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Originally Posted by Koa (Post 2162583)

speak freely.. you're not their employee, are you? Don't have to name drop but what exactly did they say about G/S and what evidence have they put forth that backs their claims up?

or were they just trying to get a sale from one of the intakes they had in stock because people aren't fooled by most of the subpar offerings and they aren't flying off the shelves?

They didn't have much to say apart from "over-engineered" garbage and "unproven gains" really. At the end of the day, I walked out of their shop with an intake they had in stock because they knocked a bunch off the price and it worked out to less than half of the GS intake, with exchange rate and conversion taken into account. With that said, still want the GS intake and if my AEM sells, that's what I'll be getting.

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Originally Posted by Bergen23 (Post 2162591)

Nothing wrong with most of AEMs stuff.. I have their AFR failsafe setup in my WRX and it's well made. Their strut tower bar for the FRS- at least the one I got- was a piece of shit that got stuck on my car for a few days (and another member chiming in saying he had the same symptoms- bolt holes around the firewall didn't line up, hard to get off, etc)... but their electronics and intake departments are pretty well regarded.

Intakes are tricky. I've tuned for the stock airbox, stock airbox with modified snorkel, stock airbox with drop in filter, and the G/S intake only... but by far the easiest for me to tune with was the G/S intake. Stock MAF location, less heatsoak due to the MAF sensor being enclosed, and the air straightener all make for a very easy time tuning.

The stock airbox wasn't the hardest to rescale without significant increase in knock or tip-in, but the G/S just performs as promised. "Over-engineered" assertion I would be very skeptical about, because few else easy bolt ons can ruin an engine as fast as a shit intake..

I'm having a brain fart, but one member is now legendary because he didn't listen to other people and ran an intake that ended up blowing his engine and despite people's repeat suggestions, ran it until the very end. Anyone know of that thread?

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Originally Posted by Davf24 (Post 2162406)

I did the TRD intake and LOVE it. Built for the car.

Same. The air filter surface area is massive.

Use factory intake, get a better filter only. Everyone wins

The huge benefit of air intakes?

The sound folks. The stock FRS/BRZ sounds like an angry Corolla. The right intake gives the twins a better deeper sound. Adding both an air intake and a good cat back will give you more top end and a much better sound. Increase fuel economy at low speeds without a tune. With a tune you can get as much as 15 to 20 real wheel hp. Without E-85. You will spend $1500 to $2000. It is worth it to me on my 3 year old BRZ.