R2C Black Hex Intake vs K&N Typoon

luisch88 · 10-09-2015, 11:18 AM

Looking to get a Short RAM Type Intake for ease of use and maintenance.

i know the Gen 3 is way to go, but i don't want to deal with removing bumper etc..

What are your thoughts on comparing these two options ?

One cost roughly $500(R2C), the other $380 (K&N)...

Is the R2C better given the price and black hex Filter ?

BC416 · 10-09-2015, 12:17 PM

Get drop ins and call it a day. It's pretty much either drop-ins or Stillen G3 for intakes. Short rams won't make any difference and you might lose power as your pulling hot air from the engine bay.

luisch88 · 10-09-2015, 01:30 PM

Soooo pretty much the heat shield is not functional at it job ? thanks for you input

dAroche14 · 10-15-2015, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by luisch88

Soooo pretty much the heat shield is not functional at it job ? thanks for you input

Correct, once the engine bay heats up, they'll do little to nothing to help. The only real pros of the K&N Short Ram is the sound and how it looks.

JARblue · 10-15-2015, 01:12 PM

The R2C heat shields are actually very good. My guess is they are comparable to the stock intake boxes. This just means the initial intake air temps are similar.

The problem is the tubes are metal. The stock tubes insulate intake air from the engine bay heat much better than metal tubes.

Just my

after having run stock intakes for 30K miles and R2C intakes for 40K miles.

10-09-2015, 11:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
luisch88 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 29 Drives: 2012 370Z Touring SP Rep Power: 11	R2C Black Hex Intake vs K&N Typoon Looking to get a Short RAM Type Intake for ease of use and maintenance. i know the Gen 3 is way to go, but i don't want to deal with removing bumper etc.. What are your thoughts on comparing these two options ? One cost roughly $500(R2C), the other $380 (K&N)... Is the R2C better given the price and black hex Filter ?

10-09-2015, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
BC416 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: NJ Age: 37 Posts: 718 Drives: 2012 KAD 6MT Rep Power: 592	Get drop ins and call it a day. It's pretty much either drop-ins or Stillen G3 for intakes. Short rams won't make any difference and you might lose power as your pulling hot air from the engine bay. Chuck33079 likes this. __________________ F.I. / K&N / 180 / Forgestar

10-15-2015, 01:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	The R2C heat shields are actually very good. My guess is they are comparable to the stock intake boxes. This just means the initial intake air temps are similar. The problem is the tubes are metal. The stock tubes insulate intake air from the engine bay heat much better than metal tubes. Just my after having run stock intakes for 30K miles and R2C intakes for 40K miles. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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10-09-2015, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
luisch88 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 29 Drives: 2012 370Z Touring SP Rep Power: 11	Soooo pretty much the heat shield is not functional at it job ? thanks for you input