AMS intake on website!!!
A fender mounted filter will not be possible on an SST Evo/RA. The trans is too large to allow the pipe to go down to the fender area and the SST oil cooler is also taking up the space that is normally open on the 5 speed.
I like this intake and I am going to get it I think personally its a better design that's out there now. Also I talked to chris at ams he said that they might make a battery relocate kit for the ra but as eric said it won't work for a true cai, just take a look your self down there no room at all. With this stage two kit you should have 270 to the wheels or darn close to it, and 300 pft.
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Technically its not a cold air intake. The vent it sits under is designed to let heat rise out and escape the engine compartment. When the car is in motion the pressure coming into the engine bay is supposed to force hot air out throught those vents. The " heat shield" is not to avoid heat but to keep the idle smooth when the radiator fan kicks on. I believe they had the same issue with the evo.
What we really need is a battery relocation kit ( to the trunk ) to allow an engineered cold air intake to reach the actuall front of the car with a properly designed MAF sensor so you dont have to get it tuned for fear of runing too lean. The added bonus is that you could still get it tuned and yeild greater gains if desired later on. Could you imagine if you had to get some warranty work and they updated or reflashed the car while you had the AMS intake on? It would run horrible and the dealer would probably be thinking there are other problems with the car. They might even deny warranty work considering that the intake you installed is causing issues without a ( warranty voiding ) tune. Meanwhile you know that you are possibly damaging the engine while driving away in addition to the time you will lose when sending your ecu back out to get the tune reflashed back on. You could take the intake off before you went to the dealer but then again, you have to get it reflashed back to stock before you go. All this wouldnt be a problem if AMS used ECUFlash and the let the owner of the car switch maps as needed.
I believe that overall the AMS intake might produce the highest gains being that it has to be tuned. The piping diameter is larger than the stock tune can adjust for, hence the reason for the tune. I am only assuming when I say this but perhaps it lets in more air than an intake designed to work with the stock system?
The cost of the intake is expensive when you consider you have to purchase the mini battery and get the tune in order for this to work.
Is there a dyno out there that shows the gains on this package purchase? ( intake, battery and tune with boost pill )
What we really need is a battery relocation kit ( to the trunk ) to allow an engineered cold air intake to reach the actuall front of the car with a properly designed MAF sensor so you dont have to get it tuned for fear of runing too lean. The added bonus is that you could still get it tuned and yeild greater gains if desired later on. Could you imagine if you had to get some warranty work and they updated or reflashed the car while you had the AMS intake on? It would run horrible and the dealer would probably be thinking there are other problems with the car. They might even deny warranty work considering that the intake you installed is causing issues without a ( warranty voiding ) tune. Meanwhile you know that you are possibly damaging the engine while driving away in addition to the time you will lose when sending your ecu back out to get the tune reflashed back on. You could take the intake off before you went to the dealer but then again, you have to get it reflashed back to stock before you go. All this wouldnt be a problem if AMS used ECUFlash and the let the owner of the car switch maps as needed.
I believe that overall the AMS intake might produce the highest gains being that it has to be tuned. The piping diameter is larger than the stock tune can adjust for, hence the reason for the tune. I am only assuming when I say this but perhaps it lets in more air than an intake designed to work with the stock system?
The cost of the intake is expensive when you consider you have to purchase the mini battery and get the tune in order for this to work.
Is there a dyno out there that shows the gains on this package purchase? ( intake, battery and tune with boost pill )
If you look under the hood you"ll notive that 2 of the vents are functional. The one in the center does cool the engin, but the right front one is a ram air type that feeds into the stock air box. When they install the intake, the cone is still under that vent thus it receives cold air.
