Okay I'm sick of researching this, I want to settle it once and for all. Here's my proposed plan :

I'm in the DFW area, let's get a bunch of local Z's in the area together with different intakes, ram air, cold air, whatever, and all meet at a shop with a dyno, then run them on the same car, one after the other, and get good data on each intake and see which one makes the best hp. For the sole purpose of this shootout, I just bought a cheapo $40 Ebay intake that can be cold air or ram air, and we can throw that into the mix with K&N, Injen, JWT, AEM, ARC, Stillen, etc. So come on people, anyone want to join in? (I bought the ebay one for the sake of comparison, at the end of this test I'm gonna buy whichever one puts out the most hp, thats how I'll decide)

 

This is a great post for a local forum. It sounds like a good idea for a shoot-out, but how do you intend to run all the intakes on the same car? Installation for each can take 1.5 hours.

 

then i guess it will be a loooong day

and i havent installed an intake on the Z, but it only took me about 30 minutes on my M3... what is so different about the Z?

 

With several intakes, you have to:

1. Get under the front of the car and remove the splash pan
2. Install stuff.
3. Reinstall splash pan.

 

well do we have to keep reinstalling and uninstalling the splash pan?

 

ugh...
if u have to clean the filter

 

I'm sure this will be interesting, im in the garland area so im up for this...all i have on the intake side, is a JWT popcharger and the MD 1/2" spacer...

 

I hope you have a good rate on a dyno to run that many diff intakes. Don't forget that the ambient temp will effect your HP gains also which I am sure it will change throughout the day so the test will be flawed right off the bat. Also with intakes such as the Injen and K&N they will not get justice on a dyno (a fan is just not the same as driving).

Just my .02 cents

 

Good luck, my prediction AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN

 

intake doesnt really gain much
its for the sound, the mind and the mod list

 

i'll be in the area from nov 22-27 for thanksgiving to visit my family. Ive got a JWT popcharger....maybe itll give me time to clean it and oil it lemme know whats going on

 

Is it really that big of a deal? They all consist of a pipe and a filter. They cant be that much different besides the the cold air being underneath the bumper instead of where nissan designed the air flow to come in. On a civic, yes better HP. Our car is designed a hell of a lot differently than a civic. Get a plenum if you want hp