I Love my CAI :)
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I Love my CAI :)
Ive had it for almost 1 1/2 weeks and the difference is great...The increase in low end power is significant enough to notice and the sound she makes at WOT is awsome...I cant get enough of it 
My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
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Re: I Love my CAI :)
Originally posted by matty
Ive had it for almost 1 1/2 weeks and the difference is great...The increase in low end power is significant enough to notice and the sound she makes at WOT is awsome...I cant get enough of it My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there ) its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
Ive had it for almost 1 1/2 weeks and the difference is great...The increase in low end power is significant enough to notice and the sound she makes at WOT is awsome...I cant get enough of it
My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there ) its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
Hmm, is it just me or has everyone started posting about CAI's after my huge thread on it?
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Re: I Love my CAI :)
Originally posted by matty
Ive had it for almost 1 1/2 weeks and the difference is great...The increase in low end power is significant enough to notice and the sound she makes at WOT is awsome...I cant get enough of it My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
Ive had it for almost 1 1/2 weeks and the difference is great...The increase in low end power is significant enough to notice and the sound she makes at WOT is awsome...I cant get enough of it
My car is soo much different to drive cause now when I shift at low speeds (if someone is in front of me) the power is there its hard to explain just get one and you'll know what I'm talkin about
No matter what people say, I've got to believe the CAI is like an exhaust: the major benefit is the sound--the gain is too small to really feel (compared to stock)--At least for 4th gens. I definitely can feel the gains of a Y-pipe but adding the CAI:
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Originally posted by Mishmosh
No matter what people say, I've got to believe the CAI is like an exhaust: the major benefit is the sound--the gain is too small to really feel (compared to stock)--At least for 4th gens. I definitely can feel the gains of a Y-pipe but adding the CAI:
No matter what people say, I've got to believe the CAI is like an exhaust: the major benefit is the sound--the gain is too small to really feel (compared to stock)--At least for 4th gens. I definitely can feel the gains of a Y-pipe but adding the CAI:
Sounds like to me..
Originally posted by matty
The power gain is definetly there
The power gain is definetly there
If you drive a 5sp.....the choice is yours
If you drive an auto......DO NOT buy just an intake.
It would be nice to hear from a 5sp owner that has made the switch from intake to CAI...................anyone....anyone Bueller?
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i have a 5 spd, i have the place racing CAI, ill be honest, i think us disconnecting the ecu and resetting, plus the fact that the comp has to readjust its fuel maps now, it was struggling bad to the redline but i notice each day its getting a lot better, it should take a full gas tank for everything to readjust, but def has low end power, and a great sound at wot, but does struggle to the redline now and then, compared to stock box
Originally posted by Craig Mack
Do you have a CAI, becuase I disagree. I felt it, but then again I came from a pop. Lemme double check, yup, the power is their.
Do you have a CAI, becuase I disagree. I felt it, but then again I came from a pop. Lemme double check, yup, the power is their.
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Originally posted by Mishmosh
Yeah. I've had one since summer. I like the noise and all, but the way people are hyping it up of late, you'd think it comes close to Y-pipe gains--which it doesn't. Aren't we talking like 3-4 hp with the CAI (on a good day). I am also talking from stock perspective and not from the pop charger where the low end may have really hurt you. If you think CAI is all that, then wait till you bolt on that Y-pipe, Craig. You will be singing some halleluyahs...
Yeah. I've had one since summer. I like the noise and all, but the way people are hyping it up of late, you'd think it comes close to Y-pipe gains--which it doesn't. Aren't we talking like 3-4 hp with the CAI (on a good day). I am also talking from stock perspective and not from the pop charger where the low end may have really hurt you. If you think CAI is all that, then wait till you bolt on that Y-pipe, Craig. You will be singing some halleluyahs...
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Originally posted by RedMax95
ive heard a little better than 3-4
ive heard a little better than 3-4
Well the effects may be a little shady with the CAI, but will I REALLY be able to feel the effects with the Y-pipe?
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Originally posted by Craig Mack
Yea. I know the 20HP K&N and all them boast about is hogwash, but I was thinkin like 8HP outta this ??
Well the effects may be a little shady with the CAI, but will I REALLY be able to feel the effects with the Y-pipe?
Yea. I know the 20HP K&N and all them boast about is hogwash, but I was thinkin like 8HP outta this ??
Well the effects may be a little shady with the CAI, but will I REALLY be able to feel the effects with the Y-pipe?
Worried about emissions and Y-pipe?
Look at this;
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ghlight=y+pipe
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http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ghlight=y+pipe
DW
Originally posted by 95emeraldgxe
i am seriously considering getting a Y pipe - but what about emissions?? - we gotta have them removed and reinstalled right???- doh! - how much wood that cost???
i am seriously considering getting a Y pipe - but what about emissions?? - we gotta have them removed and reinstalled right???- doh! - how much wood that cost???
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i came from stock, put on CAI, ecu is still adjusting i think cuz first nite it struggled to redline and since then has gottan graduall better, def low end, weak high end, but gettin better, like everyone says though, its more sound then speed, but its a must have, y pipe is in the mail, and next has to be variable intake, that would top it off
Originally posted by NotNew!!NewSN!!
i came from stock, put on CAI, ecu is still adjusting i think cuz first nite it struggled to redline and since then has gottan graduall better, def low end, weak high end, but gettin better, like everyone says though, its more sound then speed, but its a must have, y pipe is in the mail, and next has to be variable intake, that would top it off
i came from stock, put on CAI, ecu is still adjusting i think cuz first nite it struggled to redline and since then has gottan graduall better, def low end, weak high end, but gettin better, like everyone says though, its more sound then speed, but its a must have, y pipe is in the mail, and next has to be variable intake, that would top it off
As for HP gain, according to reports on the org, the Y-pipe with CAI gains some 12-14hp. Quite frankly, I am surprised the FrankenIntake gained so much but I'm sure this phenomenon is exclusive to the 5th gens.
The Y-pipe will bring back your top end. CAI and Y compliment each other so well
DW
DW
Originally posted by NotNew!!NewSN!!
i came from stock, put on CAI, ecu is still adjusting i think cuz first nite it struggled to redline and since then has gottan graduall better, def low end, weak high end, but gettin better, like everyone says though, its more sound then speed, but its a must have, y pipe is in the mail, and next has to be variable intake, that would top it off
i came from stock, put on CAI, ecu is still adjusting i think cuz first nite it struggled to redline and since then has gottan graduall better, def low end, weak high end, but gettin better, like everyone says though, its more sound then speed, but its a must have, y pipe is in the mail, and next has to be variable intake, that would top it off
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Re: Count me in too!
Originally posted by zzeeoo
I heard I have to drill a hole or something..might be troubles....
ZZeeOO
I heard I have to drill a hole or something..might be troubles....
ZZeeOO
3.25 hole saw
-drill but for that saw
Strength! Its gonna be hard cutting through metal, and the hole likely will have ruff edges. We used a rubber circle thingy that come off my stock intake peice and it made the CAI fit snug and perfectly. We woulda been ****ed without it..
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Originally posted by dwapenyi
The Y-pipe will bring back your top end. CAI and Y compliment each other so well
DW
The Y-pipe will bring back your top end. CAI and Y compliment each other so well
DW
whew, thanks for telin me this, i was ready to craft up my own variable intake somehow, since my y pipe is in the mail, i hope ur right, that will make things much better, cuz i never had to floor my car to get to the redline before the CAI
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