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CT Engineering intake VS. K&N fipk intake

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Old 04-24-2012, 02:26 AM
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Owned an AEM v2 CAI before my K&N (had a couple of scares during rainy days in SoCal ). IMHO, however, K&N is best satisfaction-for-buck (if that makes sense to you, lol). Really excited to see how it sounds with my Mugen Duals arriving tomorrow
Old 04-24-2012, 04:11 AM
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icebox all the way
Old 04-24-2012, 04:43 AM
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I have the K&N with aut cooling plate works great. Bang for the buck it is great. By the way buy the K&N kit for the ap2 check for the correct years, there is no drilling required. Straight bolt on and works great.


Old 04-24-2012, 06:31 AM
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CT-E looks better, does cost more, its fully enclosed and so prone to less heat soak. I have run it in the past and it sounds great.

The K&N is bang for the buck, it seemed louder than the ct-e maybe becuase the filter is exposed. Could be just me. But, I took it off as well.

Now I run a PRM jetstream with a AUT cooling plate and it seems to do the job well. I am not too concerned about heat soak - I jet-hot coated the Ricks header, the OEM heatshields that bolts to the header, the heat shield by the battery and also installed a moddiction engine heatshield (which I will jet hot later). I run the car hard and have touched the PRM tube and its mildly warm. I also have a K&N heatshield bucket laying around to modify for use with the PRM, but I am too busy to get time to make it work.
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Thanks guys ! Still debating but will decide by this weekend on which one to go with ! Keep it coming with info !
Really appreciate it
Old 04-24-2012, 11:30 AM
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Get the CT and call it a day. You won't be disappointed!
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I have the K&N and kinda wish I would have just left it stock. In fact, I might just put the stock one back on this weekend.
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Originally Posted by GravyRobber
I have the K&N and kinda wish I would have just left it stock. In fact, I might just put the stock one back on this weekend.
Why do you feel this way?
Old 04-24-2012, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by S2k007
Originally Posted by GravyRobber' timestamp='1335301238' post='21639280
I have the K&N and kinda wish I would have just left it stock. In fact, I might just put the stock one back on this weekend.
Why do you feel this way?
Yes, please tell us why you feel this way?
Old 04-24-2012, 02:49 PM
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It looks like CT Engineering is the favorite 10 to 8. but it's about $155 difference. Still can't decide , anyone have sound clips ? youtube doesn't seem to have many good ones available.


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