anyone ever tried making there own CAI if so how is it? are there any short or longterm problems?

 

It all depends on how you make it. I made my own midpipe with a 3" exhaust pipe from Auto Zone, plumbing fittings and ferco couplings from Home Depot. Works great and looks great.

My next project is to make my own lower pipe. JcWhitney has mandrel bent pipes already made. Or you can go to a muffler shop and do what this guy did...

http://www.tcnj.edu/~sysant2/CAI.htm

 

im thinking of doing something like that, probably Injen style

 

Yeah, my friends and I make CAI's all of the time for our ricer friends!! lol As said, we just go to AutoZone and buy the universal fit cold air intake kit!!

 

Someone out there is porottyping a cai for us right now and im not gonna say who but expect it to be a hell of a price!!

 

YEAH I JUST BOUGHT A REACTIVE FILTER. I USED THE SAME TUBING AND IT LOOKS GREAT.

 

I doubt its going to be any revolutionary design and it will probably be 2x the price

 

I would expect it to be around the same price as WSP, but then again it's not like the design is gonna be anything different.

Kevin are there gonna be any dyno's?

It's kinda annoying products coming out with no dyno numbers. WSP has no numbers for their CAI (that I know of). Although it's quite obvious it gets good gains, it'd just be nice to have specifics for stuff.

 

 

yes maxima2k2 since you have a VG engine there is an easy cheap way to make an awesome custom cold air intake. All you need is 3" PVC pipe, one 3" PVC 90 degree bend, two 3" rubber hoses with clamps, and one ~3/8 fitting (for the ACC)(these 4 @ home depot for around $15) and a generic air fiter (i used one from autozone for $20). Using these you can run the pvc right from the metal intake, parallel to radiator,infront of the battery and down into the front of the fender. This project requires some skill as you must extend the MAS senser wires about 1.5 ft, cut a hole near the fender wall, and relocate the antifreeze overflow tank and the fuse box (which sits on top of the intake pipe). This intake is far shorter than any aftermarket intakes, flows better and can be made for under $40.

 

No sir

 

I definetly agree James. This is just a prototype right now. On sat. I go back up to gregs shop and do some more brainstorming and hopefully this thing will be in mass production in a month or so I emailed greg with everyones comments and concerns so he knows what we want. I'll keep you updated

 

You're the only one getting a deal, Greg doesn't give anything away and his CAI will cost more than WSP.

 

if not he'll make up the diff. with the shipping costs.

 

Last I checked, extending your MAF wires was some bad juju because you change the resistance of the wires by lengthening them.

 

What did greg ever do to you guys that you dont like him? Please fill me in because when I met him he was a very respectable and cool guy.

 

Dark Lord Bunny, while its true the longer the wire the higher the resistance, this is only apparent in long distances. The extra 2ft you need adds no measuarable resistance to the MAS. I didnt just make this idea up, I have my car setup this way and I can assure you there is no "bad juju"

 

K cool, that basically just green-lighted the idea me and Aaron were tossing around for a custon ram/CAI setup on my car.

 

I posted a thread about a set-up like this a few weeks ago, let me see If I can find it.

EDIT- http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=183244

there was some good info In there.