Whelan

FIRST OFF, omg!

This thing is amazing, I feel stupid for not getting it on my 94 SL1. But the difference vs. warm air is incredible. Granted I had the Injen wai, on my saturn with only 85 hp, and I put an AEM on my 127hp civic. But still, what a plus. The sound is smoother and really kicks in at 3500 where the car kicks ass and launches. Below that there is a tiny bit of lag but still good power and the AEM leaves a nice smooth powerband across the line. It is relatively quiet but noticeable during regular driving, but once you punch it, it comes to life. At idle there is a nice little hiss from under the hood from the air being sucked in.

Install took 2 hours, due to the need of a torque wrench and two trips to autozone for deep socket 27mm and other parts. Turns out for my car AEM included a new mounting plate for the clutch cable and ground wire which mounts to the tranny. So I had to remove a tranny bolt and torque it back down. I wasnt going to **** with the quarter turn stuff on that one, and all is well. I unplugged the battery for the whole time, once started again I let it run at idle for about 10min., no SES light and all is well. The car loves it and I cant wait for the header and full exhaust (not till next year)

I am still debating on getting the bypass for the winter. On my civic it required no cutting and sat right behind the front bumper just below the headlamp, so it is entirely raised at the tranny height and sits high enough where water would not be a problem unless I drove in like 2 feet of water. But performance increase is def. noticeable and the sound of the AEM is very distinct. Such a good purchase and glad I spent that cash!

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2005 Toyota Matrix XR AWD

My 1994 SL1

My 2002 Honda Civic EX Coupe

DILLIGAF

good for you man...now get me some damn pics

Thats how mine is. Really deep when i hit 2500rpm's. I love going under bridges....sooo LOUD. Can't wait to take it through the bankhead tunnel downtown....

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Traded my ion for '07 silverado crew cab

surge99

I got my AEM Short Ram on today, and it really helped alot. They are great and worth the money for sure.

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1999 SL2

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mkbuker

Parking garages are killer with a CIA and a muffler.

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Senior Member SPC
95 Taurus GL (the gas guzzler)
92 SC aquired 2/17/07
86 C-10 aquired 11/2/06
96 SL2 R.I.P. 10/30/06

DILLIGAF

can't wait to get my exhaust system on too....

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Traded my ion for '07 silverado crew cab

SL2

yep gotta agree with that.. next time im gonan wind out first to see how many alarms i can really set off

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Robert-sl2

Ditto, when SPOC OH met in columbus and went cruising through parking garages, I think we set off most every car alarm in the place

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Proud Owner of a 2005 Storm Grey Saturn Vue

sc2_ct

Not really. I've got my exhaust hollowed out from the header to the tip at 2.25" with an intake and some other crap, and I set off every single car alarm in there. At least in New Haven it is awful, cause every other car has an alarm, and if you've just set off a garage full of car alarms and then have to walk through it, it is quite painful.

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And before you ask, the bodykit is from:

http://www.saturnmotorsports.com

dwarfracing

ROFLMAO!!!!!

DWR

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97 SL1
- Vibrant Intake & Strut Tower Bar
- CenterForce Dual Friction on Rebuilt OEM Trans
- Pioneer 6400 w/ Dedicated 6 Disc
- Kenwood 500w 4 Channel
- 4 6.5" RF Fanatics Interiors
- MTX 500D Mono 700w + 1 Farad RF Cap
- NEED SUB 12" In Custom Sealed Box

3dinmind

I had to laugh about the bridges comment, I always punch my throttle going through underpasses with the AEM, makes me happy, especially if someone else is driving towards me with their window's down, ****ing riot watching their head's spin around.

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2004 Ion 3 Quad Coupe with XM Radio....