Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance ingen filter on ebay intake piping

So heres the deal. I just put on my new intake that i ordered from ebay for $30 bucks. Im happy with the fitment of the piping, but not so happy about the cheap filter that came with it. So today i ordered an ingen filter and was just wondering if it would be as good as the whole ingen intake system. By the way its a short ram intake and the diameter of the piping is 2.75. What do you guys think?

won't be as good as a ingen full system, but better than with an ebay filter

After all, all an intake is, is a pipe withr a filter on the end of it. right?