Which product is the right product

[deewee456]

I recently noticed how many cold air intakes and exhaust kits you can get off ebay, but a lot of them do not have a name brand. Are these products comparable or as good as the name brand parts, or should a person simply stick to the brands they trust?

[kevin85193]

I recently noticed how many cold air intakes and exhaust kits you can get off ebay, but a lot of them do not have a name brand. Are these products comparable or as good as the name brand parts, or should a person simply stick to the brands they trust?

they're good, just don't use the filter they give you. buy a K&N filter and you're set . They just won't be legal..no carb sticker

[Expy2000]

I would get a cold air intake but I wouldnt buy a no name exhaust kit, there wouldnt be anyway to hear what it sounds like on your car. Could sound ******, or like a fart can..

[swaptrex]

remeber the sang "you get what you pay for"

[`pr0digy]

remeber the sang "you get what you pay for"

And remember that doesn't apply at all here. Most of the "cold air intakes" could be done with some dryer vent hose and a decent cone filter.

[theCybe]

Intake = overrated; If you're after your first mod and actually want it to make a difference, either get chipped [GIAC] or grab an exhaust.

EuroTuner did some Intake Comparisons; And when it came down to it, for my application anyway, the top performing intake's improvement over the stock airbox was pretty much -

worthless. : )

Just get a new filter.

[yz_gt69]

maybe he was refering to the exhausts??

[ttsquared100]

this is a car audio forum not a car perfomance...there is a forum for everything go find one about your car...and post about performance there by the way what kinda car do you have

[ttsquared100]

just get alot of stickers and vynal and neons and your car will be fast...lol

[analogkid]

k&n filters are a bad idea. they boost performance but they dont trap dirt particles as well as other brands. there was a study done on this. if you do any kind of off roading this goes double. http://home.usadatanet.net/~jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm this is where i picked this info up from.

[RetroVetro]

this is a car audio forum not a car perfomance...there is a forum for everything go find one about your car...and post about performance there by the way what kinda car do you have

Look up..."Car Performance and Forced Induction *NEW*" This is a subforum in this forum

[yz_gt69]

k&n filters are a bad idea. they boost performance but they dont trap dirt particles as well as other brands. there was a study done on this. if you do any kind of off roading this goes double. http://home.usadatanet.net/~jbplock/ISO5011/SPICER.htm this is where i picked this info up from.

Pre-Filters are available... and frankly, not a bad idea based on your application.

[swaptrex]

And remember that doesn't apply at all here. Most of the "cold air intakes" could be done with some dryer vent hose and a decent cone filter.

how doesn't that apply, that sang applies to everything. yeah dryer vent hose and a decent cone filter-great idea, try it and let us know what happens.

[yz_gt69]

a buddy of mine "blessed" his 87 tercel with a dryer hose intake... hmmm, ya come to think of it he WAS trying to destroy it.

[ighettoboyi]

the reason you pay a lot for intake is fit and looks, it's that simple. as for exhaust, you pay a lot for sound and fitment, of course more importantly sound. cheap exhausts sound crappy, that's my experience. cheap intakes work fine