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Cold air intake or not? - 8/3/2007 12:37:26 AM

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I just got cat backs installed in my 2007 S4, and now im looking for a new intake. the only problem is choosing it, so far, im looking for a cold air intake but I'm not sure if thats good since it rains in california and i hear water can easily get into cold air intakes :( so are there any other suggestisons?

if i do go with a cold air intake can anyone point me to a good brandt? the only 2 i know so far are just the carbonios and stratmopsheres hyperflow,
are there any other ones that are good??

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/4/2007 9:29:13 PM

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na, i live in cali and no problems with the intake. I have Evoms, and im not sure if they make it for your car. you dont really feel gains , but with your car i dont know if youll feel it or not.

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/6/2007 11:22:35 PM

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i live in cali i have the carbonio and i love it! Makes the car sound so much better and you will get a little bit more HP.

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/7/2007 3:54:17 AM

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You dyno'd your car to see your HP gains?

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/8/2007 10:33:39 PM

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alright, Im thinking of getting the carbonio intakes. The only problem i see is that on their website, they list intakes for up to the B6 A4 models, and my S4 is a B7... so does that mean the intakes wont work if i buy them?

and no i havent dynoed my car cuz i dont have the machine :(

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/9/2007 10:54:29 PM

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call them or something. instant answer.

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/9/2007 11:21:03 PM

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o good point lol

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/11/2007 4:20:51 AM

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I read a report posted on the net (B7 4.2) where they tested a conical cold air intake sytstem vs the audi airbox on a chasis dyno with identical atmospheric conditions, and the audi box outperformed the cold air in flow and had consitantly lower air intake temps. I bought a BMC filter for my audi airbox. If you search you can probably find the data I read. Good look.

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 8/11/2007 7:40:33 PM

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oh man are you sure the report is accurate? because I just bought the intake

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 10/15/2007 11:13:20 AM

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that last post is hilarious...

i almost got a carbino myself,, but i keep reading the the airbox (stock) is good up to 300hp

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RE: Cold air intake or not? - 10/15/2007 6:24:55 PM

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that reports wrong, I asked around (Carbonio, Audi dealership, and my mechanic friend) the airbox experiment/test data was faulty and adding any kind of CAI increases perfomance

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