so i just got the "injen" knock off cai from ebay and it didnt come with any instructions. i know pretty much how to put it together i just need help with a few things
1. how to properly remove the stock intake
2. how to put together this ebay one without messing up.

lol its pretty much the whole process but i just really dont want to mess anything up.

thanks in advanced.

 

tha stinks man you should really learn to know what your bidding on...

 

How to properly remove the stock intake? Start looking for bolts and clips, remove all relevant fasteners, remove pieces from vehicle.

To put it together, take a look at pics online or how it could possibly go, and deduce from there.

 

there is a sticky on cleaning your throttle body... I think it has the steps for taking the stock intake off, but basically its just a matter of unscrewing wherever you see a screw.. if your in the bay, swing by, I'll help you out

 

First, vqpower.com has a writeup on it. Second, this is a fairly obvious mod, no instructions needed. You can see what needs taking off and where everything goes, it took me about 15 minutes start to stop, including a cigarette break.

 

Unbolt the clamp from the throttle body, unbolt the 4 bolts on the MAF connecting to the upper airbox, and there is another bolt behind the airbox. Once you get that out, take off the air filter and you will see 3-4 10 mm bolts to get out the lower portion of the airbox.

Shouldn't of gotten the hot air intake, I don't know how to install it! lol

 

thanks guys.. now the most important question of all.. me and my freind are both going to the track this friday for the first time. we are both fair drivers he has an 02 eclipse gt with basic bolt ons. i know his car has more hp and a little more tourque but his power band is alot less then ours. do you think my car, with just an intake can be able to take his??? honest answers becuase i **** on him all the time that my cars faster. lol dont wanna look like an *** so ill have an excuse ready if i do lose.

 

depends on your intake you might need to drill a whole in your fender fire wall

in my opinion hot air intake is pointless but my opinion

 

Sore losers have excuses. Everyone else has a reason...whether it be that they suck at driving or the car wasn't acting right.

In any case, this is not the place for bench racing. Race and you find out, simple as that. If you must, just look up the quarter mile times for those cars, compare to yours.

 

If you are 5spd I think you can take him esp. if he has a 4cyl.

 

ok so tongiht i took the intake to my friends to get it put it.. turns out DO NOT DO NOT buy ebay intake becuase the so called CAI is now a short ram becuase the long tube could not physically fit anywere.. lol.. so what we did was took the lil tube with all the slots for the censors and connected it to the stock middle part and put in the filter.. it works good.. and my god is it LOUD!!!! when u step on it all the way its sooooooo loud.. its mad nice though.. hittin the track this friday.. videos will be posted.. HID's should be in by then if they come in the mail this week. so look foward to it. =]

 

I hate to bash but your really wrong on this. I have the same type of ebay CAI in it fits. If you read the writeup on vqpower like i said you would see you have to cut a portion of your wheel well and fit the long tube in there. Theres mixed opinions but i personally feel that it provides colder air and better performance. These ebay intake dont go under the car like the injen ones on civics, they go into the wheel well, DO NOT DO NOT tell people not to buy something because you didnt know how to install it. I shouldn't even do this but here, http://www.vqpower.com/v2/readarticl...article_id=103, next time take peoples advice and read the info they offer, its useful.

 

Thats what sticky's R 4 and all other info

 

take a picture of al the parts and ill number everythign

 

pretty much we couldnt make any possible space in mine becuase of the battery the guy had put b4 me. trust me for me it was pysically impossible. ill take pics on friday of my setup but thanks anywayz. and do they all sound that loud?

 

If you have an aftermarket exhaust i found it to be quite a bit louder, when i had it with my stock exhaust it was not too noticeable. The two parts shouldnt be related yet it made a difference. Hang on to the longer piece, if/when you get a new battery make sure to get something with room for the pipe. I think red tops will work with it, and they are really good batteries, so might be a good excuse for an upgrade. Get us some pics of the engine bay, i've never heard of a battery getting in the way, but we'll try and help.

 

If he got this one here like i did http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-99...spagenameZWDVW

It doesn't fit right. I purchased two. One was for my friend. The pipe goes where the battery is. We had to move the battery tray over towards the passanger side, bolt the tray back down in a new location for it to work. Ghetto i know

 

That is pretty ghetto and sellers should not be allowed to sell that stuff if it doesnt fit. Honestly i would email the seller and force him to offer a return on the grounds that it doesnt fit as advertised.

 

I guess you get what you pay for. Its doing the job that it has to do, bringing cooler air through the fenderwell. I didn't expect place racing quality for 30 bucks, however I did expect it to fit without problems. No one has noticed the battery placement, but then again, no one on the org has seen it in person either. Honda people just looka nd say thats pretty nice!!!!!!!!! lol

 

actually i bought the same cai and it fits perfect. you just need to move the battery and drill new holes for it, mines was fine. after that align your intake and drill a 3in hole and like said b4 writes up tell you everything on how to do it. even though its ebay it works as well as place racing i compared it to my friends.

 

yup i got the same one but in blue and forget about doing all the drilling and ish.. rather just turn it into a short ram for all that hassle. oh well.. pics coming tomorrow of track day.. if my hid's dont come in by tomo i really dont want to take any sexy poses pics but ill do what i can. keep looking out.. vids might be up as well..

 

yea i was had problems at first so i turned it into a short ram had but then put it in the cai and felt a little better pull after a while but now sitting on 19 has slowed me down again. so working on putting a turbo by next year.

 

yo actually i even had to think about how to put it together. i though it was going to be an easy strap on but i had to stop and think. looking at pictures does help...

 

Here is what i am talking about

 

Ye maximized thats the same way mine goes, i guess my battery is smaller because i didnt relocate anything.

 

Weird, guess i can get a smaller battery then huh!!!

 

that's the same one i have but relocating battery isnt that hard just take everything apart line it up with of the bolts and turn it side ways, then drill holes were your holes are for the battery is and your done.

 

ok guys so last night i went to the track.. i am very confused about the whole night. i made one run and my freind with the 02 eclispe gt made 2. his best run was a 16.8xx @ 89mph with a r/t of .4xx. my one run was a 16.5xx @ 83 mph with a r/t of .7xx.. weird huh? well even weirder. guy pulls up with 07 zo6 turboed. redline that baby doing his burn out. BOOM! his whole engine bay was up in flames. guy runs out car is up in flames. first time at the track and im terrified already lol. but about those times.. i have no idea how thsoe happened.. i thought us 5spd's were supposed to be in the low 15's? idk must have been a bad track or something?

 

You do realize that a reaction time has absolutely **** to do with your ET, right?

 

Ye reaction time doesnt mean a thing. And i dont know how you drive the car, but i can pull mid 15's if i power shift(no letting off the gas) and thats with street tires. I'd say the numbers dont lie, i've never seen those things to be off, your losing alot of time in shifts, and your probably shifting a bit early. Also did you heat the tires before hand? I'll typically dump the clutch at like 2500rpms, i've found it to be just right, no slippage but not a slow start.

Keep going to the track on the weekends and have fun, the more you go the more you learn, i'd say 2 more races and those numbers will come down. And dont be afraid of engine damage, VQ's are pretty reliable, but if you cant overcome the fear of redlining it then you really shouldnt race it at all. You gotta pay to play.

 

5spds do it in 15's,. However you need to put in the stock intake again. You expect an intake bought on ebay for that price, is going to outperform a Nissan engineered stock intake? If it ain't broke, why fix it?

 

yeah i totally agree man, i have a 5spd and the 2nd time i went to the tracks, did a 15.4 completely stock, i also have the same CAI from ebay but havent put it on yet. And as for me, i dont warm up my tires.