Hi, My freind has a 1996 dodge neon Single cam. I instaled a CAI for him and It seems that it is very close to the exaust manifold, My question is could this cause a loss of power especialy with A header which he plans on installing soon? Thank you.

yes basically it needs to be away from anything that gets hot so it can suck in cool air only

also you can wrap the new headers with termal issulation wrap it is not expencive. or of you have skills install a hood scoop ramming air on to the top of the filter and were the factory filter box was located place a heat-shield (shit of metal). I have it on my SOHC and I make litle more than 40 miles per galon on highway.(other mods help)

If you have what I think you have which is refered to as the "hot air" intake, it will benefit torque slightly and not really hurt horse power much. Due to the larger diameter of the tubing and less restrictive air filter it causes greater air flow which can help torque a decent amount. It won't really hurt the car performance wise because the factory air box is right over the manifold anyway and take in pretty warm air. He may lose a mile or two to the gallon in gas... but thats not really a big deal. If he wants a true cold air intake, I recomend the 3.0 liter intake set up. You get an intake tube from a 3.0 caravan from the early 90's it looks kinda like a C it has 2 90 degree bends, go out and but some PVC pipe and plump it down to under the battery holder, if its an auto modification to the holder will be needed but nothing too excessive. If the turb itself doesn't fit exactly, cut it and use PVC to extend it... if you get the tube from the junk yard you'll probably spend 40-50 dollars including air filter and its good for a few horses. Its as effective as any other cold air intake but with a lot less money, I mean it won't look pretty but it will work.