Thread: Cold Air Inductions INC. CAI

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=gCi2yo4UqPI

OK I'll agree....they add.....2 HP

My point was...

You don't need to "cool" your PCM.

And intake placement really doesn't matter that much.

I'd worry more about the exhaust side than anything since that's where the problems lie.

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Remember tuning has a lot to do with it, personally i dont care about dyno numbers, you can tell the computer anything......

IMHO its all about what times the car gains at the track

Originally Posted by DirtDog

Cold Air Intakes Mythbusted - YouTube

OK I'll agree....they add.....2 HP

Trust me man i'm subscribed to this youtube page. I watch his myth vidoes all the time. I'm fully aware of all his experiments.

Originally Posted by matt5112

The point where you lose me is saying "they tested" and start copy and pasting everything they advertise.

How about you dyno your car both on the stock and the new intake, two or three pulls of each. Make sure AFR stays the same too. Otherwise you can get more HP by unplugging a vacuum line and running super lean. Doesn't necessarily prove anything.

For the billionth time, if you're rolling, IAT's are irrelevant. If you're sitting, IAT's will be higher without a CAI. Chances are, you don't have the traction down there for it to make a difference anyways.

And yes, I've had a box of this design. Even routed the air from the fog light into the box. Was a complete waste of time.

Also, cotton filters tend not to filter very well. All that means is you're going to wear out your engine quicker.

Wus up Matt, don't dog me out im just the messenger. I only posted the CAI specs for the people that haven't visited their site yet or didn't know what it was. Im not sure how I losted you but im sure that most most companies if not all test their products definitely if there claiming numbers. And again Copy & paste of the specs was just done to give members on here the benefit of the doubt beings though I already provided them with the pictures. If somebody doesn't believe in CAI than continue driving with what you have(which should be stock and not gutted out) since CAI does absolutely nothing. Go to every manufacturer that makes CAI and tell them what you told me or show them the youtube videos. But don't judge me or my post, I only did this for those that's interested in that 2HP and a lil style to their engine bay. At the end of the day everybody on here or anywhere else that's been looking for performance out of their motor has either tried a CAI or thought of it. So don't knock the idea bc there is some truth and factor behind CAI(even if its just flow, this benefit alone is enough to prove that CAI work at least to some extent).

Originally Posted by Max Cook

Seriously? Did you really just say that?

And you really think that small amount of plastic and heatshielding is going to stop the air from getting hot as frick anyway when the car has been running or when it sucks it into the 9 million degree heaton supercharger after passing over the crossoverpipe and hot throttlebody? Its dyno proven that cold air intakes do nothing but help restrict flow if anything.

You cant compare a cold air intake to a stock box like they do, you need to compare a cold air intake to a proper hot air intake.

They look neat and on N/A cars make some sense. Otherwise its dumb.

Is that not true? Intake boxes do provide protection for the PCM if you have one. In our cars the front fender well corner is the coolest place in the engine bay and yes with the PCM being mounted there it would help it stay cool and when I said SHADE I was referring to when the hood is OPEN ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AND THE SUN IS BEAMING DOWN IN YOUR ENGINE BAY WHILE YOUR WORKING ON IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE your PCM would be safe.

Anyway like I said PCMs are made to withstand engine bay heat, it was just a figure of speech for the member who asked the question so he could feel comfortable about the PCM being in the engine bay.


I MEAN DAMN GIVE ME A BREAK HERE.........

Originally Posted by Dee23

Is that not true? Intake boxes do provide protection for the PCM if you have one. In our cars the front fender well corner is the coolest place in the engine bay and yes with the PCM being mounted there it would help it stay cool and when I said SHADE I was referring to when the hood is OPEN ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AND THE SUN IS BEAMING DOWN IN YOUR ENGINE BAY WHILE YOUR WORKING ON IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE your PCM would be safe.

Anyway like I said PCMs are made to withstand engine bay heat, it was just a figure of speech for the member who asked the question so he could feel comfortable about the PCM being in the engine bay.


I MEAN DAMN GIVE ME A BREAK HERE.........

You work on your car in the sun? Poor guy. Someone needs garage space...

Originally Posted by DirtDog

Cold Air Intakes Mythbusted - YouTube

OK I'll agree....they add.....2 HP

that youtube video is funny, some cars actually make more power by doing a intake.
like my brothers 05 mustang, you can buy a cheap intake and it doesnt throw CEL so people buy that, it doesnt throw a CEL cause it isnt adding any extra air at all... waste of money.
now if you go spend th extra money(alot of money) like my brother did the mustang will throw CEL(05+ mustang computers are very picky) because of the extra air thats its getting BUT you get a tuner with the intake setup.
JLT SERIES 3 INTAKE/SCT TUNER package (2005-09 Mustang GT) [CAI3X3-FMG05] - $599.00 : JLT PERFORMANCE, Home of the JLT TRUE COLD AIR KIT

srt8's I believe make alot more power with cai's

Originally Posted by Dee23

Is that not true? Intake boxes do provide protection for the PCM if you have one. In our cars the front fender well corner is the coolest place in the engine bay and yes with the PCM being mounted there it would help it stay cool and when I said SHADE I was referring to when the hood is OPEN ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AND THE SUN IS BEAMING DOWN IN YOUR ENGINE BAY WHILE YOUR WORKING ON IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE your PCM would be safe.

Anyway like I said PCMs are made to withstand engine bay heat, it was just a figure of speech for the member who asked the question so he could feel comfortable about the PCM being in the engine bay.


I MEAN DAMN GIVE ME A BREAK HERE.........

You seriously think the sun shining on your PCM is more heat than it gets on a hard drive on a curvy road?

I think you are just a little pissed that everyone is throwing out facts proving that you wasted your money.

BTW, my PCM has been free of the airbox for about 2 years now with ZERO ill effects.

Originally Posted by lsxftw

Remember tuning has a lot to do with it, personally i dont care about dyno numbers, you can tell the computer anything......

IMHO its all about what times the car gains at the track

High five to that.

People want to quote dyno numbers, even when they are made up, but people fail to realize that a dyno is nothing more than a tuning tool. The true proof of power, is what you run down the 1/4.

Machun it

I have seen that kit. I could never justify spending that much on a CAI. It looks like the quality is real good. I don't know about the 10hp gain. All CAI's seem to produce the same amount of minimal hp.

Originally Posted by The Guz

I have seen that kit. I could never justify spending that much on a CAI. It looks like the quality is real good. I don't know about the 10hp gain. All CAI's seem to produce the same amount of minimal hp.

But don't you know, the "manufacturer" says it makes 50 bagillion hp, so it has to make that much.

40 bucks and 4mph in the 1/4 suck it