View Poll Results: What CAI do you have or recommend?
K & N
245
35.66%
Air Raid
77
11.21%
AEM
25
3.64%
Mopar
36
5.24%
Volant
59
8.59%
Afe
32
4.66%
True Flow
7
1.02%
S & B
15
2.18%
Ram Hammer
9
1.31%
home made
113
16.45%
ebay or other (specify in a post)
69
10.04%
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Cold air intakes
#331
Earlier in this post I ranted about most of the DIY intakes being worse than stock due to the multiple 90• bends. I still stand by that but as mentioned above I agree the stock air box and better panel filter is just as good as after market CAI and better that most DIY jobs.
The surface area of the panel filter is bigger than the surface area of "some" cones.
And I agree it is better for cold air. I was thinking of opening the side of the stock air box along the fender side. I think that might yield access to more air.
On my 5.9 the big issue seems to be that crappy caved in stock hat on the TB. I was thinking of using a hybrid of stock air box an a spectre TB hat that stands a little taller.
I like DIY mod experiments as long a they don't have a negative impact.
The surface area of the panel filter is bigger than the surface area of "some" cones.
And I agree it is better for cold air. I was thinking of opening the side of the stock air box along the fender side. I think that might yield access to more air.
On my 5.9 the big issue seems to be that crappy caved in stock hat on the TB. I was thinking of using a hybrid of stock air box an a spectre TB hat that stands a little taller.
I like DIY mod experiments as long a they don't have a negative impact.
my cai:
I think it is better in that it has a nice long smooth bend instead of multiple direct 90's. It is open to the engine bay, but I may construct my own heat shield at some point if I think the rest of my system (engine, exhaust) is good enough that the extra cold air will actually help. For now the extra flow seems to help. I also read a few posts by drewactual where he was pretty convincing that the extra few degrees doesn't help as much as you would think, especially for systems close to stock, that helped me make my final decision to go with what i have. However you choose to do it, it's a fun mod that is easy to do yourself with some nice results.
#333
I bought my pieces at Home Depot. I had them in the cart when I went looking for the Sched40 3" 90 but they didn't have any. Oh well, 6-of-one, half-dozen the other lol
#334
Haha, yeah no kidding. Im trying not to plaster it all over the place but i think it is a good improvement over what some people have done. This seemed like an appropriate place, maybe some others looking for diy cai ideas will run across it.
#335
What? Dude, the gas never touches the cats. It's all carbon exhaust by the time it hits the cats.
#337
ok well i have a k&n 6.5in filter with a heat sheild on mine that was oruginally for a mustang i have the tube but not the right bends so my cai is on the original intake tube from my hemi with the hemi hat still its a pretty crude cai but none the less haha. i remember reading a guys where he made a cai intake with electrical conduet i think a 45 degree bend on 3in pipe? thats what i want to make for a tube but cant seem to find the diy can someine please send me the link?
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#338
The ions platted in the Cat takes the bad out.