Shopping for intake

[Dino]

Im looking for an intake with a heat shield and i was just lookin if u guys know any sites with good deals, im looking at the ones on www.modbargains.com right now, thanks

[Philip]

Get your wallet warmed up and go either buy Dinan or GruppeM. Everything else is inferior.

[dinanm3atl]

Dinan or Cosmos Dinan Rep.

All the others are HAI.

"Heat Shield" pffffttt

[Philip]

Dinan or Cosmos Dinan Rep.

All the others are HAI.

"Heat Shield" pffffttt

Dinan reps FTL. They are 3" instead of 3.5" and... they are reps. Ghey.

[dinanm3atl]

IIRC they make a 3.5" now :)

[Mitch]

You pretty much cannot go wrong with a Dinan set, or best of all is the Gruppe M. I have the Gruppe M on the M5 and it is GLORIOUS!!

Go for the Gruppe M!

[Philip]

You pretty much cannot go wrong with a Dinan set, or best of all is the Gruppe M. I have the Gruppe M on the M5 and it is GLORIOUS!!

Go for the Gruppe M!

+1

On the E36 M3 you lose a tiny bit of low-end with the GruppeM but the top end pull and sound you get make it well worth it. I had a GruppeM on mine and sold it for a Dinan ONLY because I was a Dinan rep at the time. Now I wish I didn't.

[88e28]

What about Conforti?

[dinanm3atl]

I personally only like Dinan or Dinan reps. From my personal driving experience all the others heat soak. I had the ECIS and the Conforti on my car and during track events they would heat soak. The Gruppe M appears to be the same overall design as the others so I would think similar results would be had. Cannot say for 100% certainty because I have tested one.

[Philip]

What about Conforti?

Conforti is a Dinan knock-off with a foam filter. The ones with heat-shields theoretically shouldn't heat-soak though.

[dinanm3atl]

Conforti is a Dinan knock-off with a foam filter. The ones with heat-shields theoretically shouldn't heat-soak though.

Yah in 'theory' they shouldn't. Road Atlanta in July. They do ;)

Conforti is a short ram intake. Nothing like Dinan.

[Dino]

thing is i dont want a cold air intake since i live in florida and uhmmm the reason my car is F***ed right now is cuz i pulled out of my neighborhood and i had water up to my sidemarkers :( no dinan KTHX! plus i dont track my car so im not worried about "heat soaking" its just that my current intake sits on my alternator and i mean literally SITS on it, so anything would be an improvement, i think ima go with the cheap-ass K&N, thanks homies!

[dinanm3atl]

thing is i dont want a cold air intake since i live in florida and uhmmm the reason my car is F***ed right now is cuz i pulled out of my neighborhood and i had water up to my sidemarkers :( no dinan KTHX! plus i dont track my car so im not worried about "heat soaking" its just that my current intake sits on my alternator and i mean literally SITS on it, so anything would be an improvement, i think ima go with the cheap-ass K&N, thanks homies!

Well I don't want to sound like a jackass but I have lived in Chicago winters and summers in GA and driving through hood deep puddles would also suck in water in any of the other intakes... That is driver error.

4 years now with Dinan and never one problem. On my 3rd filter and always replace the water sock.

[Philip]

Well I don't want to sound like a jackass but I have lived in Chicago winters and summers in GA and driving through hood deep puddles would also suck in water in any of the other intakes... That is driver error.

4 years now with Dinan and never one problem. On my 3rd filter and always replace the water sock.

I don't even use the water sock. I'm a true gangster.

[Dino]

Well I don't want to sound like a jackass but I have lived in Chicago winters and summers in GA and driving through hood deep puddles would also suck in water in any of the other intakes... That is driver error.

4 years now with Dinan and never one problem. On my 3rd filter and always replace the water sock.

i completely agree with u, and that is why im saying CAIs are not right for me =)