I am unsure of what kind of intake i should get for my car. I know there have been many links in referring people to intakes but i want peoples opinions on what the best intake they think by personal experience not by website. Also i live in florida so the weather is unpredictable and sometimes there are major puddles and stuff, so i am kinda of leaning away from a CIA but its not out of the picture. I see the link for the cosmo intake. is it worth it, seems kinda of cheap compared to the K&N and injen products? I gues what i am asking is i want opinions and personal experience on intakes that people have and what do you recommend for my 06 matrix XR
get one thats carb legal..save you the hassle. im happy with my injen SRI. as a project you can fabricate a CAI extension for the summers and for rainy seasons, take the extention off.
I have also see that kind on intake and i think it was injen or aem i cant remember i will have to look it up but they call it the CCI complete cold intake. durning the summer you can have a cold intake and then durning the reainy season you can take you the extension and have a short air intake,
thank you for your replies.
if anyone as opinions please let me know
Also i dont mind spending a lil bit of money to get a good system so please tell all
The SR is said to be a little better for low end, but with the cost of taking in hotter engine compartment air. The CAI's are said to be better on the top end and pull in (obviously) colder air, at the expense of hydrolocking in deep puddles. Personally, I have an SR which I primarily chose for the ease of installation. "Some" CAI's require a little engine bay modification so the filter will clear certain areas.
Either system will give you an increase inHP and TQ and will make the engine a lot louder (but in a good way).
Dude, I just got the Injen CAI installed and it is sick!!!! The filter sits just behind the driver side headlight, so i dont think you will have trouble with puddles unless you are driving through a river or something???? very nice investment.
My next question i guess is I have an 06 XR does the 03 or 04 or 05 fit my 06. and if the injen will fit my trix how much did you pay for it.
I'm not sure for your model year but since yours is a DBW (or should be IIRC), there may be a couple of other things that you have to do so you don't get a CEL after install. PM me for a link to another site which may provide some more information for you.
From my experience you should make sure that the year of the intake matches the year of your car....i made a mistake before of buying the '03 version of the AEM intake for my '04 matrix because they have the same engine right??? WRONG!!!! they put all new sensors in the '04 so that intake did match and it messed up. I got my intake from www.hopupracing.com, they are really cheap and have fast shiping check it out.
Yeah i understand the concept but for example K&N has a typhoon SR intake that fits the 03 to 06 so i wasnt sure if the were all the same. and for the 06 there really isnt anything out there that is decent. I go to aem, and injen but they dont have anything. Cosome has a CAI for my car but i havent heard anything reviews on cosomo intakes, so i dont know.
I have an 06 base. it is virtually the same as XR but without some frills. I have had both the SRI and the CAI. Both Cosmo and in winter I prefered the short intake and in summer I think the CAI will be better esp when waiting at a light or something. The SRI is by far the easiest to install and maintain. That being said unless you are not mechanically inclined whatsoever the CAI is not all that hard to install at all. On the DBW cars 06 for sure there is basically nothing to the connections. One assembly just comes off the oem air box as one part and has nothing to do with the box except as a mount. The only thing that has to be attached to the intake is the hose that comes from under the engine cover, thats it. I made a small bracket to support what came off the oem air box but it can be zip tied to something else, just keep the hoses from kinking. the cold air requires a spacer be put under you fuse box and involves a grand total of 3 screws. The CAI can also be done with the bumper on as well just makes it a bit difficult. If you do get the Cosmo I did have to cut about an inch and a helf off the end to make other fllters fit good.
Now about the Cosmo the quality of the intake is good and I have not had a problem at all with it. The filter though is crap and I would replace it right away since it is just going in. This is for the SRI and the CAI they are the same filters.
I agree too that the SRI will help low end and the CAI will improve upper middle to high end. I didn't rum the CAI in summer yet as I just put it in about a month ago but I was sure with the SRI sitting in traffic ect pulling in all that hot air into the engine was affecting idle and to some point launch.
You can get a heatshield from Injen or a guy named bluecrush(i think) made a custom shield/box from a batter cover off of another car. I have a Injen CAI w/ a AEM dryflow filter, the best combo. Yo' check ebay 'cause i saw a AEM CAI for like $76, i don't know if you got strict ass emission laws like us cali. folk but if you don't then you can get any intake and it should work, just get a good filter. Check out matrixowners.com in the classified section for something.
From my experience you should make sure that the year of the intake matches the year of your car....i made a mistake before of buying the '03 version of the AEM intake for my '04 matrix because they have the same engine right??? WRONG!!!! they put all new sensors in the '04 so that intake did match and it messed up. I got my intake from www.hopupracing.com, they are really cheap and have fast shiping check it out.
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