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Custom CAI begins today!!!
When i dyno my car this weekend, I am going to first dyno it with my current FWI setup and then I'm going to dyno with the old CAI setup and see which one nets more horses. I will mess with the tune in between runs as well to try and tweak out the A/F ratio. We will end this discussion 
hell, i might borrow rossko's K&N for a run and see how it compares too 
hell, i might borrow rossko's K&N for a run and see how it compares too 
well, my experiment kind of went out the window due to my No2 install...i kind of needed the elboy lol....here ya go though...some are saying the 90* elbow is a must...some say straight in like cherry is better....my experiment was going to be; and you guys might want to give this a shot...: Take the filter, connect that to the MAF, now connect the MAF to the elbow.....but heres the catch, see the sensor plug...well cut all the way up to that about a 1/2 on each side off of the elbow, just cut it off...now you only have a section that holds the sensor plug.....make sure you keep enough on the INTAKE end of the elbow to connect to the INTAKE lead of the CAI....you can cut and chop all day long and make it out of whatever you feel comfy with....now throw in a TBS spacer...help accelerate that air and kind of be the missing peace for this "best of both worlds" CAI...we are just going to shorten the distance using the same components, but not compramising any components...just shedding the fat....and use the biggest air filter you can find....Now I can see where you guys might have some objections on our friend ambient heat from that darn maniforld that sits there underneath the intake...that thing is where all our darn under hood heat seems to come from....this is where you can get creative...this is where i stopped, cause i kind of need that whole elbow for my No2 and Fuel lines through the elbow...but I was thinking of eliminating the heat shield as Cherry did, and fabricating a plate or something that is custom under the assemply to protect it from engine bay temps and that friggn manifold pipe....so, thats as far as I got...it looked really good for the mock-up...just more trial and error out there...
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Ok, the latest and greatest addition to the FWI set-up. The pipe going from fenderwell turn to the filter has been cut in half so the filter butts right up against the elbow to decrease the distance the air travels. I also purchased one of the Injen Hydroblock filter covers for random water spurts. I also removed the big ol' driving lights to make quadruple the amount of fresh air flowing into the fenderwell. Also, great news on that front. When I did all this, I realized that the fenderwell area as well as the filter are perfectly clean This is a load off my mind because I figured they would be sick dirty. I will post some pics up this weekend. The added air at over 20 mph is RIDICULOUS!
This is a load off my mind because I figured they would be sick dirty. I will post some pics up this weekend. The added air at over 20 mph is RIDICULOUS! 
