i was just wondering does aem need extra pipes or parts on the kit all the pictures i see look like its too short?



compared to the pic?

 

That's my car, what do you mean too short?



That's a full pic of the intake installed. There are no extra parts needed for piping or couplers. All you need, that most (if not all) people that get the AEM have been missing from their kit is a vacuum cap to plug a nipple after the stock stuff is removed.

 

how come my intake is not red? its more like brownish color...

 

how do u clean that filter without taking off the bumper

 

They recently changed their filter design I think, maybe that's why.

 

A few people have said you can get the filter off without taking the bumper off. However the piping you cannot, that's why the bumper needs to be removed for install. You just gotta take the cooling panels on top, or maybe bottom not sure which way is easiest, and reach in to take the filter off.

 

what cap piece is missing?
pics

 

yeah which piece is missing?

 

Isn't 90 degree bends bad for air flow and the filter too low down, is therer a bypass valve?

 

No actually it has good air flow, and it pretty much has the same results as the Racingbeat REVi intake w/ duct..... No need for bypass valve because the filter is about 3 ft off the ground!! for there to be any engine damage the filter needs to be fully submerged, but you have to be an idiot to drive into 3 ft or more of water...... plus the dealer has said that if you add bypass valves and start tampering with the stock valves and tubes, piping that your warranty would be void.....

 

 

for actualling getting great pictures of that nipple i hearby dub thee "king yoga camera master"

 

I do my best.

 

I don't even have that vac cap.... I don't think mine came with that....

 

I don't think I've seen one person that HAS gotten it with their kit. I just used one I had extra laying around.

 

do you even really need it? I mean as long as there are no problems which I haven't gotten... :knock on wood:

 

Uh well what'd you do with the vacuum line that used to be hooked up to it? You had to remove that piece for the installation, and unless you have something covering that nipple you'll have a vac leak.

 

MY MS kit came with that nipple cover. Man was that thing a beotch to get on, I dropped it twice.

 

well my good friend who works at a mazda dealership and I basically installed it, and I'm not sure if we removed the vac line.... but basically nothing has happened :knock on wood:... maybe its not entirely necessary? on his old 8 he had the AEM then went with REVI w/duct and he didn't have to put the vac cap on... hmmm

 

Not having that thing capped woudl cause a vaccum leak. That coudl lead to the engine running lean. Definitly not a good thing.