Looking around, FabSpeed has an dual cone filter with carbon fiber shields and tubing for about $700 bucks.


Vivid Racing has the FabSpeed for $700 bucks delivered... they also have this "bill me later" option that gives you no interest and no payments for 6 months... I know what you're thinking, if you have to finance it you can't afford it... I CAN afford it, its just that I recently dropped $1650 on a converted Saiga 12 shotgun and another grand on an AR10 upper... I've got a $600 Porsche service next Friday, recent FabSpeed muffler bypass pipe...

Its all about discretion and hiding purchases from the wife!

What are other vendor options for cold air on a 2009 997.2 3.6L? (other than a $3000 Werks-One carbon fiber box intake)

 

This K&N is $339...

http://www.paragon-products.com/Inta...kn-57-7000.htm

They say it will fit "Fits all 996/997 1999-on. Estimated Horsepower Gain: 23.80HP @ 5500RPM!!!" Although I doubt it will really give you 23.8hp...

I'd really just like to find a $400 or less option.

 

I'd suggest save your money for other mods - once you figure out there's no source for cold air in the engine compartment you'll realize the products are mis-named. Some of the products look great (Werks) but you only see it when you open the engine bay. Any incremental HP gains are negligible.

 

Now you got me thinking jh,

I've already got the FabSpeed 2ndary muffler bypass pipes on order... maybe I should apply that $700 cold air bucks to a $1400 ECU tune?????

I'm just finding it hard to cough up $700 bucks for just a large hose with cone filter on the end... this SHOULD be a $250 product, not $700.

 

Mark, your Porsche already has a cold air intake and it is a true cold air intake. Only other intake maybe worth looking at is the Evoms unit all the others can breath in hot air from the engine compartment. However your stock unit is really good and numerous Porsche Carreras in the Rolex series just use the stock unit wrapped in that gold heat shield material and a few use the Evoms unit. For the money of these aftermarket so called cold air units you'd be way better off spending that money on some track events or autox's events with your car.

 

The Intake air will not be much colder and you will not really get more HP...but it will "sound" nice tho...

 

+1 I am looking at the EVOMS unit myself!

 

Get the K&N. We have sold over 300 of these with amazing success as you can read here. Only $295 on special. See the vendor classifieds

 

I would go with EVOMS more closer to "cold air intake" than others.
The HP gain although are going to be negligible. I would only buy if had spare money to spent.

 

Mark, I just completed install of Fabspeed; fit / finsih / build quality are superb. Check to ensure that EVOMS cip marketed by fabspeed is not also required to prevent CEL error - I did both at the same time, so don't know (have had no problems). Carbon fiber heat shield supplied with the kit is extremely well-made and blocks about half of the engine bay; overall, a very nice job. J

 

mdrums knows this stuff and I would say same - leave intake alone. put in an oiled filter panel if you wish, but it is not going to change much.
200cell cats are the core, then ECU flash if you want it. muffler bypass, why not.

forum advices are kinda catch 22 business. i know it myself as i could not stop until i completely rebuilt my car. but intake mod is not needed unless you replace your rear panel or install wing and wanna put in real CAI like X51 one or I think sharkwerks makes one - with dual air intakes.

All these cone filters are kinda lame as they suck in air from inside of engine compartment - it is not CAI by definition and will reduce power when it gets really hot in the engine bay

 

Agree with hot air / engine bay observation; heat shield is incomplete and unit does not duct directly to inlets.

 

i also did research to see the benefits vs cost of CAI

couldnt justify the purchase..

ended up putting in BMC filter.

if u must, buy the EVOMS intake (used - plenty around) and wrap it in foil.

my2cents

 

I don't get the idea with these. The 'cold air' is OUTSIDE of the engine compartment. The existing factory intake pulls it from there via an enclosed pathway through the engine cover intakes.

The solutions that provide an open airbox are sucking in air from inside the engine compartment, so you get warmer/hotter air. The only solution they may be providing is the ability to suck a larger volume of air with less turbulence or less effort than through the more restrictive air intake passage. But unless you can take advantage of having easier air access with additional fuel and compression, I'm not sure I see how that gains you anything in the engine.

 

Not to highjack the tread, Buuut:

I was "hiding money from the wife" all the way back to my 69 Z28 Camaro project in '93. Earlier this year she got really mad about me spending OUR money on MY stuff and suggested that we each have our own money! We split funds after savings each month. Now just I have to be more careful because there is a $$ cap, but no more hiding packages, and "What are you buying now" statements. My money, spend on what I want. A lot more honest and more fun.

She even suggested that I get a track-only car!