i had an injen CAI intake but its been raining really bad and alot of water is around and i was afraid of gettin water in it...so i made my own short ram intake which i like better...now the 3 vacuum hoses that run to the take. do they need to be connected or can i just leave them open and put a small filter on them? the only one that is really pulling alot of VAC is thee big one from the valve cover...should it be pulling vac or does the intake need to be pulling the vacuum from it? or is it fine either way...

 

buy a hydroshield from injen and hook your vac hoses back up!!

 

is it going to hurt it running it like this for now?

 

i like the shorter straght one i made better , and i have a filter on the big hose that connects to the valve cover? will it be fine, or do they need a vac pulled on them

 

Injen has applied technology to help you gain power. It's a cold airintake, designed to give you cold air for more HP. The short ram intake you fab'd is going to pull all of the "heat soak" hot air from your engine compartment, which will affect your HP negatively. I live in Washington now, and moved here from Dallas, so to a fellow Texan, you don't know $hit about rain, it rains here 250-280 days a year. Buy a K&N drycharger "bag" to cover your filter, they keep out all the water but let a lot of air flow. Good luck!!!

 

Drill a few holes in the tube you made put a rubber grommet in and a plastic tee. I know a guy who did the same thing. I doubt running with your vac hoses exposed is a good idea.

 

the injen is not a cold air intake (i dont care what injen says to sell an intake) and it gets hot air too. someone on here did temp tests and the temp was the same for an injen and short ram (berk, etc)

"applied technology"?

 

so would i be better off with mine since the air has a straight and shorter distance to travel or it doesnt make any difference?

 

not to jack ur thread or anything... didn't think it was necessary to open up a new thread... but can someone tell me the differences between a 4th gen intake and a 5th gen intake... i mean we do have the same motor etc... my main intention was to put a place racing cold air intake in... but not many out there... so will the 4th gen fit in? thanks in advance

 

anyone?....

 

they all work the same and provide minimal performance gains. the only thing to consider when deciding is looks, name, and price

 

its bad form to hijake a thread then bump it for an answer after only waiting 32 minutes

 

sorry... i really didn't mean any harm... but it was just a waste to open up a new one don't u think... sorry for jacking the thread tho...

 

both are a waste
you know whats also a waste? donating then not using the search function you got

 

yes very true... but wat would u say i've done a search on the forum and found very little info...

 

and plus the search option is not working well...

 

juat sell the injen and put the stocker one back.....

 

Has anyone ever done a before and after intake dyno.

I have, the ony change was an intake and 17* timing advance, and that does nothing after 2300 RPM's. So as far as wot peak power, I gained 22whp from an intake.

 

 

What proof do you want?

 

you gained 22 whp from only an intake?? thats impossible

 

Conditions were within 2% (Ambient air pressure, temp and humidity) and the only change was an intake. One gained 22 whp, and the other gained 15 whp.

I/H/17* High
H/17*/B low



I/H/17* High line
H low line

 

sooner, you hecka got told.

 

dynos dont prove anything since there is no proof of mods.
22whp from an intake??? intake manufacturs dont even inflate their numbers that much

so i guess i have about 280 hp

 

Im not trying to promote any intake, I bought mine used on here for 50$ shipped.

I'm just posting my results.

All of my dynos are posted in the dyno forum with their information (mods at the time) Not making anything up.


** Also The A/F was affected. When using an intake, it runs a smidge leaner, thus solving A33B 'rich' issues so the whp could be a result of that too. W/an intake 13.5 was seen from 5k + IIRC, and it would stay in the 12's (low) when in stock airbox mode.

 

Wow you are cynical!!! lol

 

This thread has officially been ass raped.

 

Motors love water in the intakes!

 

Can someone ban this a$$clown already? This is bordering on getting the tard of the month award... "Must get to 15 posts so I can ask about my intake!"

 

If you are afraid of water, doesn't AEM make a valve that prevents water from entering a CAI? IIRC, they make it in like 2.5, 2.75, and 3" variations.

Oh, and nice loop-to-loop on the dyno graph!

 

he forgot to mention, but he had some race fuel in there