and that the injen cold air is nothing but an instrument to make sound?

 

1+ to what he said.

Thats why I never bothered getting a long ram and went with Stillens CAI...its awesome.

 

do they have any of those on the A.E.M. spilt the pipe and insert this thing that will stop the water going to your engine.

 

YES. AEM makes a bypass valve you can buy. My Injen pipe was too big for it though, so ask first.

 

What I know from experience is that you have to clean your Injen/AEM CAI filter more often than all the other ones. I just cleaned mine a couple of hours ago and it had alot of mudd on it . Guess that was because of all the water/dirt that splashes directly onto it. I could be wrong but boy it was a night and day difference when i cleaned it.

I would go for Stillen CAI. No need to worry about hydrolocking unless you plan on driving into a lake . Also the filter is right there so you have easy access to clean it. It was a pain to get to my filter

 

Spoke to the Stillen people today and he explained what is being discussed here to me. Glad to see it being discussed to confirm my beliefs. Stillen CAI and Ztube it is.

He did recommend going with a pulley for my next MOD instead of a spacer after installing the CAI and ztube. I should get some hp/tq gains with this combo MOD right?

 

Oh man, the Injen intakes on these VQ engines are soooo lovely, if your running stock exhaust, your going to hear that bad boy breath deep! You should definately be fine for now, but consider a step up on exhaust to unlock the potential the VQ has.

 

i love my injen CAI.. love it.. when it rains just pay attention to where ur going.. dont go into any puddles that ur not absolutly sure how deep it is... i dont have a bypass valve.. just pay attention and ull be fine.. and i live in south FL.. rains alot.. other than that.. i love my injen CAI

 

Thats always a down fall about CAI's, being that I live in Washington, it's a scary thought when venturing out into the rain. My friend has a Z28 Camero with a HUGE CAI, it sits pretty close to the ground (goes from top at intake down the front of the engine and comes close to the bottom engine shroud.