comptech icebox vs injen sp1431 owners of each pls read..

slammed06tsx · 10-03-2006, 11:29 AM

Forgive me if this has been gone over i searched the first couple of words in the search engine but didnt find this in the 4 pages that came up..

I have some questions regarding these 2 specific intakes being that they seems to be the most popular. I also noticed that aem doesnt make a v2 for our cars yet but im prob wrong ...anywayz .I read somewhere on a post that its good to get all you modifications from the same manufacturer as they are made to basically fit each other and im sure for most of the tunerz out there you know that theres nothing more ()*&*()() up than when you get a part that doest fit nice ..

Well ive chosen to break it down into a couple of perspectives and would like to hear from many on this subject:

Performance: HP , torque
Appearance: "If it makes ya feel kinda funny Like when you used to climb the rope in gym class"
ldifficulty of install: seems like bumpers need to come off for one
Price: talking about 100-150 dollar difference in some cases WHY???

Here are some dynos from the manufacturers site:
PERFORMANCE

comptech icebox WHEEL horsepower dyno:

comptech icebox WHEEL torque dyno:

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Injen sp1431 horsepower & torque dyno:

APPEARANCE
comptech icebox:

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injen sp1431:

INSTALL
comptech icebox:

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injen:
just about the same:
http://tsxclub.com/forums/1st-gen-car-care/10992-air-intake-install-guide-post150191.html
thanks to memphis for this in DIY

PRICING
Here are some prices now for each:
comptech icebox:
ebay---153.00
autocarparts.com 155.00 sale
modacar.com 164.00
injen:
ebay----266.00
autocarparts.com----266.00 sale
modacar.com ---266.00

and its the same lilke this throughout the web. Is there really a big difference besides the injen seems to be more attractive hence the price difference ?...Both seems to be putting out relativley the same numbers in performance.

I would really appreciate some of your thoughts on these situation regarding these intakes ....thanks for all the responses:

slammed06tsx · 10-03-2006, 02:54 PM

I Apologize then for not seeing the other posts...i finally realized that the drop down menu for entire post and titles only can be great help...i knew there was no way someone would have to read 17 pages of non realative stuff....

wctsx · 10-08-2006, 03:03 AM

i heard the comptech is more quiet than the injen. i have the injen and i love it. its deep and pretty loud and i think it looks better than the comptech. plus i like how its a two piece so i can change it to a shot ram. the install isnt bad it took me an hour and a half because it was the first time i ever installed anything onto a car. i took off my bumper to install it but i dont think you have to. now when i want to change to short ram i just pull back the wheel well to take off the filter. its alot easier than pulling off your whole bumper.