Ebay cold air kits?
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 22,185
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From: NJ
Thats just a filter kit without the Corvette tax. If one of the supporting vendors were selling them for $175 people would like them better.
Most "CAI's" don't give any power, the stocker flows adequate as it is.
Most "CAI's" don't give any power, the stocker flows adequate as it is.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,564
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From: Brookfield Wisconsin
Cheaper just to buy a K+N instead of that cold air POS that sucks hot air from the engine area.
True Cold Air kits suck air from outside your engine compartment area, that tube and filters just suck the same hot air that is near your engine.
True Cold Air kits suck air from outside your engine compartment area, that tube and filters just suck the same hot air that is near your engine.
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 186
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From: Lake Tahoe Nevada
My concern isn't with the piping (piping is Piping) it would be with the filter element. Weather or not the diameter of the pipe is correct for the corvette is one thing, but the quality of the filter is nothing to look past. I wouldnt run anything that was not tested and proven with a big name in our industry..
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 8,847
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From: Longview Texas
Just save the $68 and stay with the stock air filter element. Any filter that is less restrictive, will also be allowing more dirt to pass through.
How much does and engine rebuild cost?
How much does and engine rebuild cost?
Racer
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Corona CA - "An Armed Society is a Polite Scociety"
I say go for it. If you don't like it you can go back to stock and I didn't cost you an ame or a leg.
GTO Murder.....GUILTY!!
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Omaha Ne
Those thing aren't any more a cold-air kit than your stock setup; to get the advantage of better air, you need something like VaraRam, Callaway Honker, or Hurricane that draws air from outside the engine bay.
I've had stock airbox, Z06 airbox & Blackwing. All were about the same in 1/4 mile runs. Switched to Callaway Honker, 1/4 mile runs improved, both ET and mph.
It's not so much about getting more air, it's about getting better air. PCM pulls timing when Intake Air Temp goes up.
I've had stock airbox, Z06 airbox & Blackwing. All were about the same in 1/4 mile runs. Switched to Callaway Honker, 1/4 mile runs improved, both ET and mph.
It's not so much about getting more air, it's about getting better air. PCM pulls timing when Intake Air Temp goes up.
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