I'll take plastic tubing over metal anyday. IMHO the MMR one where it attaches to the engine will suffer from heat transfer into the metal tubing and that metal tubing will hold that heat, not something I want on my own car.
It doesn't really matter at that point in the intake system (compressor inlet). The air will still be warmer after leaving the turbo from compression (and to a lesser extent, heat transferred from the exhaust side of the turbo). As you know, this is what a CAC (charge air cooler, or intercooler in car-talk) is for, to cool the compressed air. You could actually put the air filter directly behind the radiator where it gets nothing but hot air and have little to no increase in intake temps after the CAC. This I learned from researching CAI's for my Volvo.
Then tell us what happens when that big hulking piece of plastic that the filter sits in heatsoaks? Not to mention I can bet the Airaid does not flow nearly as well as the MMR. I don't see how it could due to the filter sitting in a box with a small inlet. On a stock turbo that might be fine but once guys start upgrading snails it will become a choke point.
I took all the prices from the official websites. So maybe you can get it for a cheaper price elsewhere, but i can't be searching around for all the best deals myself. But if you have a link to the lowest price then i can add it in.
there is already one for ic's. I asked to have it stickied but I must not be cool enough. Lol!I took all the prices from the official websites. So maybe you can get it for a cheaper price elsewhere, but i can't be searching around for all the best deals myself. But if you have a link to the lowest price then i can add it in.
Later after work i will start to compile for exhausts, intercoolers as well in the same format. Just wanted to see if people thought this was helpful or not
I've been looking for a matched JLT, but as yet have not found one.
