Cold Air Intakes (WHICH ONE?!)

[SFusionX]

Alright, here's my dilema: I am looking to buy a cold air intake for my 2.4L Grand Am. There's about 3 different intakes that I'm looking at:

RSM Racing Cold Air Intake (9-12HP) at $190
http://rsmracing.com

Weapon R Dragon Cold Air Intake (??-??HP) at $110

Iceman Cold Air Intake (??-??HP) at $195

Which one is the better bet and better performance? I'm leaning towards the RSM CAI, but I wanted the professionals over here to give me their opinions. ;)

[StaindGreen9]

Not the Weapon R. I thought that Iceman just made a WAI and I don't know about RSM. I know Induction Dynamics makes a CAI for the 2.4L but I think it's pretty expensive. From what I have found out you get what you pay for when it comes to cars.

[SFusionX]

http://performance.speedycarparts.com/index.php?makeid=pn&model=grand_am&year=1999&part=cold_air_intake&main_category=air_intake_-and-_filters&part_brand=iceman


There's the link to the iceman CAI, maybe it's a misprint. How much are the Induction Dynamics CAI and wats the HP gain? If anyone knows...

And their site does not offer an oline store at the moment so where do u get these?

[Goldfever]

Hey there is a entire thread about cold air intakes right below this one. So you might want to look there before you start asking questions. BTW you have a 2.4 twin cam, not a quad4

[jayhawk]

I say go with the RSM one.

[Lash]

You can get an AEM one from www.carcustoms.net for $145. Thats pretty cheap....and he has FAST service. I have an AEM and I love it.
The CAI's don't make that much of a differene (if any) over WAI...mostly due to the longer piping of the CAI has more of a negative effect.

There a post about this on jbody.org. yes....somebody actually did an "intake experement".

Don't get the ICEMAN or Weapon R....they don't even remove the most important part....the black box over the T.B.

[SFusionX]

aight the aem one gets on average around 7 more horsepower and the rsm gets more so i guess ill go with the rsm unless someone can give me the specs on the induction dynamics one.

[Jigga9JayZ]

i'd get the iduction dynamics one...works great for me

and dont trust those hp ratings at all

[urweak]

if you want a CAI get the ID intake, they are the only CAI for the grand am. The rest are WAI, i use to have the Iceman intake, i liked it, miss it, then theres AEM and the others you listed. it really donest matter, you can even buy a cheap intake off ebay for like 40 bucks shipped that looks just like the rest.