Aight guys this time i need some big defense...My dad doesnt want me to get an air intake system because he feels that my turbo will blow and that theyre not good for forced induction engines...now i already know about how they can suck more air through your stock up-pipe and break down the catalytic converter and send it through your turbo, permanently destroying it...Ive taken this into consideration already and have upgraded to a TurboXS up-pipe without a cat...
Help me out and let me know what will happen (if anything negative) to my scooby if i put an AEM or a K&N intake in.
Thanks.
JOE
Blue 02 Wrx
I hope you didn't order the APS intake. If so, get your money back. We tried it on 3 different cars here, and it was the worst performing intake I have ever seen. Which is strange, since APS makes such good stuff. We could never get the AFR right in any of the cars. And, that intake caused a CEL on all of the cars we tried it on. On my car, it made my AFR run in the 15's....
I'm not so sure about that, because the APS FMIC goes down and then back up so that you can keep the OEM fog lights, and my CAI goes down and then straightens out toward the bumper vents.
Don't believe everything you read, especially dealing with parts. Sometimes it's best to take the word of a customer or mechanic that has used, tested and discarded a bad product. Every CAI intake for the WRX; according to the companies that sell them; is supposed to give an additional 10 to 15 horses. But who can testify that to be true.
We tried the APS intake on 3 or 4 different cars. Never got good results. I'd love to know what he did to make it run well. See if you can find out for me....
We tried the APS intake on 3 or 4 different cars. Never got good results. I'd love to know what he did to make it run well. See if you can find out for me....
Sure thing! I'll ask my buddy, he gets base tunes from Clark and then tunes his own using the wide-band. If he doesn't know, I'll call Clark and ask him.
195.00 for the k&n, most of the horsepower gains came from my ecutek. once i installed the new fuel pump and the k&n i was able to have the boost turned up to 19.85 lbs.
Ok....from what I have experienced...short ram is the best kinda intake..and a catless up-pipe will save you lots of worries later on in the modding process
Search for the words "intake silencer removal thread" just read that! It will tell you everything you need to know about the intake silencer (resonator)
An intake is pointless your stock intake will handle jsut as well as an aem one on this car....... and your not going to really need anysound i mean what would you rather hear a turbo spulling or a cold air intake......it would be point less to buy one and a waste of money spend the money on a cool bov and get some real sound or up grade your turbo
what is that thin?WTF yo big joe, this is bigjoe from chicago. i have an 03 that i bought 2 months ago. it "had" an aem cai on the car when i got it. i did a little research on this particular cai and got nothing but bad reviews. yeah my turbo was louder but my car kept detonating. you know the pop pop pop when i tried to get on it sometimes. so i got a used stock box, dropped a k&n in it and so far so good.
Go the bookstore and read the section near the back in SubieSport about installs on a silver wagon. I skimmed over it, but it has dyno results of both the inlet and crank pulley by Perrin. I got confused whether or not it gained any hp, but i didn't have time to go back and read it all.
Go the bookstore and read the section near the back in SubieSport about installs on a silver wagon. I skimmed over it, but it has dyno results of both the inlet and crank pulley by Perrin. I got confused whether or not it gained any hp, but i didn't have time to go back and read it all.
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