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Nice work mate, well done.

Did you notice any real difference in power? I hear it makes very little power increase, and it's mostly just a better sound.

Wanted to do the same, but didn't think forking out $500 for a long ram cold air intake kit was worth it, would like to hear your opinion.

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Ive seen this mod very popular over on the g35 driver forums. I always had the feeling that having the pods in front of the intake could cause some over heating issues as it blocked air flow as well as stole air the radiator would usually receive. But then again im still a newbie when it comes to these things as I have not seen anyone post problems about heating issues.

Nice work looks very clean, anyways my 2c

BTW not sure if you have any but im pretty sure this mod voids all engine warranty + if you have an at fault accident and have not declared this mod to insurance they can void your claim. Although I have not herd an insurance company void a claim due to a pod modification but when looking at this mod it does look significant in the eyes of an insurer assessor.

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Took it for a run today, feels heaps more responcsive. Induction noise hasn't changed that much. By the way I didn't buy a kit I made it from scratch :D

Cool, make me one then :P

I had a quote from Stillen in the States for their Stage 3 CAI kit, item is around $US500, but freight from there is $US320. I laughed and never bothered with it after they told me that. I wonder if the ones off eBay are any good, kind of a bit sceptical with anything there in general...

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The Stillen ones aren't that badly priced, To make these, a couple of K&N filters $160, couple of turbosmart 45's $60, couple of turbosmart 70-76 reducers $60, couple of turbosmart 76mm joiners $50, turbosmart clamps $70, couple of 76mm S/S 90dg bends $70, S/S tube & F/B $30. There's $500 just in parts without paint!

Then machine a couple of MAF adaptors, tig gas & wire plus labour nearly 8-9hrs.

So at my labour rate your looking at close to $1000!! Scary a!

I just do it because I enjoy making stuff.

So yeah, the Stillen ones aren't that bad after all :(

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  • 1 year later...

Theres a thread over on G35driver where a guy put a bunch of CAI's on a dyno with no observable performance improvement, from memory in fact he got the best result from K&N drop in filters.

Having said that, awesome mod btw, looks great, wish I had the skills to fabricate something like that

I am not a fan of the Stillen intake cos you have to cut and modify the penetration from the engine bay. When I buy my CAI wich I probably still will, I'll go with Injen or Tanabe which don't require any cutting

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I went with the SRI from R2C in the US. Couldn't be happier. Easy to install, black nickel looks great and it gives an awesome intake growl. Don't think that it adds any hp, not enough to notice anyway but if you want extra hp go with forced induction.

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Guys, there aint nothing beat Injen with MR tech and K&N Typhoon. Tried myself the Injen, never regret. I ordered from the states bout ~320ish, fitted extra $50 (coz i didnt have my tool set Y_Y)...much more responsive, increase fuel consumption (only if u drive normal and not tempted of the tiptronic features lol )

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I cant comment on outcome as didnt end up fitting mine, however when I was researching many forums favoured the stillen intake which is backed by testing and proven hp gains. Yes the larger hole is a pain, but they would have provided larger intake pipes for a reason.

I may be wrong but given stillens long lasting relationship with nissan, you would think their gear is very reputable.

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I agree that you would have to think the relationship must stand for something, and I have read in most places that the Gen 3 stillen intake is the go, but the Greddy and takeda intakes are so dam similar to it that im not sure if it would make a difference which one you get lol

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