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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Found this intake on ebay made by Simota...I've heard of the company once or twice before. I'm debating between this intake and the K&N Typhoon system...I really like the look of the Simota but i just don't know how reputable the company is, I don't want to cheese up my Z but it looks awesome and Simota's website seems put together well so I don't think its a fly-by-night company. Anyone know anything about this intake? Any advice would be greatly appreciated...There is a link to the picture and info below..TIA

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...ayphotohosting
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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this is something I'd only get if I had a major hard on for carbon fiber, otherwise wouldn't bother
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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$45 for shipping!? wow.
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tonywenzel
$45 for shipping!? wow.
Yeah, it's coming from Singapore I believe.
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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Looks nice. At least there are no uber bogus power gain claims on this one.
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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Looks VERY nice IMO It does look like a smart design if you are going for a short ram system, this should take minimal hot engine bay air (like the stock filter )

Though i dont think it would do as much gain as the K&N or Injen due to the stock MAF tunnel (which is narrower then the rest of the piping), though this gain would be very minimal i guess.

Is the carbon piping from the manifold to the MAF included?

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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Roggan
Looks VERY nice IMO It does look like a smart design if you are going for a short ram system, this should take minimal hot engine bay air (like the stock filter )

Though i dont think it would do as much gain as the K&N or Injen due to the stock MAF tunnel (which is narrower then the rest of the piping), though this gain would be very minimal i guess.

Is the carbon piping from the manifold to the MAF included?

/Roger
Yes...the intake piping is carbon fiber along with the filter cover from what I understand...thanks for the help, I'm debating between this and the AEM intake. The Simota looks cool, but if its so good like they say it is why has no one ever heard of it, that's what makes me a little leary.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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search for simota on the forums, i have their cai. i posted some pics for another member. the pics are still up.

the cai i bought was like 130 shipped. it resembles the injen intake but at half the price. sounds good too.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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we just got a catalog from this company with their products - some of their items look really nice might be worth a try - one thing we did note that was kind of strange is their dyno graph for their CF intake system on a 350z actually showed the engine making more power with the stock setup over their CF setup
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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[QUOTE=fireballtaft]if its so good like they say it is why has no one ever heard of itQUOTE]
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