ok FULL stock intake has been restored back to normal, ill wait till i can afford a nice AEM V2 COLD AIR.....but the nascar sound MUST COME BACK!!! ohhh it sounds nutty, must have...

 

OK....

a.) AEM V2 is so horribly overpriced just like the regular AEM intake
b.) Comptech Icebox will outperform the AEM intake.
c.) if you want an AEM intake, get a ripoff off of ebay. It's all about diameter and not about what name is plastered on the piping.

 

comptech icebox is too quiet...zzzz

i really only want the intake for the sound... 1-2 HP doesnt mean a whole lot and as long as its a cold air and sounds nice, thats all i care about. Im gonna buy a used AEM CAI only 2 months old for like 100 bucks

 

agreed. the v2 also has minimal gains over the regular AEM CAI.

 

The filter on a stick is just an attention getter...hardly something I want on an ITR, it gets enough bad publicity as is...

 

Hey, I haven't been to the site in a while but I was reading this topic and got a little confused. Since when is an air intake just for looks? I have a classic AEM CAI, not a short ram, so if its for looks its in the wrong place, right next to my tire! When I bought my Type R it had everything already on it, so i dont know a big difference from stock, but from my experiance it isnt the AEM that makes all the noise. If I am at idle and tap the throttle I can hear it sucking cubes and cubes of air, but after about 2 seconds all I hear is the exhaust. However my car is heavily modified so I dont know what a factory exhaust sounds like, the Mugen twin-loop I have sounds like sex when I get on it. In theory shouldnt an intake add HP, just because its out of the engine compartment, larger diameter, and a high flow element. I could see how it might take away a few HP, maybe some FT/ LBS. Well im through talking way too much, if anyone has anything constructive just reply

 

The AEM style intake has been shown on dynos to get the same results as the stock ITR intake minus the resonator...why? Because the ITR comes STOCK with a Cold air intake....designed very well by engineers so it's hard to improve upon...especially since AEM's design is old and tiresome.

Comptech has proven to gain a few horses on the ITR, once again via some dynos. Everything else is just an attention getter (because it's so loud, not because of how it looks)

So basically it's all bark and no bite for AEM.

 

AEM doesnt make a V2 intake for the R. If you want crazy sound go with the J's racing short ram. I had the original AEM and hated the crappy throttle response, the J's will give you good sound with MUCH better throttle input. All these intakes really give only 1-3hp at best over stock anyway, with the Mugen being the absolute best as far as gains, response etc... but you get what you pay for.