Okay guys Im about to get a Uprev tune for my car but the pickle I am in is if I should go ahead and buy myself an intake or just leave my ztube and K&N drop in filter alone and just get the tune. There are so many mix reviews about intakes and our ztube drop in filters. So Im going to ask around here what everyone thinks... Should I go ahead and get myself an intake (NISMO CAI or INJEN CAI) or just leave it alone and get a tune?


Let me know which intake (NISMO or INJEN) you guys have and the pros and cons.

 

Intake with tune will add better performance

 

How?

I am under the impression that sexyrob's test came to the conclusion that the stock intake made the most power...

 

^ The results havent been "revealed" yet lol....

OP, get the revup box with drop in filter and a ztube....

CAI will DECREASE your power

 

LOL... Thats what I had figured. I was going through a lot of these old threads about intakes and how the NISMO intake was just a fancier version of the AEM intake because it is made from them. As for the INJEN I dug up a few problems with our engine with it. How it causes the car to die randomly and stall. Also it showed an increase in power but a decrease in power as well (a give and take effect.. lose a lil here, gain a lil there) not what Im looking for.

One of my friends went to the dyno day when sexyrob had his intakes dynoed and he told me the result was the stock intake with a drop in filter was better. *shrugs* I guess I should keep it stock unless someone else has something to say about this?

 

hmmm this is interesting, i just finished doing full exhaust and i want to get a tune also. as far as mods for air intake it is stock at the moment but i will be getting a plenum spacer soon. so you guys are saying z-tube+k&n drop-in will be the best for tuning?? btw i dont have a REV-UP engine. thanks dudes

 

hopefully your z-tube+k&n drop-in plus the plenum spacer will help in the tune....

 

ztube + stock REV-UP box + K & N drop in + Tune = FTW.!

 

I wouldnt go with a tune quite yet with your mod. I would throw a few more things in just to make sure the tune was worth it. A cat back exhaust system + High flow cats or Test pipes and a plenum spacer would sound better with a tune.

I dont know too much about the headers.. There is a lot of mix reviews about those as well. Some say its not worth it.. some say it is.. For the labor work $$$ and headache I would just save your money. BUT if you have a lift and can do it yourself then go ahead. Personally I wouldnt mind doing it bc I would like everything to be free flowing from the headers all the way back to the muffler. Plus I work at my dads autoshop so I do all my work myself. But Im still debating with those as well.. some say gains arent that much for the $$ and labor =\

1st Best bang for the buck mod though would be a 5/16th plenum spacer since you dont have the rev-up engine. Real easy to install.
2nd Best bang for the buck mod would be Test pipes or some High flow cats. Easy to install yourself only if you can get access underneath the car.

 

K&N's are annoying. They don't really filter very well, and a lot of people don't know how to clean them properly. They'll slather on a bunch of grease when reconditioning the filter, and that grease will end up right on the MAF.

 

sexyrob was not stock. So his test dont play any part to any other vehicle. His testing was only good for his car, not yours. AND he dyno tested not tuned tested.



If intake is your only part, then wait until you get other parts to mate with it.


stock air box is good, but HP is added to intake with a tune. A non tuned car with intake will not produce, but tuned it will.

and its just not about HP, it's the curve line.

 

im gonna go and say it. stock tune cars almost always lose power when you put an intake on. at least with the newer cars. you need to explain to the computer what is going on. knowing that, it would make sense if you put on the intake and tuned youd make more power than without the intake. but these cars are strange. and nissan did a great job from the factory. id say keep what you have and tune for it. spend the extra money on other fun stuff

 

Point taken. I believe there is a thread around here about the "myth of intakes" Someone stated that it wasnt the intake tube itself that was the chocking point.. rather the plenum. Saying the stock ztube can suck in 100% air and provide more for a bigger engine. Man touch decision though.. I love the sounds of those injens but I rather not lose my curvature on the power band (lose a lil gain a lil).

 

Are you sure you quoted the right person?

 

yup, replying to your statement.