Corksport Intake

[Nepharius]

Has anyone tried out the corksport intake? I've been looking at intakes recently and CAI look a bit fiddly and have problems with water for not a huge gain and cost more so I figured I would look at SRI.

The COBB one looked interested and Ive been reading a bit about it but then I noticed the corksport intake which incorporates both the intake and the turbo inlet into one unit. Anyone here actually had a go with one or heard anything about them?

In hindsight this probably should have gone in the intake section of the forum.... I blame the fact I made this at like 2am in the morning.

[Jmac]

Moved to correct section, hopefully get some answers now

[cletusb]

I was looking at the corksport too because I like the idea of the cold air box you can get for it. I've seen maybe people say its a great deal but couldn't find anybody running it

[t4orce]

I have the corksport kit and it works well. I didn't use the AEM dry filter but put on a HKS driflow pod instead.

[cletusb]

How do you find the noise?

I've also heard the HKS filters dont filter all that well?

[t4orce]

The noise is loud. Sucking noises at low rpm to higher pitch turbo scream in upper rev range. On partial throttle lift off, there are slight flutters but not as loud as in a skyline. Otherwise a short sharp whoosh on lift off.

That seems to be the verdict with HKS. But they flow quite well and I just replace it for 25 bucks if it gets dirty. I used a 3A racing pod before and they are supposed to be quite good too. I found with 3A and HKS that the car ran more solid boost. With the AEM or Apexi, the car seemed to run lower boost.

[STEALTH_MPS]

how many here have actually changed their turbo inlet pipe?? is it really worth getting it just leave it as stock?

[Kebabylon]

I have changed the inlet pipe.

When you pull the stock inlet pipe off and see how restrictive it is, compared with the silicon tube that is perfectly tapered, you probably will to. I dont have a picture of the stock one handy, but if you find a pic of one, compare it to this;



This and the CP-E CAI threw 15fwkw's on my car. If there was a machine that replicated the forced action that is applied to the CAI whilst travelling with velocity, I am confident that the results would be even better. I guess its whatever floats your boat at the end of the day.

I'm not going to get into a SRI vs CAI discussion, but I would personally choose the CAI every time.


Mark

[STEALTH_MPS]

Kebabylon sp the cobb inlet will mate up stright to the cpe cai????

[mpsmike]

I've got the corksport intake (AEM air filter and SS turbo inlet pipe) on my 3 and i havent had any problems with it (had it on for 3 months) and i love it. the stock turbo inlet pipe is very narrow and its replaced by a monster stainless steel one. power gains are very noticable. its pretty loud under hard acceleration and you can hear the stock BOV better too! Install was fairly straight forward but make sure you have a long extension for ur ratchet as some of the hose clamps can be a bitch to get to otherwise. it took me and my mate 1hr 45min from start to finish. i have a corksport airbox on the way too to enclose the pod filter but at the mo i dont suffer any performance loses from it being exposed in the engine bay but i dont do any prolonged stop start driving so maybe i'd suffer if i did??? i'd recommened it.