You gotta check you didnt leave anything out of place, that issue isnt because the filter, it sounds more like hose off (vacuum/boost leak)
AEM Air Intakes add an est. 32HP to the 2015 Subaru WRX STI.
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You gotta check you didnt leave anything out of place, that issue isnt because the filter, it sounds more like hose off (vacuum/boost leak)
We're not trying to make any negative comments as you know in the past a lot of STi's had bad tunes from the factory. We also haven't had a chance to see a tune from a 2015. It must be pretty rich correct?
We're surprised this thread has also caught a lot of people's attention and we will make it right once we know the truth.
Thank you for giving us insight. Means a lot to us here.
Alin
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Id like to see that exact same test done during the day with normal 90 degree weather.
Bingo. I'm sure the intake helped improve flow, but the tune has to be the deciding factor. Stage 1 tunes, on a factory engine, yield similar results with the stock intake.
Even then, if Subaru has learned anything over the last 10 years, (especially after '07 :lol: ) it would be to tune a little more rich, considering they still use the same shitty emissions oriented pistons. They figure they can produce a safer engine, via a richer factory tune and pick up the lost power in AVCS tuning.
Maybe I'm wrong, I'm sure George can correct me.
Either way, if this intake makes good power as it is advertized, it's ultimately due to the leaner fuel mixture (maybe AEM recorded the factory AFR and built this to take advantage
). The factory intake has been known to tune up to 400 whp.I still don't understand why the '15 didn't have a redesigned EJ25...maybe with direct injection.
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Doubtful we ever will
Really sad. We called out a big company for the truth and got accused of not knowing anything.
Guess their all about the $$$! The truth will set you free.
TK-421
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Anyone who isn't on their payroll is going to be considered to not know anything. It doesn't matter if I know how to scale the MAF to properly account for the airflow changes in their intake or not, because I'm not an AEM employee, I don't know a thing. That's the way big companies mostly work, and I say mostly because some aren't like that.
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Some cars can get away with tossing on an intake, cars like Honda's that run a sole MAP sensor and have zero airflow meters or hotwires can use these products, but when it comes to something like a turbo Subaru that's has been refined constantly and is very sensitive to adjustment any small change is going to throw it out of wack. But AEM doesn't care, as long as they can sell and move product, kind of like drug dealers, they don't care what the drug does to the end user, they just care about that money in their pockets.
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Yeah I read it.....
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It's not going to be answered, it takes some stones to accuse someone of something, but to not be able to back your claims up with proof is just hear say. For him to say none of us know anything, yet the majority of us have had STi's for years and and years and years or have worked on them for that length of time, means we know nothing at all because with his vast experience of intake design and technology on his '15 and the experience he had with a drop in panel filter, any rebuttal to the situation we might have is wrong.
That sort of one way thinking and closed mindedness belongs on another forum, when someone offers their experience and insight into a potential solution for an issue, consider it at all costs, if that means a better experience for the person, because someone is sharing their knowledge and personal experience, take it, it makes your experience better and as well as the person offering advice.
My .02 on the issue
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TK-421
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Yes bad publicity will affect their sales when it comes to STi's very few AEM products designed specifically for STi's and I believe it's due to their inability to provide clear technical support to their customers, maybe our cars are just a bit to sophisticated for them to understand, because I know AEM is big with the Honda and Acura groups. Do you ever see an AEM intake on a German vehicle or a GTR or Evo? The majority of Evo intakes I've tuned are either Injen or Buschur and STM
Yea I did read it as well. I just find it funny. I'm no expert but I do know how sensitive a turbo car can be to changes unlike a NA car. I'd admit I like the v2 intake on my eclipse and it does noticeable improvements. But I'd never in my life would accept an intake making 32 out of the box, only half that at most.
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