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Originally Posted by Breech
You are doing the same thing and saving yourself about $200 in the process. I'm sorry but it's foolish to spend that much money on a short metal elbow with a high flow when the airbox mod is essentially the same. The airbox may help shield debris but if you are careful with your driving habits and you do the mod correctly I think that it's just fine. Never had a single problem with mine, I switched to the K&N for extra piece of mind. I had a close encounter with a puddle that swayed my decision, otherwise I'd still have the ghetto ram on there. I think that the problems are more based on individual cars and/or incorrect installation. If you are creative you could probably find a way to mount the stock box lower or create a box out of something else. Then the only difference at that point would be metal vs. rubber and the length of the elbow. All in all, completely stock is probably the best bet but if you want a short ram then I don't see the ghetto one being any worse than the others. Just my .02
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It causes in the VAST MAJORITY of people using it Reduce Power Mode (LIMP) set by P0068 DTC. The K&N has a history of 0171 lean and 1182 Supercharger Inlet Pressure Sensor Performance and a rare P0068 ( that is rare on the K&N) . It is called the Ghetto Ram for a couple of reasons; 1 it looks ghetto and the biggest; 2 it preforms ghetto. Would I buy a AEM? No.. the one I have was installed by AEM for fit testing on the my 05. Would I buy K&N? No.. I do not feel that 200 plus bucks for whine and a couple of codes are worth it. Are either of them better than the Ghetto, hell yes. If yours is working for you, then great, hope the luck keeps going. You are the exception not the rule and I simply do not advocate a mod with the terrible history that this one has had. I also find it bad form to equate a cheap and dirty mod attempt to a product that does not recommend that configuration and that applies to any product. It is just simply the wrong information and easily misleads and there is more than enough of that.
Mark