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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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i will dyno it but hopefully i get it next week wish i could get it this weekend
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mdiluxe
I hope someone dynos descendants intake since they won't .
Seriously? That really makes me wonder. So curious to have someone get pics of the inside of the tube for them, heck for all of the intakes thus far.
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 07:58 PM
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Inside of the injen there is a small tube and in descendants it is pure piping. No MAF manipulation. It also has a larger filter. I'm glad I switched over to it from the injen!
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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just ordered my descendant. hey papa bear i live in tx when will i get my intake will there be a chance i get it saturday?
Old Jun 2, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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Hey Papa_Bear do you happen to still have any of your dyno results from the Injen on your tC? I'm getting dates setup to run mine for baseline stock with A/F then later on with the Injen in either SRI or CAI just to see 'true' numbers. If you've already run it and have the results I'd LOVE to add it to my thread on intakes.
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Ok, so just got the Injen, I was a bit confused when i looked at the tube near the MAF...



So, what exactly does this tube do? It looks like it is just something in there to disrupt the air flow? It looks like the tube is the same diameter all the way through, if it was smaller on the TB side I could see it compressing the air and making it seem like air is moving faster than the rest of the intake tube...

Someone explain this to me. I'm not being a ____ I'm really wanting to know the details behind this.

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:53 AM
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got my descendant CIA today all i gotta say is wow loving this intake i short rammed it. i can hear a little whistle this intake is great.
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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I ordered mine friday. hopefully it will get here at the end of the week. cant wait!!!!!!!!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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@jerm you will love this intake
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:09 AM
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DC Sports filter?
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:12 AM
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yea it came with a DC Sports Filter
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Steven7Ray
@jerm you will love this intake
Im sure I will!

Hmmmmmm Thats wierd because it says it comes with an AEM dry flow cone filter. I dont know the quality of the DC sports filter.
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The DC Sports filters are just K&N. Maybe an oiled filter? Dunno...
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:52 AM
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I hope it's not oiled
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:55 AM
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Steven is it a dry or oiled filter.
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 02:26 AM
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Also, since you have it setup in a SRI, may be easy enough to remove the filter itself, can you snap a photo of the inside of the tube so I can post it up on my intake thread, that way folks can see the difference between this one and the Injen and Weapon R setups?
Old Jun 8, 2011 | 07:58 AM
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wait, so it's like the injen intake where you can make change from CAI-SRI ,vice versa?
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Injen is setup that way. If you buy SP2117 you can remove the CAI portion and place the filter on the SRI tube. I'm only seeing the one photo on the web of a disassembled Descendant CAI, but it looks like it doesn't have the side braces for the SRI the way the Injen does? So that SRI on Steven7Ray's tC, if the tube is only attached via the TB and PCV hose, it may very well be flopping around in there?



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