[2006330iFTW]

Has anyone tryed a intake short ram off ebay for our engines? its about 80 dollars?

[TommyK]

didnt know they had one, do you have a link to the specific one you are looking at?

[iAerodynamic]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-...spagenameZWDVW

im guessing he's talkigna bout that one.. kinda looks like injen one except the cones lot more smaller

[Andrew@ET]

LOL loving that BLOCK of a MAf holder

[canucklion]

try it and let us know. I'm sure at 80 bucks it's quality built...

[E92-Lighting]

Originally Posted by canucklion

try it and let us know. I'm sure at 80 bucks it's quality built...

lol, i wish

[Shazmonkee]

lol good luck. :X

[iAerodynamic]

im just happy iwth my injen !!

[Andrew@ET]

rather have a stock intake than that

[canucklion]

+1

don't be cheap with your mods, either do it right by buying quality products or DON'T do it at all. I don't see the point of buying cheapass shit, you end up with wacked products and waste your money at the end; sort of defeats the purpose of being cheap, no?

Originally Posted by Andrew@EMS

rather have a stock intake than that

[6speedGaren]

Filter is junk dry filter, pipe looks ok. Dont know how thick the piping is, but someone buy this.
Other than filter it looks good

[Ph0zenstone]

yeh if you slap on a K&N filter on this, whats the diff?

[Andrew@ET]

Well things i can think off the top of my head why its not a good idea..

1.You do not know if the maf placement is tuned to the extra airflow could result in loss of hp bad gas mileage and a cel.

2. fitment if it starts rubbing on metal parts in your engine bay not good

But looking at the pics a second time it looks as the piping is tuned right after the filter this could be an exact Replica of a injen intake and i can bet the maf was measured to the same height as well if indeed it is a replica.

[Ph0zenstone]

yeh even the heat sheild is the exact same...whoever manufactured this created an exact replica of the Injen intake

[mike-y]

Many of the eBay products are direct copies of the more expensive stuff. Now there are a lot of products I wouldn't trust getting off eBay, but something like an intake pipe and filter would be fine, and I've used $40 cool air intakes on other cars that were exactly the same as the $180 models, and made the same HP on the dyno. Chances are, it's made in the same chinese factory that makes the namebrand stuff you pay lots of money for.

[MMOTION]

Originally Posted by mike-y

Many of the eBay products are direct copies of the more expensive stuff. Now there are a lot of products I wouldn't trust getting off eBay, but something like an intake pipe and filter would be fine, and I've used $40 cool air intakes on other cars that were exactly the same as the $180 models, and made the same HP on the dyno. Chances are, it's made in the same chinese factory that makes the namebrand stuff you pay lots of money for.

+1

everything and anything is made or replicated in China these days...even my $30K rolex daytona. lol

[zerox_guru]

do it its only 80bucks compare to the more expensive stuff...

[phoenixfire]

i'd like to see if someone has the testicular fortitude to buy this and try it out as sort of a "test dummy". I would.... but car payment first, stupid shit second

[msilvia]

Just pay an extra sum to have quality stuff.

[E92-Lighting]

any takers

[2006330iFTW]

Ive bought intakes from ebay before on my Nissan Maxima and it worked fine no problems for 3 years and still running strong. It was about 30-40 dollars. I can say the filter was good too, lasted almost the full 3 years until it got so dirty i replaced it rather then cleaned it cuz i'm lazy. However i think i'm gonna buy the intake and have a run with it and if anything happens or i'm not satisfied with the product i only paid 80 bucks(Which i can prob get the price down when i email the guy). The quality issue isn't really an issue, the other name brand intakes just have a name that you are paying for because the materials are more or less the same. I don't feel like paying 300-400 dollars for 1 foot of aluminum pipe, heat shield and a cone filter. Don't get me wrong having an "Injen" or "AFE" or w/e is cool cuz u can say u got it but in the end the intakes are the same just have a name behind it. Anyways i posted this cuz i wanted to see if anyone did it before me to check it out first but i guess no one did. I'll do it soon enough and let you guys know. Peace

[E92-Lighting]

Originally Posted by 2006330iFTW

Ive bought intakes from ebay before on my Nissan Maxima and it worked fine no problems for 3 years and still running strong. It was about 30-40 dollars. I can say the filter was good too, lasted almost the full 3 years until it got so dirty i replaced it rather then cleaned it cuz i'm lazy. However i think i'm gonna buy the intake and have a run with it and if anything happens or i'm not satisfied with the product i only paid 80 bucks(Which i can prob get the price down when i email the guy). The quality issue isn't really an issue, the other name brand intakes just have a name that you are paying for because the materials are more or less the same. I don't feel like paying 300-400 dollars for 1 foot of aluminum pipe, heat shield and a cone filter. Don't get me wrong having an "Injen" or "AFE" or w/e is cool cuz u can say u got it but in the end the intakes are the same just have a name behind it. Anyways i posted this cuz i wanted to see if anyone did it before me to check it out first but i guess no one did. I'll do it soon enough and let you guys know. Peace

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