gofasttl93

I did a ton of stuff to my car this week, been very busy. My fun started when I took some dead weight off my car. I took hood insulation, engine bay covers and the cover under between the Y-Pipe off. Now standing behind the car you can easily see my exhaust

I also chromed the front A emblem but kept the cross bar black behind it. Looks a lot better.

But here's my REAL update: a Cold Air Intake!

Thanks to the awesome guides here on AZine, I had my bumper off in little time:


In the video, it said to remove all the intake hoses then put them all back after the intake is installed. I said f*ck that and simply left the hoses intact.




AEM 3"x5" Dryflow filter with AEM filter wrap (safety first):




Final results:

The sticker's worth another 20whp


All of my work throughout... no hood insulation, engine bay covers off, A chromed, and my new custom intake



First impressions: my car is much louder throughout the entire rev range. No instructions came with the intake - it came with random brackets but nowhere to put them. Basically two plain chrome tubes, one with a hole for the O2 sensor. As it is, my intake isn't mounted to anything, only held together with the hose clamps. However, the tubing seems to be of extremely good build quality. The rubber sleeve and coupler scar and scratch very easily but do their job well. It was very thoughtful of Insys to allow the ability to switch to SRI whenever you need to, but I personally would've preferred a solid tube. Also, contrary to the video, the kit does NOT include a vibration mount or anything like that.

Here's the thing though: I DON'T CARE. The thing drives amazingly. It pulls alot harder, revs a lot quicker, sounds ten times more agressive after about 3.5K rpm and looks amazing under the hood. Even without instructions, it wasn't difficult to install, and I have no rattles or weird noises.

I bought all of this for about $110 shipped. It would be around $80 for people who don't opt for the dryflow filter wrap (I did because it storms pretty badly sometimes in Dallas).

I can't imagine why anyone would spend $150 more on a name-brand intake.

CLtotheTL32

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Nicely done

gofasttl93

Thanks bro

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

Nice update GoFast-you've been busy. I updated the date on your title.

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

Well done bro....

you really dont need the filter cover btw

gofasttl93

Thanks Steven! Just trying to make my car better compete with the performance of my last car XD

I may not NEED it persay, but it's great peace-of-mind. We've had strong storms all day today and I had to drive through an inch of water and it drove perfectly.

swoosh

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^^^ i live in the midwest with Tornadoes and stuff....yes its great for peace of mind but it will restrict the airflow and negate why you got the CAI in the first place....

also i am slammed and can drive thro 3-4 inches of water without a problem....the only time you will hydolock your engine is when you will gun the acc pedal under a FOOT of water....

gofasttl93

Actually it's designed to only very slightly block airflow. I was stuck in a foot of water a couple days ago, we had a freakshow of a storm. I finally started the engine and it ran a bit weird but I was able to get home and it's fine now. I doubt that would be the case without it.