Another intake thread (sorry) What's the best deal with OUT problems

[SloS14]

Originally Posted by jwjknorr

THose who say its a maf translator do not know what they are talking about. It does not confuse or adjust the maf reading. Please dont assume things just by reading chip. It acts as a interface that cleans up the maf reading allowing for a more precise reading. They explain it by taking static out of the reading. All i know is wheni tried my aem without it ran like a crappy injen or air raid without a tune. With it it sounds better runs smother and although not huge gains as older cars use to show with intake, you can feel it and net good results. With a good tune it shows better gains.

Today I learned the AEM intake introduces "static".

I bet if you hooked up a voltmeter, fed the MAF 5v with and without the "chip" you would see a simple scaling (unsure of whether it'd be linear or not) of the output voltage...assuming MAFS still use voltage as an output.

I did a horrible job of explaining that. deal with it.

[Books]

Like others said, a tune is the proper method to fix all the intake issues. You get what you pay for.

[LeeMaster]

Originally Posted by jwjknorr

All i know is wheni tried my aem without it ran like a crappy injen or air raid without a tune....

So you bought 3 different intakes to test them all out, or are you just guessing based off of what other people have said in here..? I have the Injen and it's running great, not the best it could be obviously w/o a tune but if anything it is not crappy at all....

[Derik210]

yeah the injen intake is pretty awesome.

[m.wood0213]

no problems with my aem here 5k on it. low rpm is a bit un responsive but 4.5-5k and up is great.

[FR-S Matt]

Perrin, runs perfect without a tune. Runs even better with one.

Don't be scared of removing the front bumper. It's very simple.

[xcelir8brz]

Cai like perrin.

[Minovsky]

Originally Posted by LeeMaster

So you bought 3 different intakes to test them all out, or are you just guessing based off of what other people have said in here..? I have the Injen and it's running great, not the best it could be obviously w/o a tune but if anything it is not crappy at all....

Yep mine is running perfect too its prolly spread by a few that had defects or something... seriously i dont know what people are talking about... its like they have a different intake or something...:happy0180:

[Fast_Freddy]

Originally Posted by Books

Like others said, a tune is the proper method to fix all the intake issues. You get what you pay for.

Unless the intake is properly designed in the first place, which wouldn't require any re-tuning.

It's pretty simple really. MAF tube ID has to be identical to stock and MAS placement has to provide straight, non-turbulent airflow through the sensor. I built my own intake for my custom turbo XB and it worked perfectly (NO TUNE REQUIRED).

BTW, I'm pretty sure that AEM used a larger ID MAF tube and the "chip" simply adjusts the MAS signal to compensate for this change.