hey guys. i know when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. but, has any body actually bought one of the dirt cheap cold air intake kits on ebay? ok quit laughing and just give me some opinions. i can take it

 

I wouldnt do it...remember, you get what you pay for

 

your probably right. it just seems that a hollow tube with a filter is a hollow tube with a filter.

 

You said it yourself....there isn't much to CAIs. If you get one of the 2-piece pipes off ebay, they will get the job done. The filter they come with is cheap and you may opt. to purchase a K&N filter - you'll still save money.

 

Don't do it. You are better off buying a PVC pipe and making on. Those ebay intakes get very hot. After driving my T/A for about 30-45 minutes, I checked my K&N FIPK and it was nowhere near the temperature that the ebay one reached. I could burn a finger touching it... kind of did. I took it off immediately after noticing that and put the factory airbox back on with a K&N filter haha. DON'T BUY IT!

 

Some good reading;

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=387765

I'd also bet internal air temperature between the cheap eBay intakes, and a name brand to be minimal.

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I have a K&N kit that I will sell cheap. PM me

 

everything under our hoods gets hot after 30-45 minutes of driving. Those ebay kits wouldnt be any different than a chrome or polished intake elbow.

 

They are different. The one I had got very hot. My plastic K&N doesn't heat up much at all. Even my metal trick flow intake elbow doesn't heat up much.

 

must be because u have it tuned to not hit 240...cause everything in my engine bay gets scolding hot after 30 - 40 minutes of running