AEM 2.4 Intake Video

[ShortysTRM]

Here's a video of before and after installing an AEM Short Ram intake on my fiance's Alero. I also posted it in the 2.4 section, but I figured more people would get to see it here.


AEM Intake Video (http://atabo.com/alerointake.mpg)

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[Cyber Knight]

If a picture is worth a thousand words then I'd say a video is worth a thousand pictures. It's awesome to be able to see the two compared like that. Nice one Shorty :thumbsup: . My only suggestion would be to re-encode that video so it's smaller than 12.8MB for a 49 sec clip :)

[99blackalero]

nice comparison

[a2k]

is that the only diff between the two segments in the video? aem vs stock? like wow that sound difference is GREAT!! i have a WAI and it dont sound nothing like that!! keeping in mind my wai is cheappy but still!! wow!

do u have an exhaust or any other engine mods?

[ShortysTRM]

wwoooooohooooooooo!!! responses!! Actually, I realized about an hour later that the car doesn't actually belong to us yet, so that may have been dumb to do, but oh well. No, that is the only mod the car has and yes, that is the only difference besides like an hour and a half of time passed. I made sure I set up the camera in the same exact spot so everything would be accurate...I wanted to do 0-60 runs on the G-tech before and after, but we never did. When my fiance revved the car up after we got done, I about shat at how loud it is. It is only this loud with the hood up, though, as far as I can tell. I need some new capture equipment, but that is the smallest that I can make it without losing even more sound and video quality. I have some more videos of it if you guys wanna see em. Keep the comments coming!!

[Fast Eddie]

That's about what my CAI sounds like IN the car :P Nice comparison.

I can't believe how much the engine flexes, we need to get someone to make better mounts.

[ShortysTRM]

Those revs before the intake was installed were pretty hard revs, so that's not so bad. I think that harder ones might kind of suck in a way.

[BLK03GXS]

Originally posted by ShortysTRM@Apr 7 2004, 02:55 PM
Those revs before the intake was installed were pretty hard revs, so that's not so bad. I think that harder ones might kind of suck in a way.
Are you refering to the stiffer mounts comment? because stiffer mounts accually can increase your power #'s at the wheels.. reason being is that with less flex in the transaxle less engine power is being wasted by flex, more of it is transmited to the ground... makes the engine more noticeble but w.e...lol

[ShortysTRM]

I had thought that stiffer mounts were mainly for highly modded cars and helped to stop wheel hop in manual trans cars. Oh well.

[`2000redalero]

hey shorty how about another video??

Ideas:
1. Take a shot standing next to the car with hood down and idle and rev.
2. Stand like 8 feet back and rev--for sound capability.
3. Sit inside the car with no accessories running and rev.
4. Sit inside the car with the A/C running and rev.

Thanks!!! :thumbsup:

[ShortysTRM]

If I rememebr, I will do that...if I don't, PM me and make me do it. I agree wuth you though, there should be some more shots. If it helps, at normal driving revs it sounds fairly quiet, but today she hammered it and I thought I was gonna go deaf, but I think I was used to quiet sounds, so it just came as a surprise. I have received a lot of compliments, and I think they dida great job on the powdercoat...it looks exactly like the "Metalcast" anodized paint I have.

[`2000redalero]

consider yourself pm'ed

[xxdarrk1xx]

i got about the same tone difference by just taking the air intake off from the battery right after the air filter box. but i did replace the factory air filter for an AEM one. just for those that want to save some $$$ and still sound throaty... B)

[ptrudel]

i wish mine sounded that good...awesome comparison tho

[`2000redalero]

*bump

Any update?

[ShortysTRM]

yeah, I'm still here...her car is currently in the shop due to the window going off track and breaking some clips. I'm glad you guys are still interested in this, and I will get some stuff up ASAP. Thanks for the bump :D

[Dark_GoD]

anyone knows what filter is on that intake ?!

[Dark_GoD]

anyone knows what filter is on that intake ?!

[`2000redalero]

Originally posted by Dark_GoD@May 17 2004, 10:28 PM
anyone knows what filter is on that intake ?!
usually K&N. I think he got it from APOC. That or AEM. K&N are the standard filters that come with intakes

[|Rev|]

Yo I totally want one of those,it sounds awesome, where did you get it?
thanx
CHow
Neo

[ShortysTRM]

The filter is exactly like a K&N, but it says AEM instead and has a velocity stack style rubber base on it. It's an AEM short ram intake made for a Z24 Cavalier of the same year as the Alero. I got some new video, but I haven't uploaded it...I also re-captured the same footage as above, but with much higher resolution and much better audio, but all of the video is still in mostly uncompressed form. If you wanna see what the new stuff can do, here is a video that I converted to slightly less resolution just to test wmv compression. WRX video (http://atabo.com/wrx.wmv)

[Final-Reality]

:lol: that WRX video is priceless...

It's even better because you know that handi-tard will wreck his shiny WRX within a few months, like every other flaming asshole who buys one and think "OMG AWD I'M INVINCIBLE!!"

[Sundayalero]

Wow, and I thought I was cool... :rolleyes:

[ShortysTRM]

That kid never even left first gear, and that car has almost anything you can think of swapped out for something bigger and better, so he can stop quickly, too. I don't think that he was trying to be cool necessarily, but he knew what I was after in holding a video camera out the window. He even stops early and lets a gap develop between him and the car in front of him. He could smoke any Alero, and I say that with one possible known exception, which is the RWD V8 conversion I saw pics of. I think it's a hell of a car, and I sure wish I owned it. And yeah, in that situation, AWD helped, as he was accelerating in the rain. I can't wait until I get some halfway decent videos of that car...you guys can just skip downloading those so you don't waste your time. :rolleyes: :D <_<