I have a 2003 Nissan 350z and I‘m looking to get a cold air intake. I‘ve done some research and I think I‘d like to go with the Injen cold air intake. I‘ve also read that heavy rain could be a problem though incase the engine sucks the water up. Has anyone had any problems with this? And would the Injen Hydroshield be enough? Thank You!
Those guys are a bunch of idiots . I wouldn't ever go back there again. Those filters are designed to never be changed. To go back to a paper filter would mean that you would have to put the stock intake system back in (what a joke). I hate shops like that. I'm sure your filter is probably just fine. If your in the mood just to work on your car . download the instructions off AEM. I was having trouble with their website a few minutes ago, so I couldn't look at it. K N sells a filter cleaning kit that has a bottle of cleaner and a bottle of oil. The process is, you spray the cleaner on it and let it sit for a few minutes, then you rinse it with warm tap water. It's interesting how your supposed to clean it with water when they said that it would never be clean because of water. While your rinsing it off, you might see some dirty water come out, if not don't worry about it. I usually let it dry overnight, then in the morning before I leave for work I'll spray it with the oil which will turn it nice and pink again. Reinstall filter and go. And by the way, those filters have a million mile warranty if I remember correctly. You'll never have to change it, just clean it every once in a while. Unless you race it down dirt roads, or live in a desert I wouldn't mess with it but maybe once a year or something like that.
well frankly if you open the hood and look at the factory air filter and housing, this is a cold air intake from the factory, for the most part cold air intakes are expensive crap, you happen to have a car, that is more performance oriented, you may see some gain, but in the 3500 to 5000 rpm range for the amount of money the cold air intake is, and the fact that water will not compress, and if even a little gets in a high performance engine, you are screwed my suggestion is save your money, leave the air intake alone, those sooper dooper pooper scooper power chips are more marketing hype than anything else, if you change any of the performance parameters of your car, you usually lose something important like longevity or the life of the engine, which means you rebuild the engine sooner when it burns up. keep it like it is from the factory, you will have less problems and you will not feel so bad when it does not work, and you wasted hundreds of dollars for a sewer pipe with an air filter stuck on it.
