I've been looking through posts about CAI and how much power it adds. Everyone seems to love it so I can't wait to get mine. Maybe in about a month or so. There is one thing I'm still wondering though. Does the CAI help increase or decrease fuel economy? I know more power means less gas is needed to accelerate but I want to know what's everyone's real world experience. Does it make a difference in the case of fuel efficiency?

 

Well let's see, the first few weeks after the installation your gas milage will drop since you're probably going to be revving your car so you can hear the "whistle/ growl" of the engine, once you've gotten over this new experience the increase in milage will be notieable, I average 27 to 28 mpg on backroad driving and just recently on the highway I did over 30 mpg with two adults in the car and a couple of heavy suitcases...

 

How did this fare prior to putting in your intake? Anyone seen any personal increases in mileage in similar situations before and after putting on CAI?

 

anyone?

 

good question, i had heard there was no difference.....

 

which cai you got?

 

but since mpg is so big in car world today, why wouldnt acura have it come stock from the factory? It would save acura so much money from taxes in the US market alone

 

I have an AEM, check my sig ..

 

I seem to be getting 2mpg or so better since the aem CAI. I don't know why, since I am slamming the gas even more to hear the sound, but that is what the MID tells me. I'm not even sure it makes sense... maybe the car got "broken in" at the same time (i am around 4k miles) and so it just seemed to be the intake... but I am definiterly doing a little better than before, averaging about 26 mpg or so with very mixed driving.

 

where did you order your CAI from?