Status Elite Intakes, Yes I own $800 short rams

nogoodname

They have a good rep on myg37. I'm sure they'll do something. Well, hopefully

Diversion

Well, either way, I can fix what they failed at for a few bucks in the least.

And i'll wait for their e-mail/response and keep this thread updated.

CCCLXXZ

Can you post a short driving review?

How is the sound, butt dyno, throttle response ect... anything else you may have to offer as an opinion.

Thanks

Nick

Diversion

I can't hear anything because i'm running around town without a muffler.. Car felt more responsive, more punchy.. But it could all very well be in my head. There's not much else I can add.. I doubt you'd be able to feel another 10-15 whp in our cars that already put close to 300 whp.

And unfortunately i'm having my Berk HFCs and Invidia exhaust installed this Thursday so i'm sure I will won't be able to hear the intakes over the exhaust.

Oh yeah, go to Youtube and type in "Status Elite Intake" and you should find several videos of a G37 on the dyno with just the SE intakes on.. They sound pretty deep and loud for intakes.

tonmed123

After seeing this on Lou's car I contacted status elite about them not having images of there intakes installed in a 370z on there website or pricing. This was months ago. They sent me the pricing for the intakes and said they were working on the site. I even posted a thread asking if anyone had numbers on those intakes. There was no response from anyone.

I liked the wet black stacks on Lou's but was hesitant about getting them without more info. I also wondered myself why Lou did'nt post any numbers for those intakes. I remember a reading where the differences between the JWT intake were explained in a fashion that made the status elite stacks seem so much better the the JWT. They look nice.

I maybe the wrong person to comment about buying things without dyno numbers cause I just bought an exaust without dyno numbers on just testimony and sound. But even that was more info that was available on these stacks. Thanks to diversion for the post. Lets see what happens next.

LOU@AMPLIFIED

Ok my turn to chime in since the 2 pictures posted was of our cars

The first picture(370z) with the black STATUS ELITE intakes were just put in right before the show. We didn't have time to do any dyno's on it since we placed it last minute.

The 2nd picture of the G37, i posted the pictures because the dry carbon parts on the G37(Battery and Brake cover, Engine cover and Radiator shroud) was all done by Status Elite. Very high quality dry carbon products if I may say, but the pictures i posted was not at all intended to compare the intakes. I had the JWT'S on my G37 because they are one of my sponsors for last years SEMA.

The two intakes are slightly similar only because they use the same diameter openning on the filter but the velocity stack on both is completely different. The Status Elite velocity stack is much bigger and has a smoother openning. Now i don't know where the JWT'S are made but the SE intakes are hand made here in the US. I really don't know exactly why the SE intakes are that much more price wise but i can tell you that the process of them to CNC the velocity stack and the MAF adaptors is not cheap. Another difference is the pipe diameter used, The JWT is slightly smaller than the SE intake plus the angles and brackets are completely different, not to mention the SE intakes are one piece from the trottle body to the air filter, the JWT are two separate filters from pipe to the velocity stack. Plus, powder coating cost was not cheap for both filters

As for the rubbing issue on the resevior, status elite provided a different bracket to relocate the power steering resevior, I guess the person that sold you the intake didn't give you the bracket.

Im no expert on the 2 intakes mentioned but any short ram intake made for a specific vehicle should yield around the same dyno numbers or just a slight difference in gains but production cost can always vary

RCZ

Thanks for clearing that up Lou, I have absolutely no gripes with Amplified, in fact keep up the good work

Diversion

Lou,

I do have the bracket, it was inside the box.. I was actually trying to contact SE on what the bracket was used for! I had a feeling it was to do with relocating the power steering reservior.. But how do I use it? SE still hasn't gotten back to my e-mail =(

Jay

Diversion

Added pics to OP.

Sashimi

You got it installed ? The owners of SE are friends of mine, they're installing some intakes for me in a couple weeks when I get back from Vacation.

any questions? I can probobly relay it to them.

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LOU@AMPLIFIED

Let me check out our z once we get it back from Mackin so i can have an answer for you. I know for sure that its just a different bracket for the power steering reservior, meaning you remove the OE and replace it with the new bracket and it angle's the bottle slighlty higher to avoid rubbing against the filter

hope that helps

LOU@AMPLIFIED

No offense taken sir. I just wanted to inform the members on the difference between the two intakes. Im a dealer for both products so i didn't want to be bias but i wanted to give everyone the correct information regarding the two

jmlenz

I was most impressed by the pics the 3GS takes

Diversion

Received a response from Status Elite:

"Hi Jay, that's odd that we didn't have necessary clamps needed for installation. I will ship that out for you today, As for the bracket, yes it is used for the powersteering reservoir to allow more room for the filters. Sorry, we had released the 370z intakes early without installation instructions. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Kevin"

Looks like they are going to help me out, so that's a relief!

Jay

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