Hey, Sup with this new AEM V2 intake? I just noticed it was a little bit bigger in width. Any thing else?

 

well if you look at the websits it says something about the design of the pipe gives you a noticable performance increase over version 1, somthing about how the air flows bouncing off the side of the tubes. I am not that sure about it though.

 

yea, i heard that the piping has 2 sections and for each section, the diameter is different. Therefore, when the diameter becomes narrower, more air can be compressed into the manifold.....or some s*it like that......

I dunno if i'll pay the extra for a V2 tho.....i mean intakes are something that gives us maybe 2-3 whp gain and why spend the extra 50 dollars on something that wont affect anything much? Just my $0.02

 

I think it's a bunch of bull****, a pipe is a pipe.

 

I agree. Somebody other then AEM needs to dyno it and prove that it's worth it.

 

i think its just a gimmick to introduce a new look to increase sales. Now ppl with the old style intake will want the "new looking" intake...I doubt it will gain any considerable HP than the original cai... just my two cent.

 

I think it might not be just a "gimmick". AEM bought out some company that introduced this technology into their intakes and now AEM will release it as a V2. Who knows, it might give good gains. But yeah, seeing independent dyno results will be more believable than from AEM's web site.

 

Listen, a PIPE is a PIPE. Your paying for the name "AEM" nothing else. The difference between a generic CAI and a AEM V2 or regular AEM is the filter. Put a K&N on a eBay CAI and walah you have a AEM intake.

 

Obviously, you don't know what turbulence and laminar flow can do to air velocity and such. The V2 pipe isn't supposed to be an ordinary pipe. I wouldn't discredit the technology until dyno tests doesn't show its effectiveness or much gains over the original AEM CAI

 

I don't think its a matter of discrediting the technology but rather in seeing AEMs past claims it leads to speculation about the BS they spew.

I have yet to see one intake perform substantially over another.

AEM tends to charge too much for their product which is rarely any different than any other pipe out there.