All CAI's Considered Equal??

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Aug 7, 2006 | 05:02 PM

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burnzilla

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Originally Posted by urbanhunter44

my $40 ebay cai kicks ***. heat soak is equal to my friends moroso.

What? That doesnt make any sense.

Is the plastic melting?
Moroso has no heat soak. LT1's in general have heat soak problems due to the aluminum head, and so on and so forth..

But Im pretty sure a plastic intake won't cause heatsoak. Its never happened to me anyways.

I cracked my last one when I changed the filter and got pissed ( I put all my weight on it... long story, dont ask ), so Honda Hunter hooked me up with another one.

and Honda...
Works great man!! Cleaned up nice!

Filter was dirty as a ***** though....

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Aug 7, 2006 | 05:10 PM

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wrd1972

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Originally Posted by Honda Hunter

Never heard of forced cooling. Could you be reffering to ram air? Oh btw, Ive logged 140+ degree temps from the IAT during the mid day. That's some serious heat soak.

I typicaly see 110-120 on very hot days. The temp quickly drops when the engine RPM increase from idling. I really dont think these IAT readings affect performance.

Aug 7, 2006 | 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by urbanhunter44

my $40 ebay cai kicks ***. heat soak is equal to my friends moroso.

Do you remember which one you bought. I was looking at them last night, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Aug 7, 2006 | 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by burnzilla

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Glad it worked out. Sorry about the filter. I live in a dust bowl lol.

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typicaly see 110-120 on very hot days. The temp quickly drops when the engine RPM increase from idling. I really dont think these IAT readings affect performance.

I dont think the IAT effects performance but the hot air going in does. When my iat temps are high I see small amounts of knock at idle.

I think were paying for the look, and the name. We could make our own but it wouldnt look as nice.

Aug 7, 2006 | 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wrd1972

I typicaly see 110-120 on very hot days. The temp quickly drops when the engine RPM increase from idling. I really dont think these IAT readings affect performance.

A few laps around the track and my SLP is "cold". Yeah, it heat soaks at idle. But it cools off real fast when the rpm's come up--even on the dyno. Everything I've seen shows all CAI's are pretty much the same in head-to-head tests.

So, in my case, I just liked how it looked...