So I took my afe off after 2 years about 4 months ago after reading threads on this board and I totally agree the performance was much better without the thing. I sold it and it is gone and obviously would not buy another one due to the clear problems with it but MAN do I miss its sound. I realized that was half the fun of driving was gettin to hear that ridiculously loud sexy roar of that huge open air intake. It caused people to look constantly and sounded amazing at WOT. I also had a supersprint exhaust on in conjunction.

Well now I am bone stock with RPI scoop/kn filter and my car is so quiet. Performance is noticably better and having only 255 hp to begin with I cannot spare to decrease it just for sound but sometimes I sure miss that roar.

So people that knock AFE-I think they should be knocked for claiming increased performance but I really think it is a product that someone would and should buy to completely transform the sound of their car. If you have have 300 hp or 400 hp and you lose 20 hp then your car is still really fast and at that point to me it would be worth it for the sound. I konw everyone is different but everyone thought my car had a huge v8 in it with the AFE-not that I was posing but the fact people thought that meant it sounded loud and that was cool

 

Spending $300 to lose 20HP is not a "sound" economic decision.

 

Or you might say, OP traded one "sound" for another.

 

why dont u get an exhaust? I've never heard the roar people described with the AFE. Mebbe it's because it's a V8. Now with an exhaust, I only here that and that stupid AC whine.

 

[quote name='Diamond' date='Jun 28 2009, 01:23 PM' post='926616']
If you have have 300 hp or 400 hp and you lose 20 hp then your car is still really fast and at that point to me it would be worth it for the sound. that was cool [quote]

regardless of how much hp you have you never would want to sacrifice performance for aesthetics.
When i had dual can air intakes on my car, the turbo spool was much louder and sounded cool but
when i realized i was loosing power, I got rid of it asap.

Personally I would never put anything on my vehicle if the results were a loss of power

 

Exactly!

 

When all were buying this AFE I was already saying it sucks.

 

So what say you now, oh great prophet?

 

lol nice.

seems like the issue is solved. if you want a cai spend a grand on dinan. otherwise spend 100 on the rpi scoop. 55-65 on a k&n or bmc filter. Get rpi exhaust. <-- seems to be the ideal setup

 

i miss my afe too..