Recommended air intake for supercharger

[SpeedySolara]

In about a month I'm going to be at 6 psi and I'm dwelling on my changing intake setup since I'll be pushing that much more air into the motor. My question is which air intake will be the best for my setup; cp-e (tuneable and non-tuneable), injen, obx, oem box with k&n filter, etc.? I'm open to hear all options as long as I get the most power output safely without CEL's. So let the recommendations begin...

[Dawgz]

Since you already have the Neo, the Injen intake should be good.


There's someone sell'n an Injen for 80 right now...

http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=45769



If you want, you can go with the CPE.

[akora12]

If you already have a SAFC, I would recommend not messing with cp-e. The cp-e really needs it's own tuneable box to run correctly at 6psi. I'd do an injen with an extension. In all honestly, you won't loose much hp by keeping the stock intake with a nice filter.

[trd4life]

"The cp-e really needs it's own tuneable box to run correctly at 6psi"



No it doesn't, all you need is an SAFC if you have the non tuneable.

[akora12]

^Have you ever tried to make them both work? I have, and it would have taken hours on the dyno to sort through. The cp-e MAFCi has way many more tuning points than the SAFC, and also provides an out-of-the-box map to run the larger intake. Unless you have time to burn and a lot of patience, stick with something that's easier to tune with.

[CamryOnBronze]

They're all pipes with filters on the end if you ask me (I can hear midias charging in right now ) I would rock the injen.

[Chinky420]

since it's forced induction, wouldn't it not matter unless we're talking about fabricating a cold air extension into the bumper for cooler/denser air?

because between the injen and the cp-e, i doubt the difference in flow is so great that it has a huge impact on boost (at least at 6psi).

which makes an argument for keeping the stock airsetup, since it's virtually a cold air setup (and the psi is still close enough to factory trd settings, where they ran it on a factory airbox too).

i'm not s/c'd but am wanting to learn, and am trying to see if my reasoning is sound, or if i need learn a whole lot more before opening my mouth...

[trd4life]

Hmm thats weird it took me 10 minutes to dial in a CPE non tuneable intake on a s/c 7psi solara using an SAFC2

[CamryOnBronze]

I would honestly say the only difference an intake is going to make is sound over the stock airbox. I don't know that for a fact, but I would imagine it is pretty close to true.

[jetbtkng]

i bought dougs injen intake for my black lara, i dynoed it with stock air box, after i put the obx headers and exhaust on, i put the injen on 2 weeks ago, and theres a hp difference, im going back to dyno it again with the injen and will post #'s, but as soon as i put it on i felt a difference................

[Midias]

I think a long time ago when under pressure was around someone tuned a CAI at about 15whp over the stock box.

[jetbtkng]

ya the stock box sux, piece of crap..............

[SpeedySolara]

I would honestly say the only difference an intake is going to make is sound over the stock airbox. I don't know that for a fact, but I would imagine it is pretty close to true.

If this is so then I'll keep my stock intake box with the K&N filter especially because I hate noise. The less noise the better! On the flipside if my car will benefit from a cold air intake then a little intake noise wont bother me as much as a loud exhaust. Just throwing it out there, I have a NEO if this helps in tuneable/non-tuneable intakes. Alright guys, just keep the input coming, I really appreciate all your help, opinions, and knowledge on the subject.

[D-money]

ya the stock box sux, piece of crap..............

X2 very restrictive for the purpose of reducing noise

[CamryOnBronze]

I would honestly say the only difference an intake is going to make is sound over the stock airbox. I don't know that for a fact, but I would imagine it is pretty close to true.

If this is so then I'll keep my stock intake box with the K&N filter especially because I hate noise. The less noise the better! On the flipside if my car will benefit from a cold air intake then a little intake noise wont bother me as much as a loud exhaust. Just throwing it out there, I have a NEO if this helps in tuneable/non-tuneable intakes. Alright guys, just keep the input coming, I really appreciate all your help, opinions, and knowledge on the subject.

It is for sure a lot louder with a short ram or cai than with the stock box- the whine is very quiet on the stock airbox. I can't see a 15whp gain from an intake personally, but maybe. I guess I just don't really ever feel much increase from performance mods like intake and exhaust- after you feel what forced induction vs n/a does, small mods like that didnt seem to make much difference to me.

If you want it to be quiet, keep the stock airbox. The gains will be pretty negligible if you ask me. I also don't think you would make more power on a dyno with a short ram vs a cold air intake since the car is not actually moving (to suck in cold air). With all of the air being pushed into the supercharger anyway, my shop and myself didn't see a lot of potential for gain.

The bottom line is this: Until someone does a set of dyno runs on the same dyno on the same day with different mods on and off the car, we truly aren't going to know the difference that these mods make. We can speculate all day, but that is what it would really take.