Quick Cold Air Intake question
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Quick Cold Air Intake question
Hi everyone. I have a few questions that I am wondering you can help me with:
1)Does your cold air intake just kida hang there, or is it connected by a bracket so it doesn't move around?
2) Does your CAI rub against the newly created 'hole' in your car? If so, what do you use to prevent this?
3) My Filter hangs pretty damn low. It actually touches the bottom of the car. Is this bad?(For air flow etc...)
I appreciate any comments you may have. :thumbup:
1)Does your cold air intake just kida hang there, or is it connected by a bracket so it doesn't move around?
2) Does your CAI rub against the newly created 'hole' in your car? If so, what do you use to prevent this?
3) My Filter hangs pretty damn low. It actually touches the bottom of the car. Is this bad?(For air flow etc...)
I appreciate any comments you may have. :thumbup:
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Re: Quick Cold Air Intake question
1)Does your cold air intake just kida hang there, or is it connected by a bracket so it doesn't move around?
it has a rubber piece that does attatches to the body.. such as the bracket you are talking about...
2) Does your CAI rub against the newly created 'hole' in your car? If so, what do you use to prevent this?
yes it does... bicycle rubber will fit well to prevent the CAI from rubbing on the metal and scratching.. but in some cases you will need to hammer the hole open... (or cut it out like mike did.. hehe)
3) My Filter hangs pretty damn low. It actually touches the bottom of the car. Is this bad?(For air flow etc...)
no it is not... b/c of the "stone guard" it will still somewhat protect the filter and that is where the air comes from with the orignal intake.. that's another reason why you bought the cai instead of the short ram.. the short ram stays in your engine and just sucks up the hotter air in the engine bay..
it has a rubber piece that does attatches to the body.. such as the bracket you are talking about...
2) Does your CAI rub against the newly created 'hole' in your car? If so, what do you use to prevent this?
yes it does... bicycle rubber will fit well to prevent the CAI from rubbing on the metal and scratching.. but in some cases you will need to hammer the hole open... (or cut it out like mike did.. hehe)
3) My Filter hangs pretty damn low. It actually touches the bottom of the car. Is this bad?(For air flow etc...)
no it is not... b/c of the "stone guard" it will still somewhat protect the filter and that is where the air comes from with the orignal intake.. that's another reason why you bought the cai instead of the short ram.. the short ram stays in your engine and just sucks up the hotter air in the engine bay..
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You should dry to push your filter up more. There is nothing wrong with it touching the splash shield but its better the the filter be more up on the pipe rather then on the edge of it.
As far as the whole concerned.... you can either bend the metal down to fit the pipe or grind it off with a dremel or air gun. Then take a regualr rubber hose make a slid in it with a blade ...horizontally that way you open up the hose then put it over the sharp edges and this will protect your CAI from damage.
Some people didnt do the above and have tiny holes developed from continuous rubbing.
As far as the whole concerned.... you can either bend the metal down to fit the pipe or grind it off with a dremel or air gun. Then take a regualr rubber hose make a slid in it with a blade ...horizontally that way you open up the hose then put it over the sharp edges and this will protect your CAI from damage.
Some people didnt do the above and have tiny holes developed from continuous rubbing.
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