APS cold air intake review.........

[CACalomino]

Well I called up brainstorm today to see about getting a adapter for my defi guages installed and wile I was there rashaun ( cant spell please forgive) and he showed me the APS coldair intake I was impressed and like the oem quality craftsmanship. I was in a good mood so I burned a whole in my wallet and baught and had it installed.

before I go into how it performed I would just like to say thanks to rashaun and the staff at brainstorm. They new what they were talking about and were real friendly and down to earth. I plan on using them for my EVO aftermarket needs.

Well I started off by warming up the car I took off from the shop and noticed no real big gain in normal driving. I got to a open road and hit the gas and boy was I suprised at the sound I sware the turbo was infront of my face it sucks hard and loud (like a porn star sucking a golf ball threw a garden hose) tssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss and when boost came on it got a tad louder but boy did the car pull like a frieght train from about 4K -7K the car improved drasticly not to many real dead spots. I was verry impressed and happy with my purchase. Oh and if u like the BOV sound this intake will make u realy happy it eckos in the bumper and scares people left and right scared my buddy on the freeway in his Z :lol:

All in all this intake is expensive at 450 with replacement resovoir but well worth it and a great fit and great performance.



-chris

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[howiEVO8]

what are defi gauges?

[CACalomino]

they make some of the best guages for your car like boost oil temp etc

[ItsStockOfficer]

450 dollars. Oh my fucking God. I would fucking shoot myself first.

[kaisho99]

450 dollars. Oh my fucking God. I would fucking shoot myself first.

C'mon, It's not that crazy. Think about it. A normal aftermarket intake is 200-300 and with this particular one you have to replace the spayer resevoir so that's another part they had to produce special. And a shop installed it (little bit of labor). PLUS that intake is the only one sucking air from someplace other than the hot engine bay (i.e. cold air flowing from under the car).

If ya got the extra bones, I say go for it! Nice mod CACalamino would love to see some pics.

[howiEVO8]

will i need a small battery kit?

[kaisho99]

will i need a small battery kit?

I don't believe the battery is impacted.

[ItsStockOfficer]

You won't need a small battery kit. You WILL need 450 dollars. I honestly made my intake from ABS piping....from Home Depot....for 25 dollars and the price of a filter. Not saying I recomend this on YOUR cars, but there have to be more cost effective solutions.


For your entertainment. The 25 dollar intake good enough for mid 11's ;)

http://www.sddsm.org/pages/cars/tony/tony-images/intaketop.jpg

http://www.sddsm.org/pages/cars/tony/tony-images/intakefilter.jpg

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[howiEVO8]

i've read somewhere that cold air intakes for our evos isn't a very good idea if you live in rainy areas...where you can potential run over a mud puddle....haha...*chuck chuck choke* = x

[leaveit2bevo]

I am going in some time this week to get mine, Chris stole my idea about the intake!!!! lol jp chris. The reason its so expensive is the new resovior costs 150.

[CACalomino]

As far as rain goes I asked the same ? and looked at the car on the lift many times in all directions and I dont see how it would realy get to wet mabe a mist from the front bumper hole but if u have a front plate thats not a issue the only other place is the fender lining it has two little vents but they are faced down so water form tires will not get up there I would not worry about it in SOCAL how often do we get monsoons

[ItsStockOfficer]

First of all, if you have a K&N filter, the water clog the filter and the car turns off before you hydrolock, so you just get stuck on the side of the road until you can pull the filter off and shake it out....thats a very good thing...

Second, its not hard to stop your intake from getting water, and a little mist has never hurt an engine...submerging is the danger.

[Chris in SD]

Make sure you use some sort of water bypass valve. A local guy (here in VA) went through a big puddle with no bypass valve and seized up his 500 whp turbo H22 Prelude (I saw it on the dyno - HOLY SHIT). All because he didn't want to spend $20 on the bypass valve. Do yourselves a favor guys!

[CACalomino]

pic added

[AD_LIB]

does this unit come with a hard pipe to the turbo inlet or do you have to purchase that separate as well?

[CACalomino]

the tube from the turbo to the MAF sesor is stolk the intake starts on the right hand side of the Maf sensor and then goes down in the bumper where the stolk water resovoir was and the black tank on top in the pic is the new water tank for the IC spray.

[EVO Neil]

Any before and after dyno numbers?

[EVO Neil]

Any before and after dyno numbers?

[leaveit2bevo]

I think without tunning the cai really isnt that much more hp but the sound is crazy. Im getting the aps piggyback soon which is pre-tuned for the cai that should show some real hp.

[GokuSSJ4]

Make sure you use some sort of water bypass valve. A local guy (here in VA) went through a big puddle with no bypass valve and seized up his 500 whp turbo H22 Prelude (I saw it on the dyno - HOLY SHIT). All because he didn't want to spend $20 on the bypass valve. Do yourselves a favor guys!

This was the same problem discuss with honda's and acuras and AEM products (using a cold air intake) and they had some problems also with the bypass valve. were it was getting suck in . honestly after seeing so many reviews on cold air vrs short ram . Its not that big of a difference , its more of a preference. IMO if you want a peace of mind on a rainy day dont get a cold air system , you can choose from RMR or Buschur ( im sure there's other companies out there ) Product quality looks great and im sure theres gains to be found on top end ...

[leaveit2bevo]

Ya right goku short ram= sucking in hot air cold air intake= sucking in cold DENSER air which will make more hp. Dont believe the turbo heats up all the air bull shit its not true.

[CACalomino]

Ya right goku short ram= sucking in hot air cold air intake= sucking in cold DENSER air which will make more hp. Dont believe the turbo heats up all the air bull shit its not true.

Even if that theory is true look at it this way if the cold air is heated up by the turbo then the hot air from a short ram inake goes from hot to hotter :?

[CarbonFibre]

And yes cold air is better and makes more power than warm air from the engine bay. I bet the stock airbox makes better low-end numbers than some of the little short-ram intake kits on the market. It's the same reason your car performs nicer when it's cold outside, colder air is more dense and so there is more "rich" air being sucked into the engine than if it was 100 degrees outside. If people are concerned with water injestion then aren't there any intakes that use a slot in front near the base of the hood like the stock intake but with a much better efficiency?

[leaveit2bevo]

I know HKS Kansai makes a box for the evo7 which is a better flowing version of stock but I dont think it will work on our evos.

[GokuSSJ4]

thats true that it gets hot in the engine bay , but some of you forget that theres also plenty of air traveling while the car is moving . If the cold air would be the most , then they wouldnt make a short ram version of an intake ... Besides is nice went it rains hard ( i have gone throught a couple here in LA ) not to have any worries that water will hit your intake . Even if it means not having just a couple of hp xtra from the cold air.

[Evo8Master]

I also got the aps cold air intake installed by Brainstrom this week and it is simply awesome. Quality is just like oem or even better. It looks so stock it scary unless you know what to look for. My friends peek under my hood and ask what did you changed, it looks stock!!! You can definately feel the difference in power especially at night time where you get alot of cold air. Colder air is more dense therefore you make more power. I'm not to worried about water being sucked in. I live in cali and we hardly get rain and the airfilter is very protected fro the elements. Its located where the stock water tank for intecooler spray is. There is no way you are going to get a ton of water unless you submerge the whole airfilter in a bucket of water. I'm 100% happy with my purchase=)

[leaveit2bevo]

Me and Chris are going to make something to fit in front of the left corner fender well so no water gets in there. Evo8master if you look behind that black thing in the corner of the bumper you will see the filter but I really dought water can get back there but were still going to try to make something that will block that hole so no water gets in.

[CACalomino]

ya Im gona make a template this weekend for that part of the bumper and go to home depot and look for a good plastic or material to put in there on rainy days. I figure I will put 3-4 holes in the final piece so u can run zipties threw it and attact it to the screen mesh on teh stolk bumper and easily cut the zip ties when rain subsides

chris

[leaveit2bevo]

GO TEAM!!!!!

[kaisho99]

Me and Chris are going to make something to fit in front of the left corner fender well so no water gets in there. Evo8master if you look behind that black thing in the corner of the bumper you will see the filter but I really dought water can get back there but were still going to try to make something that will block that hole so no water gets in.

APS doesn't offer any kind of bypass valve? :?

[CACalomino]

na no bypass valve
but I realy dont see it sucking up any water unless u drive in 3foot puddles

[drwn kix]

I don't like that the air passage for the stock pipe ends up just feeding the hood exhaust. I have the RMR hard pipe kit so there isn't room above it for the stock inlet horn. I'm going to cobble up something to route the cold air over to my Burshur and put in a bulkhead like a short ram setup someone is selling. (That one won't fit with my hard pipe kit.) I'll post pictures when it is done.