How many people agree that the stock intake is the best? Well I have had two different types installed in my Z and the best one is the stock! With
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K&N drop ins are the best
How many people agree that the stock intake is the best? Well I have had two different types installed in my Z and the best one is the stock! With K&N drop ins. After market intakes on the 370z will make your car look pretty under the hood. But your car will be louder and slower. And not as quick as it was with stock intake, Just a real nice exhaust is fine. And save your money on the intake ripoff.
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The gains on aftermarket intakes are pretty well documented in this very forum. They're not worth as much bang per buck (or per install complexity) as HFCs and other exhaust components, but they do work.
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Gen 3's are a good buy if you want to go that route, otherwise Drop ins with Post MAF tubes are ideal for anyone looking to save a few hundo.
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I've got the K&N drop ins and have just ordered the post MAF tubes (backorder).
Still I'd argue the Gen 3 intake delivers the highest gains given the dyno figures on the forum. If you take price into account I'd agree keeping the stock box is more HP/$. From what I understand the gains sort of ebb down progressively anyway once you get other things done on the car - e.g. HFC, CIA & intake.
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No matter what the dyno says about your HP, The car is so much quicker in real life driving, with factory intake.
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AFE dry flow is better than K&N IMHO! no messy oils, just tap clean, or wash warm, let dry and pop in...hp/tq gains between the 2 are identical
AFE DRY FTW
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After spending all that money, and pulling off bumper, to install a nice intake that actually works well , with no CEL, you really forget how fast your car use to be. Try this trick
and put back on your factory intake. You will sell that aftermarket intake right away.
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all cars are different but if you dont notice a gain from a reputable and documented intake, then either your installation is wrong or your AF ratio got out of wack. The stock ECU is optimized for the factory parts, usually the introduction of an aftermarket part that changes AF will cause the car to run differently until the ECU somewhat adjust. If it doesnt then a tune is in order. But either way at the end of it all a good intake will have gains over stock
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