CAI worth it?

Hi everyone! I bet this was posted already but here goes. Is a CAI really worth it. I am thinking of buying the K + N for my 2.3 liter. Just wanted to know if anyone has any regrets on paying 200.00 + for 6 to 10hp gains.?
-Brennan

well if you're an enthusaist then yeah it's worht it. K&N is one of the manufacterers that will actually give you a gain you can feel in th edrivers seat. If somethin gmore important like school or living expenses are hard to pay or close calls, you may want to deal with them till you are at a better point in your life. Just be responsible with the money. It will be fun and it will be cool and permanet but don't screw yourself over. Hope I helped.

For now you could do the air box mod to get an idea of what you will get with a CAI. I mean it is free and does sound pretty nice on the v6, not too sure about how it sounds on the 6i.

i have no regrets on paying ~200 for my CAI its not K&N (cuz they said it would cost me $300) but my AEM saves me alot of gas and it gives a VERY noticable diff performence

is KN better then AEM or is it pretty much the same thing?

appently it is but there is no real way to find out unless you either know what really goes into the development of intakes in general, or test the diff between them yourself, again all an intake really is a aluminum pipe with a filter, but i guess the quality, the angle of the bends, size, length, and the really effect the effectiveness of it.

I don't know about the Mazda6 specifically but the K&N setup normally has about a 3-6 hp gain over other companies. Most gains for that brand are around 12hp or so

I had a AEM short ram intake for my 6 for a while. It made this cool sucking sound plus made the engine have a different roar sound to it. Does the K+N CAI produce the same sound? I hope so. I liked that sound in the AEM!

I hope it is worth it. I just payed $230 for it.

AEM or K&N, and from where did you get it?

KandN from the Auto parts warehouse

You'll like it.

no he wont...he will LOVE it

lol. alrighty then. I will love it! Yes there is a god!

I had the same ? on my mind when i was thinking about buying a Cai (Injen or AEM) for my M6. In my opinion all Cai do the same, your just paying for the name. I had bought a cai intake for my 03-6s through E-Bay and i paid 50! bucks and let me tell you it was worth every penny and a whole lot more. It felt like the car had 15 more hp! I run my car at the track and i went from 17.60 sec to 15.90 sec in a quarter mile. This is the only mod i had done to this car so what i'm trying to say is that you don't need to spend all that much money on something as a cai

true but you can trust a site like K&N or Injen more than E-BAY....wait who are you?

what was the brand of the intake you purchase on ebay?

Who are you? U know me? I'm from Las Vegas.. The CAI is made by Bomz Racing. They also have one by JDM but i don't think it's really JDM

ok
1) it'll kickass

2) threadjacking is bad enough but when it's this random starting a new thread would be good. I'm guessing you're new to the whole experience of webforums so welcome to the site and you can start a new topic.

chill out. dont get your panties out of bunch.

If you actually wear panties, that is cool. I like to show off my hairy legs myself!

Well, it looks like your replying to yourself so there you go, nice panties. By the way, that was a reply to Tracker

I know, I have a weird sense of humor!

CP-E makes the intake with the biggest gains 22-24hp gains and will not throw a CEL. (but it cost around 500)
Injen makes the second biggest gains and it will throw a CEL, but you can buy CP-E's piggyback to reprogram the MAF. CAI ($209 / piggyback $250)
AEM has the 3rd biggest gains and will occassionally throw a CEL. (%200)
K&N has the least amount of gains (8hp); but will not throw a CEL. ($229)


any of those intakes will get rid of that throttle lag if your running an atx.

that throttle lag is no fun at all... purchasing/installing my injen cai was the best thing that i ever did to reduce that darn lag.