intake worth getting?

[adblink182]

called all the places around me, no one carries cai for grand prixs....they said they could custom build one but I was looking at $150+ for one

what do you think about ones like this on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

or

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634


I noticed there are even some going for $15! someting wrong there....

[DarkGP]

im not sure wut yr ur car is but this is my intake on my 95 SE and it was one of those 15$ ones and it works just fine and it looks good

[GTP Dad]

If you search the forum back a couple of weeks there is a thread that will show you how to build your own CAI. I have one of the ones shown on e-bay and it works fine although it really is a high flow air intake not a CAI since it pulls air from under the hood. I intend to lengthen it this summer.

[adblink182]

so to make it a cai you would just have to run it through the fender wall?

gtpdad u bought the 15 or 50 one off of ebay. By the looks of it it seems like the only difference is a K&N filter....besides being reuseable/washable are they any better?

[DarkGP]

one time i took the K&N off my buddys car and put it on mine and made a run down the strip and it didnt do anything diffrent my time was in the avarge range of all my other times and after i put my 15$ one back one and it was very close to the same time.
mine is also washable i use the K&N filter cleaning kit once a yr and the rest of the time i just use water to clean it

[kustomkid54]

Originally Posted by DarkGP

one time i took the K&N off my buddys car and put it on mine and made a run down the strip and it didnt do anything diffrent my time was in the avarge range of all my other times and after i put my 15$ one back one and it was very close to the same time.
mine is also washable i use the K&N filter cleaning kit once a yr and the rest of the time i just use water to clean it

I have a 9" on my Thrasher CIA. Clean it about twice a year. We get a lot of sand down here.

[GTP Dad]

I really don't remember how much I paid for it but I don't think I paid $50 it was more like $29. The filter is similar to the K&N and cleans up the same way. I also use the K&N recharger kit. To make a CAI work you need to get it into an airstream where the air is colder than the underhood temps. By placing the filter in the fenderwell and blocking air from under the hood you will get colder air. Some of the kits simply place the air filter near the front of the engine compartment and have a box that keeps heat away from the filter. This is how thrasher and the K&N CAI's work.

[adblink182]

aaah right right....ic what your saying

urs have a box around it?

i'm not gonna put into in the fenderwall because of that water problem

side note, now why the hell would GM put the PCM in the air box?

[GTP Dad]

Mine doesn't have a box but I plan to extend my intake this summer and then fab one myself. Sheet metal is easy to find and a couple of bends and cuts here and there along with some sealer and you have a genuine CAI.

[adblink182]

ya I might one day try and make a box around the filter....and the maybe put some type of thermal coating around the pipe. who cares if its not pretty looking

[KX2000GTP]

Originally Posted by adblink182

side note, now why the hell would GM put the PCM in the air box?

To help protect it maybe?? or maybe b/c there was no other good place to put it...