Please note this is my first time doing this. So, I removed my air box this weekend and installed a open cone cai filter on the end of the hose that has the sensor thats connected to the flex tube. After looking at pics of other forum member's CAI I began to question why did people remove the flex tube thru airbox. I was trying to find a 3.5" diameter metal pipe locally, but all the auto part store here only had 3" diameter mandrels (which were made of some type of plastic), so I opted to just get a long open cone air filter and attach it to the piece that connected to the air box. Does connecting a mandrel to the throttle body with a rubber coupler provide better performance... How did you all get this sensor (circled below) to seperate from the hose and fit into that circular hole on the mandrel?
Originally Posted by GP24
Please note this is my first time doing this. So, I removed my air box this weekend and installed a open cone cai filter on the end of the hose that has the sensor thats connected to the flex tube. After looking at pics of other forum member's CAI I began to question why did people remove the flex tube thru airbox. I was trying to find a 3.5" diameter metal pipe locally, but all the auto part store here only had 3" diameter mandrels (which were made of some type of plastic), so I opted to just get a long open cone air filter and attach it to the piece that connected to the air box. Does connecting a mandrel to the throttle body with a rubber coupler provide better performance... How did you all get this sensor (circled below) to seperate from the hose and fit into that circular hole on the mandrel?
