2017 cruze oem cold air ordered..

*shrug* it says under gm warranty. I was going to trash the warranty with an aem intake and bnr tune anyway, so this seems like a safer bet. It's a gm manufacturer part and tune and warranty

The stock airbox has a very small inlet and a small filter.
This comes with a bigger airbox, bigger inlet, bigger filter, and bigger tubing and of course a retune.

I'd guess 10 to 20hp, but who knows.
I will get it dyno tested to let those curious have a realistic idea.

Not going to bother with a stock dyno. I'm sure that info is out there already

Like I said... I'll take the plunge for the **** of it. I'll post results whenever I get it and it's installed. Really though, it's a plastic/rubber design so less likely to heatsoak. I'm not here to argue anything , but I will report with whatever facts I come across.

But to be clear I've used similar designs on 400+hp cars. The main restriction is the inlet (which this corrects). I otherwise don't see the intake being a place to gain power. The stock unit should be sufficient. I don't see much gain regardless of what intake you use, so comparison to the aem,or k&n is subjective. The inlet draws air from the grill so there will be cool air with a positive pressure. I see there being more gain from a billet compressor wheel, and a turbo back at least 2.5" or more.

bpl0807 said:

I'm glad to see that someone has ordered this intake. I've been fighting the urge to order it over the one of the aftermarket intakes until I read a review on it or see a video of it on a car. Definitely let us know and maybe post a video of how well it brings out the overall induction sound.

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Check this post for updates. I should get the intake soon and will post on this thread.

From what I can tell, you reuse the bottom half of the stock airbox and stock clamps. It is much bigger than stock, with a smallish extra inlet that pulls extra cool air in.

No, I had to fix up a car for my girl. I've been working on it for 3 frigging weeks. (Don't buy a used audi) I'm getting my car back this weekend and I'll plan the install

Well, I just installed the intake. I'm going to baby it over to the dealer to get the retune done and an oil change.

One comment I have already is that the fitment of the parts is crude. The pcv hose that pushes into the duct tube doesn't want to go in right. The duct tube sits where it nearly rubs against a bolt, and the front inlet doesn't line up right with the front, and vibrates against the piece that holds the hood prop. It only uses one screw to hold the maf/filter housing, and relies on the plastic cover to hold it all in place.

nightfallgrey2018 said:

@ Regalyisp, I'm just wondering if you ever installed this or not and if positive, what is your conclusion, thanks.

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Well in conclusion the quality is maybe 4/5, and the dealer can only program it if it's 2018-2019. The website improperly labeled it for a 2017. Gm won't do the program on the 2017.

I know. I was kind of blindsided by that. Not sure what I want to do now. Probably can't return it, and I'm not sure if I want to void warranty with a custom tune. I wonder if I leave it on if it'll hurt anything. I didn't get any check engine lights.

nightfallgrey2018 said:

Ragalyisp said:

Well in conclusion the quality is maybe 4/5, and the dealer can only program it if it's 2018-2019. The website improperly labeled it for a 2017. Gm won't do the program on the 2017.

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Thanks for the reply but what a bummer.

Since you didn't mention this, I have to ask...did you see any difference in sound?

If I were you, I'd return this asap since it is false advertisement....just like their pseudo "performance exhaust" where they claim that it will increase hp by 10 to 148 lol...but my 2018 is advertised as making 153hp without the performance exhaust. Who's responsible for such all these shady and inaccurate data?

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Well as far as their hp claims, they may be referring to actual wheel hp. I believe the 153hp is at the crank. I wouldn't doubt a hp increase from exhaust on any turbo car.

As far as the intake, I didn't notice any sound difference over stock. Only thing I noticed is my fuel mileage dropped to 22mpg. I'm sure a tune is needed with it. It's definitely coming back off.

17Cruzer said:

The closed loop O2 sensors will keep the A/F ratio the same with or without an air filter. No re-tuning is needed.

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It ran pig rich with it on. At least I think it did. Hard to tell, I'm used to my wrx with the wideband. I'm just going off the fuel mileage. I even gave it a bit to adjust. It would hiccup and pull timing from a stop.

17Cruzer said:

Ragalyisp said:

It ran pig rich with it on. At least I think it did. Hard to tell, I'm used to my wrx with the wideband. I'm just going off the fuel mileage. I even gave it a bit to adjust. It would hiccup and pull timing from a stop.

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I installed the AEM cai on my Cruze and after short ride, the car ran perfectly. Car is fed 93 octane only. Fuel economy is consistently over 40+ mpg highway.

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I doubt this unit pulls more air than the aem. And it's close to the stock design, so I'd think it would work. I don't understand why they offer a tune, but only for year other than mine. This intake isn't technically for the 2017.


I had two dealers call gm, and got two different answers from gm. One said it's only for 2018 up, another said only for gen1. I don't think it would fit a gen1.

I only run 93

I guess in the subaru community you don't touch anything like that without a tune. It makes me nervous. I've melted my share of pistons at 25+psi, but I hear these cars are doing it stock

This is a 2017. I'm just basing off pictures. I really dont know the gen1, just what gm tells me. I think it was intended for the 17, but they say only 2018 + due to piston redesign.

I don't know how far closed loop will allow it to adjust the map on these cars.

Good news is jerry has tunes to work off of for this intake, so I guess I have my answer.