Does anyone know something about this CAI. Is it worth the price, does it fit properly, does it cause check engine light? you know the usual headaches that come with some lower quality CAI's.

I'm looking at dooing a CAI real soon and I'm not sure to go AEM or Injen?

Comments and Feedback are welcome and appreciated.

It's going into a 2008 Lancer GTS 2.0L in Ontario, Canada

Here's a link to the AEM CAI:
AEM Cold Air Intake

Either way you're paying for the name. You can easily get a cone off ebay or at an auto parts store. Have an exhaust shop bend you some pipes to make an intake. They are probably going to be steel instead of aluminum, so there will be no weight loss there. But its gonna be hell of a lot cheaper.
AEM makes good parts though so you shouldn't have a problem with it. If you do it right it wont be throwing codes.

Overall though everyone here has been going with the Injen, and they seem to like it. Power seems good and no complaints. Install seemed easy.... talk to willy, he did his own and theres a How To sticky post. I'm sure he'll post soon enough in here though :bwekk:

Injen (for the millionish time) is a great product with so far NO issues.

I just looked....$346??!!! Wow...prices for parts keep going up!

K&N's will be out soon enough.....I'm waiting.

bought my injen for $240 on ebay, and it's a top notch product. don't pay an extra 100 when u dont have to.

I didn;t even know AEM had their CAI out. This is a news flash and now i want to hear it and see what it looks like installed.

I hate working late nights :(

But this is actually the first time I've seen AEM's CAI. My problem is that the people over at Lancer Tuners were saying that this intake fits the manual/non-CVT transmissions only because they weren't going to do a CVT cooler remount (they didn't want to be an Injen clone). The website is still really sketchy on the details.

Don't get me wrong, AEM's looks great and the piping seems to be a bit wider than Injen's (wider piping = more air flow = more performance). I'll wait for a dyno sheet and other people's reviews. For the time being, I'll stick it out with Injen.

What does that mean? If (and ONLY IF) AEM's CAI really rocks more socks than Injen's, I'll consider the switch. And yes, that will mean my CAI would be up for sale... but SixFeetDeep will have first dibs on it. He's been dying for one :laughing:

Ahhhh my brother my brother....you da man!

I would have to do a trade for it.......1 grumpy modifyin hatin wife for 1 Injen intake...& I'll throw in a few other things to make the trade even :laughing:
No trade backs :grin:

If she hates car modifying, just imagine what she'll do to me! I'll keep my girlfriend thanks... at least she loves what I've done to my car :)

Anywho... any specs on this thing? Manual only? DYNO FREAKING SHEET?!?

I'm with you on this one! I just can't see paying that much for a bunch of bent pipes and a cone, with a sticker slapped on for good looks. Maybe someday when I'm not worrying about rent!

Sorry to break your heart, but AEM's intake is for the MANUAL TRANSMISSION ONLY. So I'm keeping the Injen!

Us CVT owners are for the loss... Injen, eat your heart out!

Why some companies aren't making the products as a universal between the CVT & Stick is beyond me. Their just shooting themselves in the foot on their overall profits.
Oh well......not like I'm going to buy their intake anyway....too much $$$$$.

Even CVT owners know 5sp manual is FTW

Hate to agree....but I will. I would have prefered getting the stick.....they are more fun, but I have been really happy with the CVT. Paddle shifting when you want stick like fun & relaxed driving leaving it in CVT mode when you want to relax...best of both worlds.

Plus the CVT guys/gals have 6 dedicated gears...not 5 :bwekk: FTW HA!


Manual drivers are just jealous that there cars aren't s-l-o-w off the line like our CVT's are :grin:

lol SixFeetDeep, you CVT owners have been fooled, you have 6 imaginary gears!
Paddle shifting is only there to create the illusion of gears.

oh btw my pet snail beat my mates CVT off the line. CVT FTL HA!

You have a pet snail? Thats FTL bud LOL :laughing: Ill just take some salt to him.