who has the fa20club cai? cant find many comments about it
 

I'm looking at buying one in the next week or so and wanted to hear how the owners like it. I have searched here and google and didn't find any good reviews. Anyone think the thermal coating option is worth the $30?

I've had my brz since June waiting for a decent intake. Perrins looks good but this seems like a better deal.

members:
reeves
mad_sb
nemes
white devil
tony stewart
chase bay
and about another 40+ members but those guys post allot on more technical topics so you can contact any of them you like

Got one! great product!!! I didn't opt for the coating......

i got 1 too and love it. the coating however..... i feel like it's more of a thin paint (my dad's ring scratched it so easily). in an overall look its good, but up close it wasn't the quality powder coat i expected at all. not sure if the same can be said on the thermal coating tho. performance wise tho i noticed a difference immediately. and i live in super hot south florida, so i doubt thermal coating should matter too much for you up in ohio

I've got one. I love it. It wasn't too bad to install, but the one constructive feedback I can give would be to add a 90deg elbow for the EGR.

I have one. Install is easy. Make a good sound, fabrication is quality. I love it !

If you wanna spend the extra money for 'bling' and a nice-looking logo stamped onto the intake, get something else.

If you just want an effective CAI that keeps your intake temps down, at a lower cost, get FA20club's CAI. I've driven it through several hours of downpours and washed my car with high-pressure washers too.. no problems with water getting up into the intake. Didn't opt for any coating tho.

I'd like to see intake temperatures for the FA20 club CAI vs the Perrin CAI with silicon inlet. I'm all about the true cold air intakes when summers here go 102+ degrees.

I just installed mine this past weekend. What other mods do you have / plan on getting?

My Mini Review:
- Get the Smaller bodied K&N filter (It has 30% more filter area than the AEM dryflow AND allows you to keep the radiator blocking plate in place)
- Sound is very stock while at low throttle angle
- Sounds very mean when your on the gas (way better than i expected)
- Fuel trims went a little richer across the board (Ecu is registering more airflow) but still within reason
- Pulls harder for sure
- no idle issues what so ever (I should note that i have never have had any idle issues with the stock intake either)

No dyno's yet, my days of dyno tuning every individual mod are over until I get free dyno access again :) There is an option for Eliminating the Crank case vent, or keeping it. I wanted to keep it but was not aware of the option when i ordered so i came up with my own solution and made a coupler out of the stock accordion tube.

The intake pipe does not get hot or heat soak because the rad fans blow air right on it when they kick on. Temps will climb at stopped idle but drop as soon as you start moving. I doubt you would see any measurable difference between the perrin and the FA20. They both suck in air right in front of the radiator so they will both climb like stock at idle.

My brother bought an used injen CAI for his Lancer GTS and was a little bit ugly so I suggested to paint it with plasti dip and it came out looking like new and even looked like their black version of it. Hope this helps! :party0030:

Mine pictured above is plastidipped hence why it looks chipped where it passes into the engine compartment.. i didn't bother to touch it up since that part is under the bumper cover.

Totally agree on this! Love that aggressive WOAAAWWHH sound! :D

We get it Matt. It gets hot in Texas. :happy0180:

Scott