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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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Is there a noticable gain from having a cai. As the weather gets better I am going to change my air filter, and either am getting a drop in K&N or was thinkg about a CAI system.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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I felt the gains with the K&N CAI, butt dyno's don't prove much, but I'm happy with mine.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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My Butt dyno said that i gained from the K&N CAI and it sounds good.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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sounds better and better throttle response
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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I think I gained with the K&N. I def felt it combined with some exhaust mods.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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cool, thanks for the input. Is it difficult to install?
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Nope, pretty dang easy, took me bout 45 minutes and 3 Beers!
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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Nope, pretty dang easy, took me bout 45 minutes and 3 Beers!
I hope you didn't spill any beer!
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Originally Posted by 06detroitgxp
Is there a noticable gain from having a cai. As the weather gets better I am going to change my air filter, and either am getting a drop in K&N or was thinkg about a CAI system.
I just completed installing my Cold Air Intake system. It sure makes a nice sound and improved power.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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I like the one i built. Sounds alot better. and you can feel the differance.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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Im going to try to figure out a better system to take advantage of that headlight i ported out better i have been looking at some of spectre industries products
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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Im going to try to figure out a better system to take advantage of that headlight i ported out better i have been looking at some of spectre industries products
The one i built would be perfect for your ported headlight paul.
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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lets see it! i think im ging to cut a hole fr tubing into the black plastic thing behind the headlight and bumper and run tubing right to the headlight maybye use one of spectres inline airfilters and boxes for that
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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This is what i did paul. Covers the hole area behind the light and direct the air into the filter. You need a shorter filter like mine so the that flashing seals up and fits tight into the corner of the sheet metal. I did use plastic when i got some more money ill try to get a metal piece. It cost $20 since i had the filter. $50 with same filter off amazon.
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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that looks nice im actually going to chop up the black plastic thing im not sure what tht is and run tubing all the way to the back of the headlight for a real ram air effect thats where the spectre inline arbox comes in handy otherise ill figure something out on my own, the goal is a sealed system from the headlight to the tb
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