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After many months of waiting, my AEM CAI arrived yesterday straight from LAX!
In total its taken me 2.5 hours to fit it as you need to take the nearside wheel off and remove the inside of the arch. It does away with the resonator and the filter sits behind the horn, behind the bumper. ALOT of cheap plastic gets taken away and replaced with a nice powder coated intake pipe.
One part of the installation process requires you to cut a section from the wheelarch liner. It looks alot bigger in the instructions than it is in real life, and with a bit of careful plastic welding you wouldnt even know its there.
I experimented with the K&N 57i and found that removing the pipe from the wheel arch would make the car stall when braking heavily and I was concerned this would be an issue. Fortunately you keep one of the pipes in place you you still benefit from cold air from the high pressure zone, and then cold air coming from the lower grille. No flat spots, no jumpy revs when slowing down or stopped and no engine warning light!
Overall, much better than the 57i and less of a nightmare to fit than the Typhoon. The sound is fantastic as it echoes up the metal pipe, kicking in at around 3k RPM and carrying right through the rev range. I will upload a soundclip later.
Is it any better than the K&N 57i? Performance-wise I think slightly. Style-wise, Definitely! Well worth the £250 and long wait. AEM work in partnership with K&N so I've no idea why they dont sell this kit over here!
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In total its taken me 2.5 hours to fit it as you need to take the nearside wheel off and remove the inside of the arch. It does away with the resonator and the filter sits behind the horn, behind the bumper. ALOT of cheap plastic gets taken away and replaced with a nice powder coated intake pipe.
One part of the installation process requires you to cut a section from the wheelarch liner. It looks alot bigger in the instructions than it is in real life, and with a bit of careful plastic welding you wouldnt even know its there.
I experimented with the K&N 57i and found that removing the pipe from the wheel arch would make the car stall when braking heavily and I was concerned this would be an issue. Fortunately you keep one of the pipes in place you you still benefit from cold air from the high pressure zone, and then cold air coming from the lower grille. No flat spots, no jumpy revs when slowing down or stopped and no engine warning light!
Overall, much better than the 57i and less of a nightmare to fit than the Typhoon. The sound is fantastic as it echoes up the metal pipe, kicking in at around 3k RPM and carrying right through the rev range. I will upload a soundclip later.
Is it any better than the K&N 57i? Performance-wise I think slightly. Style-wise, Definitely! Well worth the £250 and long wait. AEM work in partnership with K&N so I've no idea why they dont sell this kit over here!
