How to shop for an intake

[JennaBear]

Ever so slight, the AEM and 77series were neck and neck essentially.

 

[TheFuzz]

K&N makes a good product - if you have one now an it's working for you, stick with it. You more than likely wont see any further gains from switching to an AEM. The only thing I don't like about the K&N setup is the oiled filter. Back when I was younger and didn't know any better, I used to add waaaay to much oil to them, and on several vehicles I saw a dramatic loss of gas mileage. Presumably due to fouling of the MAF sensor. Obviously thats not the fault of the system itself, but left a bad taste in my mouth for oiled filter setups.

I like dry filters because of the simplicity - they are pretty much idiot proof. Unless you put them back on soaking wet after cleaning them, there really isn't anything to screw up.

 

[JennaBear]

Here are the results of the test-

From top to bottom on the horsepower curve on the graph is:
AEM no filter
KNN
AEM
Stock with KNN drop in filter
Outlaw
GMPP
Stock with Fram airhog

 

[tybardy]

i have been waiting a long time for that beautiful sheet of paper! Thanks a lot Jenna, does outlaw still make intakes? I thought that company is gone

 

[JennaBear]

No they do not.

 

[wmgood64]

How about the closed box volant optional power tube that also gets more air through the tow hook opening?

 

[tybardy]

if im not mistaken, the outlaw is very very very similar to the Volant setup, so the numbers would most likely be similar... don't quote me on that though

 

[Modded]

So basically the stock intake with a K&N filter got one of the top HP gains on the dyno?
What is the stock HP on the SS?
I'm confused....

 

[JennaBear]

Basically the test said AEM was best, then the K&N, then the stock box with K&N filter. The stock HP doesn't matter, especially since they all had gains.

 

[Modded]

Oh ok, looks like I will only get an MIT tube then.