Just Got AFE Intake

SP335 · 08-20-2008, 08:04 PM

Dont be stupid. Take it out

Flat Out 32 · 08-20-2008, 09:15 PM

I ordered the oiled setup but do these filter come pre-oiled? I just got mine and they seem kinda dry.

shiggy · 08-21-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by SP335

Dont be stupid. Take it out

lawdude · 08-21-2008, 02:11 AM

Pre-oiled.

Bubbles · 08-21-2008, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. 5

Awesome.
Did you go with the dry or the oiled?
Hopefully my little research helped you with your decision.

Installation really is easy. I installed it in the parking lot 2 minutes after I got it.

lawdude strikes me as the lubricated type.

lawdude · 08-21-2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

lawdude strikes me as the lubricated type.

Not the Bubbles-type well-oiled machine, but slick enough.

hun77777 · 08-21-2008, 03:14 AM

so how much was the bill? can you also send me a link to it for $319?

Former_Boosted_IS · 08-21-2008, 04:08 AM

Not to be difficult, but we have not seen a single dyno yet that shows more gains than the dual cones and this cost 3 times the price. Maybe I missed a dyno showing more power than the standard dual cones.

Klepper1 · 08-21-2008, 02:36 PM

I am still curious as to why the aFe setup is any better than regular dual cones as well. I posted this in another thread, but didn't get many comments:

"Here is what I don't understand about the aFe intake vs. dual cones:

The aFe intake has a heat shield, but is not sealed to the snorkel like the stock airbox. Since there is no seal, why would any air travel into the snorkel and blow on the aFe filters? Without scoops on the front of the car forcing air into the snorkel, why would any air travel that way? Wouldn't the aFe filters just suck air from the surrounding zone, which is open to the drivers side of the engine bay? Surely its an easier path for the air to just come from the drivers side of the engine bay than all the way up the snorkel? It seems like the source of air for the aFe filters is going to be exactly the same as the source for regular dual cones.

I really want to be wrong about this, because I love the look of the aFe intake. But the engineer in me can't see how they would perform any different at all from regular dual cones. The fact that the snorkel is there pointing at the filters does not mean that is where the air is going to come from. The intake air is going to come from the path of least resistance, which looks like the drivers side of the engine bay."

rubber_ducky · 08-21-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Klepper1

I am still curious as to why the aFe setup is any better than regular dual cones as well. I posted this in another thread, but didn't get many comments... blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

The engineer in me agrees with the engineer in you... that something like the RPI intakes thing-a-ma-jig will help this work exponentially better.

The stock airbox "sucks" presumably cold (or ambient temp) air from the front of the car by way of the whole sealed system. Because the aFe system isn't sealed, it'll likely be starved of incoming air and probably suck hot air in from the engine bay. So pairing this with a ram-air type product is the best way to keep that from happening.

RMA · 08-21-2008, 03:55 PM

I wonder how a oiled AFE would be with my current SSTT? Or should I just get a SE drop in panel filter???

Ramos · 08-21-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RMA

I wonder how a oiled AFE would be with my current SSTT? Or should I just get a SE drop in panel filter???

I am in the same boat, and seriously considering upgrading to Jb3 along with this intake

NRG · 08-21-2008, 08:14 PM

Congrads, I got mine as well (the dry version) along with swoop scoops. Perfect intake combo imo! Can't wait to install them, after I'll resolve my FP issue.

Kit523 · 08-21-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hun77777

so how much was the bill? can you also send me a link to it for $319?

u can pm james@modbargin
they can price match it.!

phattbam · 08-21-2008, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lawdude

BTW, those three rubber mounts I disconnected from the OEM box (step 4) have nothing to connect to on the AFE box. Should I put a tie around them or let 'em flop around?

Mine did, check again there should be some mounting spots for it.

Bubbles · 08-22-2008, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by lawdude

Not the Bubbles-type well-oiled machine, but slick enough.

Slick indeed.

hun77777 · 08-22-2008, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kit523

u can pm james@modbargin
they can price match it.!

they can only price match with proof.. wtf?

why one will go buy from them if they can just order from themselves for the same price...? it's not that they will beat the price by $10 or anything...

mJ335 · 08-27-2008, 11:05 PM

Just go to trinityautosport.com and follow instructions.. you'll get it for that price

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hun77777 Brigadier General 198 Rep 4,647 Posts Drives: SG E92 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle WA iTrader: (58)	so how much was the bill? can you also send me a link to it for $319?
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Former_Boosted_IS Major General 307 Rep 5,175 Posts Drives: 4 Wheels Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Planet Earth! iTrader: (15)	Not to be difficult, but we have not seen a single dyno yet that shows more gains than the dual cones and this cost 3 times the price. Maybe I missed a dyno showing more power than the standard dual cones.
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Klepper1 Lieutenant 29 Rep 548 Posts Drives: 2011 1M Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston, Texas iTrader: (7)	I am still curious as to why the aFe setup is any better than regular dual cones as well. I posted this in another thread, but didn't get many comments: "Here is what I don't understand about the aFe intake vs. dual cones: The aFe intake has a heat shield, but is not sealed to the snorkel like the stock airbox. Since there is no seal, why would any air travel into the snorkel and blow on the aFe filters? Without scoops on the front of the car forcing air into the snorkel, why would any air travel that way? Wouldn't the aFe filters just suck air from the surrounding zone, which is open to the drivers side of the engine bay? Surely its an easier path for the air to just come from the drivers side of the engine bay than all the way up the snorkel? It seems like the source of air for the aFe filters is going to be exactly the same as the source for regular dual cones. I really want to be wrong about this, because I love the look of the aFe intake. But the engineer in me can't see how they would perform any different at all from regular dual cones. The fact that the snorkel is there pointing at the filters does not mean that is where the air is going to come from. The intake air is going to come from the path of least resistance, which looks like the drivers side of the engine bay."
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