Originally Posted by hattrickey (Post 1698935)

I think the Airraid intake was proven to actually LOSE power. Stay away from it.

Originally Posted by SirBrass (Post 1699051)

Actually it was much maligned on the forums, unfortunately. The guys here locally have looked into it and found it to actually be a good intake for its price, for values of aftermarket intakes.

Originally Posted by BC-Boy (Post 1754923)

it has larger piping and more filter media with an nice velocity stack to reduce turbulance into the maf, good intake However instead of tricking the MAF into thinking there is less air like most do to make power it seems to do the opposite, and thus goes rich and loses power not to metion load charts and etc... if tuned it makes power the thing is it heat soaks if you dont leave the snorkel because is air intake duct whatever thats called doesnt exstend far enough into the bumper, yes im trolling because im going to buy this intake creditable tuners have told me its better than most intakes because it doesnt trick the maf and also its consistant in readings making it easy to scale , My issue is im trying to see if someone has it with the Perrin oil cooler, if it fits ill buy it. like honestly this is like alot of ppl say certain overpipes lose power, bs its a 2.5in piece of pipe that is way bigger than the oem even if its a little sketchy in the bends still flows prob 30 percent more,i am a firm beliver that its the tune that will make or break intake mods, also my oem air box is all warped and caved in because of the heat from my uel header, it doesnt properly seal anymore and it cracked !!!!

Originally Posted by s2d4 (Post 1754926)

Yeah OK.

You may want to start listening unlike your fa20club/visconti/whatever you were trying to prove with higher octance fuel.
However, wasted effort, time and money appears synonymous in regards to you.

Originally Posted by FR-Sizzle (Post 1754949)

So far multiple people on these forums have had it dyno'd and it has been shown to lose power. Not just 1 shop, but multiple sources. From shops to independent dyno's. They all showed power loss. When they got exposed up until now they haven't even tried to disprove this with new dyno's.

They delete all the comments regarding it to losing power on there you tube videos instead of trying to show proof that it doesn't. Avoid @AIRAID at all costs. They were just here to make a quick buck by being the first company to offer an intake and by doing that they made a lot of cash since there weren't any other options available at the time.

@AIRAID is wack dont buy anything from them.



I'm sure every intake gains power when paired with an tune, But IMO the gain is mostly because of the tune and I bet it has nothing to do with the intake being used or has very little affect on the end result. As you will probably see similar gains without the intake. If you got a tune with an intake and switched the intake with another one, I bet you it will show maybe the same results or +/- 1-2 WHP difference tops on the dyno. Unless you have something like a GruppeM, revolution, toms or Syms. Intakes wont see massive gains until you start doing other mods that will make the care breath easier. I wouldn't get an intake until I got my headers, op/dp, and a cat back.

Basically wouldn't even touch the intake until you get a full exhaust. If you look at the Perrin blog you will see that the intake mods gain much more power after they upgraded their exhaust. According to them the intake tube they offer helped add 3-4 more WHP than 1-2 which is what they and other intake tubes originally got without any other mods. So you can see how much the other mods affect the cars intake. By it self it wont do much but once you get other mods to support it it will make a difference. And in the end avoid @AIRAID at all costs.

For what they charge you have much better options from reputable companies who weren't here to make a quick buck. Buy from the companies who are actively producing parts/innovating and doing R&D and making this car better so they can continue to do so. Companies that make our cars and the scene continue to improve not mess it up by making copies/imitations or parts with no R&D that is harmful to our cars.

Originally Posted by BC-Boy (Post 1755656)

youd be supprised who told me it was a good intake and was good for consistant maf readings and scaleing ;) the hi octane fuel works good too ;) regardless im going with a grimmspeed when it comes out this wont fit with my oil cooler

Originally Posted by s2d4 (Post 1756909)

read over what you wrote last.
MAF reading less air than actual for others.
MAF reading more air than actual for airaid.
What does that say to you?