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Old 07-27-2008, 05:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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K&N drop in verses CIA

whats your opinion on the K&N drop in compared to the CIA Is the price for the CIA worth the price difference. and do either of them help performance any. ozz 2006 solstice.
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Old 07-27-2008, 05:08 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I purchased the Fujita CAI and I didn't care for the performance. I sold that after a couple of weeks and puchased a K&N drop in filter with no problems so far.
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whats your opinion on the K&N drop in compared to the CIA Is the price for the CIA worth the price difference. and do either of them help performance any. ozz 2006 solstice.
The CIA Is way TOO expensive, we pay billions of dollars and never know what we are truly getting in return. I mean if they kill some guerrilla warlord we never know how many lives were saved and at what cost to the tax payers.

On the otherhand the K&N drop in is usually around $40 and is guaranteed for 1,000,000 miles.
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I like the lower tone I get from my exhaust with a stock intake and a drop in K&N, and I don't think the CIA has been the same since Bush Sr. left...
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K&N drop in seem to be the answer so far...
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I use the drop in K&N. This seems to be the overall best solution for the GXP. For the 2.4, the CAI probably performs a little better, but at the expense of noise.
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hahahahahahahahaha CIA
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Old 07-28-2008, 09:24 AM   #8 (permalink)
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CAI's are only effective if you get your ECM tuned to work with it....

We have a few members who got our ECM tune and dropped in a K&N filter and they were happy with the results.... Mainly because they put there $$$ to better use by getting our tune rather than a CAI.

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