I was thinking about getting a aem cold air intake for my 98 civic but some suggest just getting a one piece intake and putting on an aem dryflow filter..... what is the best route??

 

i would go with an ebay intake and a aem filter, its basically the same thing, id go the cheaper route and your not gunna get noticible gains with either of em

 

use the dang search button look around the site before you post something. aem cold air will be better

 

I have ebay intake and ebay filter and I've been using it for 3 yrs without a problem.

 

The AEM Cold-Air will technically get you more power. I say technically because a member here had his intake stolen at a shop a few months back and he had to run some window screen over his throttle body for a while before his new intake arrived and he said he didn't even notice a difference with that. I've been running an Autozone Spectre tube with an AEM dryflow filter for probably 6 months now (before that I had a Spectre filter), and I've very happy with it. Not to mention you never have to oil the dryflow

Cost: $75 (technically only $65)
Spectre Tube: $25
AEM Dryflow Filter: $40
APC Valve cover breather (which you technically don't even need... it just helps clean up the engine bay as far as silicone tubes go): $10

 

alright I think I will go with the autozone filter and the aem dryflow ..it does seem like the better buy and is about 100 dollars cheaper

 

i have an ebay SRI with a dryflow filter for the rainy days and a AEM V2 for everyday and nothing compares to that v2 !