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Originally Posted by darli328
Has anyone tried using the K&N Typhoon intake pipes with the stock air box instead of the filters that come with it? I'm not sure if they would remotely fit or anything. Not sure if there would be any real benefit to this either. Just from my research short ram intakes or whatever you want to call them don't have any real gains and are prone to hear soak more so than the stock air boxes.
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I have the short Ram Typhoon intakes on my Z. I've not put her on the track, but in both spirited driving and or just puttering around town on a date, in the middle of summer here in Louisiana where ambient temps tend to get in the mid nineties, I've not had a single issue with them. Response time is dramatically improved over stock airboxes with drop in K&N's, which I had prior to going to the Typhoons. They do have a barrier between them and the engine itself keeping them isolated from the heat, couple that with the fact that under driving conditions, heat is drawn towards the back of the engine and away from the intake area anyway, and one can see there should not be any, and there aren't any from experience, heat soak issues.
It seems to me that there is a lot of bad information floating around about these intakes. I read a lot of hearsay and conjecture from people who have other types of CAI's installed. I am very happy with mine, they have improved the performance of my Z (actual response as well as butt dyno) tremendously. One other added advantage to the Typhoons, is that they are tucked high into the engine bay, keeping them from sucking water in a rainstorm (where water puddling on the road and water splashing from passing vehicles in the opposing lane is a problem) and hydro-locking the engine such as the long tubes CAI's are prone to doing.
Now, everyone has their preferences, but I wanted to set the record straight on these intakes from someone who installed and used them now for close to two years. I would not install any other CAI, for the type of driving I do, on my Z.