Im looking to purchase a cold air intake and these are cheap but is the fitment good. Also does anyone have them with pics? They seem to be comparable to the old PR CAI Design where it goes into the fender.

 

stay with stock...... trust me

 

The problem is the actual filter. Buy it off Ebay and replace the fliter with a good one.

 

does anybody search or read on here? How many posts can be put up about the same thing?! As long as the CAI goes through the wheel well then it will be good. Keep the stock maf sensor and use the pipes from ebay and buy a new filter (k&n). It's only a little better with the real CAI than stock.

 

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Only post I read was concerning a Cattman. Didnt see any others. I DO know the rules around here, no need to be hostile my friend. I appreciate the info. This was exactly what I was wanting to know. If there were any flaws on these particular CAI'S. I do know of the gains and characteristics of them as well. Im not a newbie and I will keep it at that.

 

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i have one i bought it from "option racing" it works ok but i had to get a few fittings from checker and autozone to make the tubing run the way i wanted it

 

I'll post some pics later of my ebay one with a K&N filter.

 

Q, I have this set up with a K&N filter...I don't know the exact gains/loss but I have been happy with it. I don't have any pictures of this engine bay though.

 

here is a quick pic

 

and another showing the filter in the fender well

 

I suggest getting a black CAI it looks better.

 

I know only the good CAI's go though the fender, but where do they go? Into the wheel well?

I didn't think they sat in the well, but I've seen some pictures that they would imply they do. If so, how do they not get soaked, dirty and possibly smashed by the tire?

 

There are shields inside the wheel well.....filter sits inside those. It does get wet and dirty, but using the k&n is helpful since you can clean them.

 

would a popcharge filter fit in there?

I was thinking about just boxing in my pop charger and running a pipe/tube into the wheel well. That way the filter wouldn't get dirty or anything

 

Dang man. I just got one! The package showed up today. Its a Place Racing though. Cattman has them on a g/d right now.

 

That's the cheaper way to do it. filters fit the pipes...you need the same size for each to make it work.

 

yeah but the venturi cone can bolt right onto a maf adapter and then be attached to the piping.

I would assume since the popcharger uses a larger filter the most CAIs more gains could be seen by boxing it in and then runing a type of snokel setup.

 

Heres mine and i know you guys are going to say HAI but the truth is i have a gauge that monitors intake air temp and other things and ive never seen it reach above 100 degrees even with the stock intake it got hotter than that but heres a pic for reference. (and i did get it off ebay and replaced the filter. fitments were no issue.)

 

Some how I dont believe that the stock box inside was 100 degrees. HAI never gain more power or have lower temps. It just doesnt work....

 

I agree here. Not trying to be a **** but I posted the exact same topic about 2 weeks ago
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=496972

 

he's a moderat0r lol..

 

hey man i can take a pic of my gauge if youd like some proof.

 

words of someone who has never tried a PRCAI.. I should just go dyno to end this fawkin crap once and for all.

its been said literally hundreds of times.


PRCAI+ stock resonator= FTMFW. Personally, I've ran short ram (w/ stock res.) and midpipe setup and of course the CAI. There's no contest honestly, although I notice a bit of loss at top-end but its marginal as I've said.

Then add some tuning to get that MAF V. % correct and you're set.

 

I think you should take a picture and Apparition should do his dyno. Then we can see which is actually better.

 

yeah I might try to get one done in a week or two..

 

Im very satisfied with my PRCAI but it was expensive. I would of gone with the ebay intakes if I had that option before. I went with Place Racing cuz there was no other option for CAI for our maximas but Im sure the ebay
CAI are also good, just change the filter to K&N and you will basically have the same setup as PRCAI.
Just came back to the org recently cuz i got over the addiction of World of Warcraft. Is it true Place RAcing ran out of business? I sinned and neglected my baby. Im making it up to her tuning her up and planning to upgrade to HIDs.

 

So is this the setup your talking about?





If so, Does the resonator and flex section actually perform better then a aftermarket midpipe?

 

You should change out the fled section and resonator for a midpipe and keep the maf.

 

It depends on the IM. Zack's dynos prove that a short ram loses power over a pop charger in the USIM. But there is no back to back runs with a VI.

 

But what about the CAI? Dyno proves loss for the short ram. I would still guess that there would be a better gain with a midpipe-maf-CAI pipe setup then with the flexsection-resonator-maf-CAI pipe setup.

No diagnoses anywhere to tell what's better for the VI?

 

Track test from Dave B with an MEVI have shown no difference between a full CAI and a stock resonator with CAI. But he felt there was better throttle response with the stock resonator. I have run just about all the setups out there. I like the CAI lower tube with a K&N filter, but am still up in the air about the mid pipe on the MEVI.

 

Well thanks JSutter. Good info to know. I'm going to test both setups once I do the swap.

 

maybe get an extended rev limiter, ya cheapy.. lol

 

Ofcourse a popcharger would make more power over a short ram, unless u use the venturi cone and huge filter (popchager) on the shortram. The bigger filter is gonna flow more air plain and simple.

 

yea no kidding if u get it tunned it will work like it supposed to!!!!! not on a stock tune.. and yea i have tried 3 types of intakes and they all dont do **** but slow the car down when its hot out... if u tune it it will make the difference not just by itself...

 

both tests were done with a JWT pop charger.

 

Indeed, I think alot of ppl expect Insta-gain.. But IMO the real gains are to be found with the AFC combined with some other things. It should be interesting when I dyno with the AFC disabled (just intake) and then with the AFC in operation. Then I'll do the same thing with a y-pipe and so on. Should be good fun for the guys who like to see real numbers.