Ebay Air Intake, stupid question... maybe? Options

[bloodrain]

ok guys, heres my problem, I buy alot of crap off ebay. I saw This Air Intake on ebay for like $10, it looks nice and all, but would it really fit properly? Also, I really doubt it gives you "INSTANT 10-15 HP" if anything I was thinking more like 3-5 hp. Also, I want to start my way into messing around with my engine, and the best way to learn is hands on. So would this be a good starting spot for me?

[Insanity-74]

Both will give you small HP gains but not alot, the cold air intake and short ram both have good benifits and downfalls.
Short Ram intake - less distance for the air to travel from intake to throttlebody. Can be prone to sucking in Hot air from the engine bay which will starve the engine of those extra earned HP, probably not as much of an issue as people make out but something worth considering. and my personal choice of modification to the intake system.
Cold air intake - Guarantees you cold air going into the engine which is always good but the engine has to work harder to suck the air along all the pipework required to locate the filter in a cold airstream, depending upon the routing of the pipework the air can get heated up just as much as the short ram intake from the pipework soaking up alot of heat from the engine.
The best option would be to have a short straight intake pipe in a cold airflow. Using a sort ram intake and fabricating a cold airbox to encase it would be a good option, aslong as there is plenty of cold air inlets as to not restrict the airflow. Each method has good and bad points, its all down to personal preferance.