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TheDeanMachine 04-27-2014 01:09 AM

Cold air or Short ram intake? Need advice
 
Hi everyone, i was looking into getting an intake system for my stock 2012 Scion XB. Its manual and im not sure what brands/type of intake would be the best for my intentions. Should i get a short ram or full intake? what brands are good and would still be under $300 or so? do i even need to spend that much? Any advise/tips/recommendations would be greatly appreciated :icon_biggrin:

autobotguy 04-27-2014 02:08 AM

Why not just get one of these??? http://www.ebay.com/itm/08-12-SCION-...411f87&vxp=mtr
Its a Cold air intake, but if you want to switch to short-ram, just remove the bumper extension pipe and mount the filter to the first pipe. I have a similar ebay CAI and it works perfectly. No reason to blow $300 on something that will do no better than a sub $100 kit.

TheDeanMachine 04-27-2014 05:18 AM

sweet, thanks for the reply!!!! i was looking at a similar one http://www.protuninglab.com/08scxb24...id=18283950120

its obviously a little more expensive but i noticed the filter was a little bigger. do you you think it really matters? and also it says adds HP and TQ. is it true or is it just some bs??

DragonfireSci14 04-27-2014 10:26 AM

Man I made a ram air intake from filter and tube from pepboys for 30 bucks and it works better than my buddy's k&n set up lol. Best part is since my filter is up high and the tube only goes through the front of the filter, I have no problems driving in sun or heavy rain. Good luck

autobotguy 04-27-2014 05:09 PM


Originally Posted by TheDeanMachine (Post 4149047)
sweet, thanks for the reply!!!! i was looking at a similar one http://www.protuninglab.com/08scxb24...id=18283950120

its obviously a little more expensive but i noticed the filter was a little bigger. do you you think it really matters? and also it says adds HP and TQ. is it true or is it just some bs??

That looks exactly like the k2motors CAI kit that I have. Same filter too, it will work perfectly.

TheDeanMachine 04-27-2014 06:01 PM

nice! thanks for the help AutoBotGuy. Just ordered it

elwaylite 04-28-2014 11:39 AM

Ive had stock, TRD, weapon r short ram and now an AEM. I liked the AEM and TRD best.. Short ram was up in too much hot air IMO. CAI isnt as easy to service though...


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