Cold air intake for $35

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alinghi12

Discussion Starter · Mar 16, 2009

I decided I wanted to try and get some more horses and didnt have alot of cash on me so i went to my local auto shop and picked up a Spectre air filter, and a 22 degree Spectre intake pipe and a 45 degree intake pipe, took about 20 minutes to install. Hope you guys like it. O and I have gotten alot more horse power and better gas mileage when I'm not racing around, also sounds cool, thought I'd just say that up front. Give me some feedback too since this is my first post.

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GoodE

· #2 · Mar 17, 2009

Good first mod. Did you brace it well?
I just installed the Injen CAI. Not 20min. LOL
Cool Sound also!

alinghi12

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 17, 2009

yeh, my friend had a whole bunch of she metal so he made a little support on the botton using the bolts where the airbox that was there was and than that zip tie in the pic i used to make sure it wouldnt go anywhere. I thought about going that direction, how does it work?

joe123

· #4 · Mar 17, 2009

do an engine steam clean and loose the cable tye
otherwise looks good

Hajidub

· #5 · Mar 17, 2009

Welcome to the board! First of all that isn't a CAI, that's a short ram intake. Second, besides a growlier sound you'll see no advantage to a SRI since the air you'll be sucking in will be heated by engine anyway. One advantage of the E's design is that the battery might slightly work as a heat shield within the engine bay.

CAI's are usually routed away and down (lower down) away from the engine.

alinghi12

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 17, 2009

well yeh. thats what i thought too however, i got a thermometer and stuck it all around the engine bay where i thought i could put it. the air seemed to be colder around there but yes ur right not by much. something i thought about was placing it behind the radiator but it seemed to be quite warmer there. yeh i took it to this mudpit we have before the SRI went in thanks. just from looking at the other posts about doing SRI seemed to agree. do u think i could just take a pressure washer to it? id be afraid of damage.

Elemental UM fan

· #7 · Mar 17, 2009

you can take a pressure washer to it leave the engine running and spray that bad boy down... trust me i detail cars for a job also, does your intake have a mass air flow sensor on it?? if it doesent then you just spent 35.00 to re-route the stock air intake. without a mass air flow sensor, then it is just a shiny pipe with a filter.

alinghi12

Discussion Starter · #8 · Mar 18, 2009

O really? I didnt know that, How much does it cost and how easy is it to install?

Elemental UM fan

· #9 · Mar 18, 2009

well im not sure if you can buy one. ya you def cant because the sensors come with all the air intakes (injen, K&N, AEM, etc.) and clip directly to the pipe and screw on to fasten.. i hate to tell you man but even though its CREATIVE ((as hell)) your not pulling through much (if any) more air.. therefore your HP and MPG will not increase

i give you an A for effort tho! haha

Dalton

alinghi12

Discussion Starter · #10 · Mar 19, 2009

yeh i looked into it however I have gotten a bit better MPG about 2 more miles a gallon. we'll see down the road tho. thanks.

Bobman79

· #11 · Mar 19, 2009

2003 Elements wouldn't have an MAF, just a temperature probe. And it looks like he left on the section of stock intake that houses said temperature probe, so he managed to replace the airbox and resonator, which should yield at least some improvement, I would think. Nice work on an inexpensive SRI!

King of Canada

· #12 · Apr 14, 2009

I am doing this tonight. Blinglights has this exact part, to install exactly as you did. I'm going to post pics tonight.

2006 ELE

· #13 · Apr 14, 2009

Does anyone know if you can put in a cold air intake on the '09 E? I checked K&N's website and the last year for the E was 2006.

King of Canada

· #14 · Apr 15, 2009

2006 ELE said:
Does anyone know if you can put in a cold air intake on the '09 E? I checked K&N's website and the last year for the E was 2006.

Yes you can. under the hood, very little has changed.

Basset Box

· #15 · Apr 15, 2009

2006 ELE said:
Does anyone know if you can put in a cold air intake on the '09 E? I checked K&N's website and the last year for the E was 2006.

K&N does not make one for '07+ but Injen does. I just purchased the Injen and installed it last friday. It is a true CAI unlike the K&N. However, you can make it shorter like the K&N if you remove one of the tubes, works both ways. It wasn't a very difficult install for someone like me with limited experience working on vehicles. I already had the grill off to install fog lights and a billet grill. I got mine for $250 shipped. Unless you are prepared to make modifications I would be careful about ordering parts from previous years unless you are certain they match up.

King of Canada said:
Yes you can. under the hood, very little has changed.

'07+ are different enough to have different parts for intake, as well as different exhaust kits. The engine is a little different than previous years.

stove937

· #16 · Apr 19, 2009

Is there an advantage to go from CAI to SRI? Or are they both the same, cause im looking at the injen kit, and it looks like you could do both, which one is a better idea? I want more responsiveness if that makes a difference.

supermaruchi

· #17 · May 14, 2009

Basset Box said:
K&N does not make one for '07+ but Injen does. I just purchased the Injen and installed it last friday. It is a true CAI unlike the K&N. However, you can make it shorter like the K&N if you remove one of the tubes, works both ways. It wasn't a very difficult install for someone like me with limited experience working on vehicles. I already had the grill off to install fog lights and a billet grill. I got mine for $250 shipped. Unless you are prepared to make modifications I would be careful about ordering parts from previous years unless you are certain they match up.

'07+ are different enough to have different parts for intake, as well as different exhaust kits. The engine is a little different than previous years.

Any links to the injen cai? There seems to be different versions?

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