funny thing about the CAI

by **hari-bhari** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:15 pm

i put my stock intake back on today, which, by the way, was a biznatch... and i noticed that i feel like i get a little MORE pickup. the stock intake is cold-air anyways. weird huh?

by **DatSRBoi** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:39 pm

Haha its only picking up on the low end. Try going all out on the highway. Its not as strong.

by **Astro** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:58 pm

Yeah, remember you lose a noticable difference in low end with the CAI.

by **hari-bhari** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:07 pm

Astro wrote:Yeah, remember you lose a noticable difference in low end with the CAI.

no that should only be with short ram actually. cai was supposed to give benefits across the board

by **BradOwens** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:08 pm

my friend put a short ram on his camry and lost all of his torque lol. his car was soo slow tht he put the stock box back on

by **Astro** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:42 pm

hari-bhari wrote:
Astro wrote:Yeah, remember you lose a noticable difference in low end with the CAI.

no that should only be with short ram actually. cai was supposed to give benefits across the board

CAI is better at high RPMs. I think air travel time has a lot to do with it. I notice it everyday when I take off quickly, I take off much slower than I used to with the stock air box. But, you can't beat the accelleration at the higher RPMs with the CAI

by **DatSRBoi** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:00 pm

BradOwens wrote:my friend put a short ram on his camry and lost all of his torque lol. his car was soo slow tht he put the stock box back on

True.....Especially if you try doing it with 3 extra guy in the car...Maybe Tq lost becuase the cat-back already dropped it too much...

Astro- so With the stock intake back in, how bad slow is it? I was thinking about dropping a K&N filter in with the stock box..Killer?

by **StockSolara** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:36 am

K&N filter will only give you a little bit of a gain and to some it does sound a little louder. The CAI is the most effective modification to the air intake system.

by **KRNguyW/aSOLARA** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:40 am

whats the difference btwn a short ram and a cai?

by **StockSolara** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:53 am

KRNguyW/aSOLARA wrote:whats the difference btwn a short ram and a cai?

Short ram has the filter still inside the engine bay. Cold air it will have an extension that will lead the filter behind out driver side foglight.

funny thing about the CAI

funny thing about the CAI

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