DjElucid

So my buddy and I go to install my CAI tonight. Expected it to be an hour or so. We went through the wheel well, much easier than taking off the bumper (took off the fog light cover as well). Everything went pretty well and smooth until we had to get that 11" rubber hose on.

We spent about 20-30 mins trying to get the one end onto the CAI tube. It got dark and started to rain, so we improvised with a little foil tape for now. We just couldn't get the damn thing on.

Did anyone else have trouble or did Injen F-UP my order with the wrong hose size? The hose is way too small to fit around the pipe. The hose itself could fit into the opening on the pipe.

Save me please!

Thanks!

jiggaman

i got an injen intake but i've been too lazy to do the CAI mode. i just left it in the short ram set up.

ricecake

I think I know exactly what you are talking about--is it the vacuum hose? That thing was a PITA. I think it's meant to be tight so that it's secure, but it took two people to get that thing on.

DjElucid

YUP! I think that's it. How did you get it on? W tried to stretch the hose and everything, no luck.

PITA?

elduderino

If it was chilly weather, you want to heat it up with a heat gun or blow dryer - makes it softer and more flexible. Also, put some liquid soap onto the metal end you are sliding it onto.

JaTe

thats how i got mine on. works all the time

cmf

It's meant to be smaller so it will fit tight since it has no clamps. Cheap ass company should have just given us the same size hoses and we could reuse the clamps, or get new ones from Injen....oh well. You're doing nothing wrong, just have a little patience. The more frustrated you get, the harder it will actually become!

joerockt

Huh, I didnt have any problems with it. Seemed to fit perfectly for me...

DjElucid

damn it... I don't like how that sounds. I guess I will be giving Injen a call.

ricecake

PITA means "Pain in the ass"--sorry! It took a little bit of lubrication and a lot of elbow grease. Try the techniques that other people recommended above before you call the company.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

Mine went on and came off real easy. No effort required. In fact it was so loose that I almost thought I'd need some clamps.

taewlee

joe..... that's a cute dog..... w00t w00t!

joerockt

Thanks!

SSN_FT1(SS/DV)

I remember it being a little hard...I just rocked it back and forth to get it on. It sounds like you're having more trouble than I did though.

joerockt

You know, I was just thinking. This picture here:

http://www.rpi.edu/~leej19/intake/Intake%20017s.jpg

Shows a different setup that what I had. At the elbow where that long tube is, I was instruted to use the hose that was already there and a piece of the stock system, its the one in this pic, the small piece at the top right.

http://www.rpi.edu/~leej19/intake/IMG_0108s.jpg

I used this piece and the kit came with a silicon tube that had clamps. That silicon tube linked that small stock piece with the inlet on the intake. So, really different then the pic above.

I will take a picture tonight.

SSN_FT1(SS/DV)

I think you're on to something here...I just can't remember exactly. It was so long ago. I did use a pre-existing hose for something and the 11 incher for something else....O2 sensor maybe. If you don't figure it our today I get home around 9PM EST tonight and I'll take a look. Damn I hate duty!!!! Recruiter didn't tell me about duty

Lung Fu Mo Shi

That's exactly how mine was set up. Maybe they changed the kit?

joerockt

Possibly. But do we have the old one, or do they? I just did mine last week. He did his the other night. The place I bought mine from is pretty much right down the road from Injen. So, I dunno

Lung Fu Mo Shi

Mine was one of the very first out there. I bought it before it was even up on the webpage.

joerockt

Ok, here is my setup:





As you can see, the setup is much different. Hope this helps clear things up.

funkbucket007

My CAI had no 11" hose. All hoses used were existing factory ones. Nothing hard about it either.

soopa

whos the dude who goes to RPI?

NeoChaser

same here MUAHAHHA

Tsex on 19s

screw doing it yourself lol... got them boys at racin zone here in o-town to hook it up for me... im too lazy

ricecake

that's yrbzephyr, the pics are from his install thread.

ricecake, whose brother and sister in law went there

SSN_FT1(SS/DV)

I said that I stayed at RPI for Empire State Games a few years back in a different thread...is that what you mean?

DjElucid

finally got a picture of my setup. I really think they gave me the wrong 11" hose. Does anyone have this?



Close up:

joerockt

Dood, I would call whoever you got that kit from and tell them to send you out the right parts. Better yet, call Injen and tell them what you got. There is no way they would ship something like that out of the box.

Tsex on 19s

good advice.. call Injen and let em kno the deal

ricecake

DJEuclid, I am going to move this to the Performance forum, if you don't mind--I have a hunch that there are posters that frequent that forum more often than this one who might have a better idea as to why the hose isn't fitting. PM me if you have any questions.

joerockt

ricecake, take a look at his pictures. Pretty obvious why its not fitting. He didnt get the right parts in the kit they sent him.

dom

I hav'nt installed my Injen yet but the pipe sticking out of the intake looks to thick for the hose I think?

I don't think the hose is the problem here?

joerockt

domn, did you see the pic's I posted? I ordered that kit 2 weeks ago so it should be the latest setup that Injen is using. I think the pipe on the intake is fine, he just didnt get the right other parts.

ricecake

My message was primarily intended to explain why I moved it (as part of my Moderator duties), and was not intended as a judgement call on anyone's answers/impressions. For all we know, you might be right joe.

For what it's worth, your setup is different than Dj's, but Dj's is common to the Injen units that we've seen (mine included). What I am saying is that there might be possible explanations--it isn't uncommon for the hose that attaches to the nipple on the primary intake to be tight.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

Fromt the official instructions:

11" 15mm hose mated to 5/8" nipple.

When I put mine on, there's very little deformation.

corbs

The part that the tube is attaching to seems unusually large. The tube itself seems correct/normal.

Here's a picture of mine before while it was still in SRI mode. . .

dom

Thats what I was saying. Maybe they sent him piping from an RSX or something?

corbs

Just illustrating your point.

503TSX

what is up with that huge box coming off the intake...
hmm... anyone want to host my images? this sucks. aww... crap i'm not a homepage builder... anyways... I don't have that box coming off mine, but those stretched hoses don't look right at all...

Lung Fu Mo Shi

What huge box?

The resontator or air filter?