i have an msd dashhawk and with my rrm v2 intake, the intake air temp is only a few degrees over the outside temperature when driving. varies with the temp here but usually no more then a few degrees warmer which is to be expected. that is with the plastic piece taken out, i would recomend just taking it out as i can't see it doing anything left in.

 

actually that plastic piece over the radiator in there also to force air THRU the raditor to help with cooling coolant...yet there are those electric fans if anything..plus i always keep my HUD on the water temp.. on freeway it always drops a notch, especially with it off

 

did anyone get this intake?

 

I have it. Wrote a little review on it back in Nov. Check pages 7 & 8 on this thread.

 

I bought it too!
So far, so good!
And I have one in another car and its been great.
In fact, in the morning, at start, it used to have (the lancer) some sort of lag when u pressed the accel.....it took at least several punches for it to behave normal , but now with the KN intake that is severely cured.

 

Yeah , this guy, brad advised me!!!

 

I'm glad you are liking it. I told u that u wouldn't be dissappointed

 

superlancer80, this how I looked at the intakes before I bought mine.
Fujita sri is a pos
I didn't want a cai because 1st off they seem like more of a pita to install or if u need to take it out for a warranty issue. Also when I talked to the K&N rep before I bought mine, he told me for smaller displacement NA engine like ours, u will see more gains from the sri because the air has to travel a shorter distance to get to the engine which works better in lower power engines. He told me that K&N had developed a cai almost identical to the Injen one and the sri design had better overall power #'s that's why they aren't selling a cai. I haven't heard anything bad about the AEM(except u need battery relocator bracket for CVT) or Injen so u can't go wrong with either of them.
It came down to the RRM sri and the K&N sri. Props to RRM for being the 1st company to make parts for our car but it seems like it always takes them a few versions to get the problems out(header,sri,axle-back exhaust). That made me kind of leary. Also I like the design of the K&N much better, the layout and the heat shield are a much better design. The RRM heat shield barely covers one side of the filter which I would think would do nothing. Also K&N is the world's #1 air filter for years so I would think that out of all the company's intakes, K&N's would out perform and outlast all the others. That's just my 2 cents.

 

Hey brad, quick question - what makes the fujita a pos over the kn?
I installed the fujita and I have to say I love the new note the engine strikes when it's over 2k rpm.
Are there technical differences between the fujita and the kn, or just personal experience? I would be tempted to switch if you've got some hard proof.
Thanks!

 

I've never personally had it on my car but from what my buddy and the bunch of threads on evom say, it has a cel problem that sometimes takes a few weeks or right away comes on but it comes on eventually. They've made 3 versions to correct the cel problems and all 3 still have the cel. I've never heard many good things about it so I'm going by what the majority of posts on here say. If yours does work great and no problems let me know, I was gonna try it when I 1st got my car but with all the negative feedback I've read I just waited for a better one to come out. I don't got hard proof but if u want some search thru the 08+ engine tech section and u will find a bunch of threads on it.

 

Hmmm K&n or Injen with MR...you guys aren't making the decision any easier

 

hey man thanks for letting me know what you think im most likely going to get this then because i am looking for more low end power anyway so it might be better than getting the CAI so thanks for letting me know what you thought of this and im glad you like it and no problems with it

 

I'm undecided between the RRM v2, K&N, Injen cai, and AEM cai. I just want whatever gives me the most power/ torque, and I'm leaning towards the K&N right now. I figure that out of all the companies that make intakes K&N has the most experience and money to test different designs. It looks very similar to the RRM v2 tho and the RRM one is alot cheaper.

 

Oh, damn, check engine light? Eeeuugh... Nothing yet (4 weeks and counting)
It rattled a bit at first, but I tightened it down with mega force, and it's alright now.
I took a mazda 3 off the line today (okay, not much of a brag) and the fujita howled like a banshee. Great fun.

 

I've been comparing dyno graphs (I know its not very reliable or wise to judge a product off of graphs) But from what I can see the AEM intake gives you a better power band whereas the K&N gives you the most peak power. Looks like the AEM starts making power around 2800 rpm's and the K&N doesn't start still around 3100 or so (not that much of a difference) but the 5 Horsepower increase is almost throughout the entire rpm range and the K&N slow builds up to the claimed 6.7 hp at 5100 rpms. AEM doesn't reach peak until 6200 rpms tho.

The torque graph for the AEM intake is insane however. I wish I could see the K&N torque graph but I'm assuming it's probably almost the same. I'm still undecided but I'm leaning towards the AEM just because of the torque graph

edit: From looking at the injen graph that seems to be the most consistent graph, I think I'm gonna go with the injen cai. I was looking forward to the K&N sound tho I love the roar a sri makes