ok so ive shearched te hell out of tihs topic and its only led to more questions than ansures because of all the incomplete posts. so please only relevent information only i just need ansures thanks. so tis the usall CAI RAI questions so dont flame. Ive searched the past 2 days and i only have a lot of questions and no ansures.
little back ground info. i have an 06 xA 5M.
1. which intake makes most power.
2. if i install teh AEM intake my self dose it void my arentee
3. is the dealer such a butt that theyll void my warntee if i install anything but the ___ aem.
4.do they hurt my cars reliability at all. and which one is the "safest" to have on my car. this car is my daily driver and will see 100K f rom my i want it to be as reliable as stock if possible.
5. if i take it in to do warntee work should i just put the stock intake on. and is there any way for them to know ive put on a aftermarket one and went back to stock?
6. which ones fit the 06 xA ive heard alot dont because of a diffrent MAF and MAP.

thanks for all the help

 

1st no if you put on the cai your self it will not void warnty.
i think you should get about the same amount of power as i did in the box about 8whp
their is a blitz box that is just like the factory air box but open on the bottom their was a post on it here some where


hope this helps

 

so your saying th eAEM one makes as much as the K&N and injen ones?

 

according to the aem web site it dose. i noticed the differance once i put in the aem over the stock box much better that stock. i had a k&n filter on a car in the past and noticed the improvement as much as the cai. and any dealer is going to say that the mod you did on the cars is going to void the warrenty they are just di*k's like that

 

so when i take it in for work i should re install the stock one so they cant give me ____? and let me know if im wrong but your saying that the injen k&n and AEM all make the same amount of power and that power is very noticable over stock?

 

basically all intakes produce the same amount to within maybe 1hp. I personally like the style of the K&N because it has almost no bends and simply drops down to suck up all the good air. I still dont know much about having the 03-05 intakes in an 06+... I wouldn't worry about the dealer _____ing too much unless you do screw something when you put it on, otherwise as long as unrelated problems occur they have nothing to hold against you.

 

The numbers may differ, but there is no argument the less bends the better, and the injen/K&N have very few while the AEM has nearly 5. Plus, differing reports of quality lead me to believe it isn't a worthy product, especially for such a price.

 

so the injen is proably my best bet then for th e06 xA? and dose it mess up my MAF because the pcv discharge is before it

 

oh and how muhc louder than stock are they below 3K rpm's

 

There is a very noticable increase in the sound belo 3k... to me, it gives some sound right where it is needed....

 

damn kuz im tryin to keep tihs a sleeper when im not running it out i dont wana attract attention. is it alot louder or just a lil? or is it close to the same noise but a better pitch?

 

It is deeper...some louder, but not too loud... It's kinda hard to describe...but it's just the right pitch.

 

i tink im gonna get the injen. is there like a filter on the pcv return line kuz im worried about the MAF

 

the injen is produces more hp