Cheap OTR intake

[klavins]

Seen a few cheap OTR cold air intakes on eBay.
Has anyone tried these and are they any good? They're around half the price of Orssom and VCM, etc.

Example: Holden VE OTR Intake SV6 V6 Commodore VE V6 Performance AIR Intake System | eBay

 

[Sphector89]

Im guessing the differences are build quality

 

[Michael-08-VE]

They're not too bad built quality, they don't fit the mafs that are one peice tube, if your maf screws in it'll fit.

 

[Capsule]

It looks more like a "in front of the radiator" CAI than an OTR one ... + you don't get a K&N filter with that.
Good luck finding a replacement filter, or is it washable? it says nothing about it, just that you can choose from 2 colors that you won't see anymore once installed, great feature!

You can find a used Orssom for around 400 bucks, probably a better investment than wasting your money on a cheap knockoff.

 

[Michael-08-VE]

It's washable.

 

[klavins]

It looks more like a "in front of the radiator" CAI than an OTR one ... + you don't get a K&N filter with that.
Good luck finding a replacement filter, or is it washable? it says nothing about it, just that you can choose from 2 colors that you won't see anymore once installed, great feature!

You can find a used Orssom for around 400 bucks, probably a better investment than wasting your money on a cheap knockoff.

Hmm, I did think about the filter aspect. I was planning on getting an Orssom OTR, just wondering about the cheaper ones.

 

[klavins]

Also, what's the difference between the V8 and V6 OTR intakes? Why wouldn't a V8 OTR fit on a V6? I've seen quite a few V8 intakes for sale but almost none for the V6.

 

[vongy10]

Also, what's the difference between the V8 and V6 OTR intakes? Why wouldn't a V8 OTR fit on a V6? I've seen quite a few V8 intakes for sale but almost none for the V6.

The V8's have a bigger throttle body.

 

[klavins]

The V8's have a bigger throttle body.

Figured that'd be the case. I'm guessing there's on way of fitting a V8 intake to a V6 then :/
Anyone made the pipe stretch over the V8 intake from the V6 throttle body? I'm thinking heating up the rubber pipe at the intake end would allow it to be stretched over?

 

[klavins]

The V8's have a bigger throttle body.

Figured that'd be the case. I'm guessing there's on way of fitting a V8 intake to a V6 then :/
Anyone made the pipe stretch over the V8 intake from the V6 throttle body? I'm thinking heating up the rubber pipe at the intake end would allow it to be stretched over?