Castro's air box v. KAMOTORS intake?

[butters]

Thanks, but I have no interest in comparing the units. I bought the one I wanted. I am running a 3.5" maf and the guys that offer product for that is where I went. I just tested air temps to make sure I was drawing enough cool air in since I still have my high beams in place.

understoood. I'm just defending kamotors, pointing out that there is no comparison here. some may read your post (looks like a few already have) and think oh that's great, I'll skip kamotors based on that info, when really it's not justifiable unless there's an apples-to-apples comparison. which, if done, would likely prove that both are good units it's just a matter of personal preference and depth-of-pocket lol.

[giantkeeper]

I'd be interested to see you run the temp sensor inside of a kamotors cone for comparison. Data is great, but a comparison is needed to make use of such information.

Thanks, but I have no interest in comparing the units. I bought the one I wanted. I am running a 3.5" maf and the guys that offer product for that is where I went. I just tested air temps to make sure I was drawing enough cool air in since I still have my high beams in place.

[Mr.SWISS]

Bling bling.

PM castros or e30polak.

Thanks whitey! :up:

[MR 325]

Everyone I pop the hood for says that big carbon can looks badass, a lot better than just a cone with a wall around it would look.

Bling bling.

:hitler:

PM castros or e30polak.

[Mr.SWISS]

Price and order info?

:hitler:

[kamotors]

Thanks for the good word guys.

I've done lots of IAT testing and without proper ducting Your IAT's will rise. It took speeds of 60+mph to get my IATS down to under 100 degrees without the duct installed. With the duct my kit will breath ambient air at all speeds. It takes nothing more than a sensor in the airbox to prove this.

[butters]

i bought the kamotors one. had one before and i liked it, put it in yesterday and..yep i like it again lol. it really came down to price. i couldn't justify double the cost for what seemed like a glorified heat shield(no offense) when i know i can modify something to "hide" this large carbon can in my engine bay...though it does look bad ass.

the sound it makes is amazing. you can really hear the gulps of air the motor takes. when spring comes i will be popping out the highbeam and running some ducting and what not.

I'm with this guy. The kamotors looks good and ducted properly I'm sure it performs. At speed there is so much air rushing in I'm doubtful that there is really a huge IAT difference with or without the airbox. Modern cars, yea, but the e30 has a pretty wide open engine bay with room for air to move.

I have a Castro box with my S50 swap and 3.5" setup. I recently setup a temp sensor in the airbox to monitor temp changes.

At this point I have seen temp differences up to 25 degrees between the box and the engine bay.

So far for me, the C-box has been effective for form and function.

I'd be interested to see you run the temp sensor inside of a kamotors cone for comparison. Data is great, but a comparison is needed to make use of such information.

[lifeiskaos]

i'm extremely happy with my kamotors intake on my m52...

looks, sounds, and works great.

castro box is too bulky/ugly imo

[e30polak]

castros box for sure. air filters are all about surface area - the kamotors intake can't compete in that regard. There's a reason the castros box is so big.

Unfortunately the air filter option with the ABS unit in place isn't THAT much bigger then the KA Motors intake. However, if the ABS is removed, you can run a ginormous filter!

[nando]

castros box for sure. air filters are all about surface area - the kamotors intake can't compete in that regard. There's a reason the castros box is so big.

[ZM Blue Devil]

We just did another install doing Catro box. This one is on a e30 S50.

One of the great things about the Castro box is that there are two versions, one with late model res and the one pictured with no res on drivers side.

Fitment is great, temp lowered and its great eye candy.

[Mr.SWISS]

Price and order info?

[Jand3rson]

Everyone I pop the hood for says that big carbon can looks badass, a lot better than just a cone with a wall around it would look.

[devon.818]

i bought the kamotors one. had one before and i liked it, put it in yesterday and..yep i like it again lol. it really came down to price. i couldn't justify double the cost for what seemed like a glorified heat shield(no offense) when i know i can modify something to "hide" this large carbon can in my engine bay...though it does look bad ass.

the sound it makes is amazing. you can really hear the gulps of air the motor takes. when spring comes i will be popping out the highbeam and running some ducting and what not.

[e30polak]

I asked the price for a reason. If it's a $75 or under heat shield, I would consider it a good part. But for some reason, I remember it being much more than that.

I tried setting up a group buy a while ago for $150 per box, but everyone was complaining about the price. We sell a good quality product at a fair price. Fair enough that Bimmerworld, Ireland Engineering, Guten Parts, along with numerous members and customers have purchased it with great satisfaction.

If you want to go make you're own heat shield for $75, then by all means go do so. However, the boxes' price also includes the R&D that Chris has put into them. Just like any other product sold by a reputable vendor, there is an added profit margin for overhead and R&D.

Thanks to everyone for the positive responses. We have some big things in the works before the end of the year, so stay tuned! :pimp: