My CAI build - opinions ?

uta_flyinghigh · Post by **uta_flyinghigh** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:33 am

So I got fed up with my WAI however I didn't want to go with an Iceman/3.0 as it sits too low for my taste and I din't want to relocate the battery tray (I live in Africa hence have flash thunderstorms/flooding).

I also have the dual fans (luckily for me given the temperatures).

Therefore sourced a 55 mm duct and got creative with the original tubing and (again) heat wrap. Thoughts ?

UTA

Erays3r · Post by **Erays3r** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:14 pm

you really need to move it in front of the battery. Its really not getting anything close to fresh air in its current location.

Trim the tray , get a 3.0 tube , call it a day.

wickedgoodneon · Post by **wickedgoodneon** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:20 pm

thats not that bad of a placement for it. def better than being over the exhaust manifold

roysneon · Post by **roysneon** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:26 pm

meh. 3.0 can be put up higher than most people put it. It's a better option imo, or find an Iceman that has been cut for atx.

pettersen · Post by **pettersen** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:24 pm

roysneon wrote:meh. 3.0 can be put up higher than most people put it. It's a better option imo, or find an Iceman that has been cut for atx.

Why one who is cut for an ATX when he got an MTX?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:50 pm

Its better but still a WAI.

Ladi3sman55 · Post by **Ladi3sman55** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:45 pm

fuck your heat wrap! and its not much better there than stock position

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:50 pm

Ladi3sman55 wrote:fuck your heat wrap! and its not much better there than stock position

The heat wrap is pointless too. I really truely doubt it has any effect at all on the intake temps. The tube will still be hot and the air it is sucking is hot, so it does nothing.

wickedgoodneon · Post by **wickedgoodneon** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:08 pm

you all do realize his situation dont you. Flash flooding and really hot temps

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:41 pm

Yes, but the heat wrap or whatever is still pretty pointless. I really dnt think it does anything.

Lackof · Post by **Lackof** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:30 pm

wickedgoodneon wrote:you all do realize his situation dont you. Flash flooding and really hot temps

Welcome to the midwest ...

Tyler wrote:
Ladi3sman55 wrote:fuck your heat wrap! and its not much better there than stock position
The heat wrap is pointless too. I really truely doubt it has any effect at all on the intake temps. The tube will still be hot and the air it is sucking is hot, so it does nothing.

Heat wrap ... or ... aluminum foil ... ?

Ladi3sman55 · Post by **Ladi3sman55** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:37 pm

true.. ive seen multiple flash floods in my area.. i generally do NOT go through flooded areas

thus no problems

doesnt get too hot here tho..

98moparR/T · Post by **98moparR/T** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:29 pm

go 3.0 and you dont have to go that low, I seen people run the filter right under the battery tray and others almost scraping the road

vielecustoms · Post by **vielecustoms** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43nZWI-D5yU

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:30 pm

Weak, there is a vid of a civic on there somewhere where the intake wraps around the car and goes into the passenger side window. The filter is head high near the widow.