Thread: best air intake

wow I can't believe someone lit this wick so soon.

Just know that a properly installed CAI gives you the cold air of a fwi and a shorter distance for the air to travel like an open cone.
Downside to a CAI - price and the room a box takes up
Downside to an open cone - heated air intake, moreso on a daily driver.
Downside to a fwi - long way for the air to travel and the filter is exposed to more dirt and some have said water.

I run an AEM driflow filter and wouldn't use anything else.

Originally Posted by IndeedSS

wow I can't believe someone lit this wick so soon.

Just know that a properly installed CAI gives you the cold air of a fwi and a shorter distance for the air to travel like an open cone.
Downside to a CAI - price and the room a box takes up
Downside to an open cone - heated air intake, moreso on a daily driver.
Downside to a fwi - long way for the air to travel and the filter is exposed to more dirt and some have said water.

I run an AEM driflow filter and wouldn't use anything else.

I don't want to beat the dead CAI horse anymore than it already has been. But from personal experience - with both Thrasher and MSP air boxes - my temps were 10-12* above ambient, pretty steadily - when I installed my FWI - my temps were 3-4* above ambient - at worst.
I think if you're going to have an intake - and it's intended to pull in the coolest air possible - then you should pull it from as low to the ground as possible. That being said - yes - you will have more maintenance (filter cleaning) than with a stock or CAI box, but it's worth it to get the gains. As for water entering the intake - not likely, unless one drives through excessively high water - like, over the wheels. In that case - they will likely have other issues than hydro lock to contend with.

With a FWI - yes there is a longer distance for the air to travel, but it's also coming in at a greater volume.

In the end - it's your car; your choice - do want you want.

Indeed - Where did you get your dry flow filter? I'm interested in running one, but don't know much about them.

-Swash