Intake sizing
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Intake sizing
Is there a major difference in performance between 2.5" and 3" intake piping?
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This is for a CAI not short ram
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This is for a CAI not short ram
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I bet you a gentleman that you won't notice a difference between having a CAI and having nothing at all. Apart from noise.
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if you go to a CAI, there will be differences in performance AND noise..
if you go WAI, the stock intake will most likely be better.
you won't NOTICE a difference in 2.5" and 3" piping. there will be one but not enough to notice, me thinks. I would even go as far as to say it would be negligible by almost any way you look at it.
3" will certainly look more 'beefy' but might be hard to fit. 2.5" is more widely used in NA applications because a) it is NA b) it is cheaper c) easier to fit in tighter spaces d) among other things.
The biggest problem for performance is the bends you add to the system. this is when the 3" might have one-up the 2.5" in more than looks, still not enough to notice.
if you go WAI, the stock intake will most likely be better.
you won't NOTICE a difference in 2.5" and 3" piping. there will be one but not enough to notice, me thinks. I would even go as far as to say it would be negligible by almost any way you look at it.
3" will certainly look more 'beefy' but might be hard to fit. 2.5" is more widely used in NA applications because a) it is NA b) it is cheaper c) easier to fit in tighter spaces d) among other things.
The biggest problem for performance is the bends you add to the system. this is when the 3" might have one-up the 2.5" in more than looks, still not enough to notice.
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for the elantra/tiburons of days past they dynoed a injen and a aem
aem was 2.5 and injen was shorter and 3.0
difference was...........
wait for it............
almost there.............
1hp
aem was 2.5 and injen was shorter and 3.0
difference was...........
wait for it............
almost there.............
1hp