I know that these cheapo cai on ebay are not top quality, but are they worth a darn? I know that they pull hot air, but other than that do they work well?
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You answered your own question. Why would you waste one cent on a cold air intake that pulls hot air? If they pull hot hair how can it work well. What else do you think a CAI does?
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Big Tone
2005 4.7 V8 SLT 4x4
Rhino Lining, K&N 63 Series CAI, Flowmaster Dual Exhaust, 180 T-Stat, Stage II Jet Chip http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2383229/
the ebay intakes are not cold air... they are short ram.
Now a short ram intake can be advantageous because it reduces turbulence in the intake track....
If you make a heat shield, like I did and like K&N does (they are not a true cold air BTW) it would be just fine. Make sure you get a better Filter than the crap paper ones they give you.
thanx eric, no one gives me any credit. the reason i inquire is because i thought it would be a good purchase if coupled with a ram air, or at least scooped hood. I know that usually you get what you pay for, but i wondered if the filter element itself was any good. btw, what's a true cold air intake? intercooler? I wonder what an intercooler would do w/o a turbo. probably be the difference between running on a hot muggy day vs a cool dry one--noticeable. I saw a civic(no turbo)doing drag runs and hoseing his intake down w/ liquid nitrogen to supercool the intake gases. hmmm...
i think there pics of mine in the stickies i got mine off of ebay. look up Mqtautoparts, his is like 30 i think. and i made a heat shield from sheet metal took like 15 min. it rurned out great. i painted the heatshield too. if you cant find it in the stickies do a search. It works well looks good and a fraction of the price. sounds nice too. not too sure if i really got any performance gains from it but. I did notice a difference in the throttle response. I also put a flowmaster exhaust on and it sounds great too. hope this helps.
a true cold air runs into the fender and completely out of the engine bay... I wanted to do it on my truck, but there just wasnt enough room...
Befor the heat shield
After...
I have actually finished off teh heat shield with some of the chrome door molding stuff from autozone. I ran it along all of the edges of the heat shield... I need to get some new pics of that I guess...
ideally, you want the cold air intake to be under the vehicle as much as possible. by doing this, the air is much cooler than in the engine compartment. the disadvatange is if you ever go through any water, you are totally boned and have just siezed your engine.
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2005 Club Cab 4.7L 4X4
K&N 63 Series FIPK
Autolite 3923's
Flowmaster Exhaust
anybody use these?
