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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 02:19 PM
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Do the aftermarket air intakes really work? Are the results showing increased HP controlled by the operator of the dyno? Why wouldn't GM use the best design as a stock item? How could using an inferior design help their product? Just curious as I believe the GM airbox and filter really are very good. Would a K&N or Airaid filter only really do anything at all?
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Why wouldn't GM use the best design as a stock item?
Noise, and water intake

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Just found a link to a test done on SmokinVettes and this claims the stock
GM LS-9 filter is the best. Seems to me that if it were better for cheap money than GM would do it stock.
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If you go aftermarket make sure it is a true cold air intake (ie:callaway,lpe,vararam,halltech,ect). They need to pull air from outside the engine bay.
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I M going with an LS-9 filter. I believe the results.
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