uh.... is that a stock cai i see?

[Xevuhtess7]

ok like a week ago i opened up the airbox for the first time, and somethign seemed weird to me. it looked like the intake was a cai or some sort. the airbox was near the engine, but the other tube (going opposite from the one going to the engine) dips down below to a space infront of the wheel..... wouldn't this be a cai?

[88 LE]

Originally posted by Xevuhtess7
the airbox was near the engine, but the other tube (going opposite from the one going to the engine) dips down below to a space infront of the wheel..... wouldn't this be a cai?

No.

The other tube that your talking about goes into a resonator.

CAI = cold air intake. The filter is usually mounted inside the fender well away from the engine.

[Xevuhtess7]

hmm.... ok i guess i have a lot of my thoughts mixed up cause i thought resonators are on the exhaust side of the engine. to me it looks like the tube is just straight and just sucks air in.

[fallennite]

thats weird i checked today and i have a stock cai lol. someone changed out the airbox and put in a box with a attachment. Weird because i bought it striaght from the dealer brand new and i didn't put it in

[Xevuhtess7]

thats exactly what im seeing.. tube from the engine goes to the airbox witht eh filter in it. otherside of the airbox has a tube going down and then i looked from the underneath and i see the the end of it there about infront of my left wheel. why would the resonator make it not a cai anyways? it still draws that cold air from there, even if it goes through a resonator

[88 LE]

Originally posted by Xevuhtess7
hmm.... ok i guess i have a lot of my thoughts mixed up cause i thought resonators are on the exhaust side of the engine.

Theres a resonator on the intake too. Its inside the fender well.

[88 LE]

Originally posted by Xevuhtess7
why would the resonator make it not a cai anyways?

Its not the resonator that determines if its a cai or not.

I think you need to read my previous post again.

[jwa276]

filter placement determines a CAI

if the filter is sitting behind your front bumper, you are getting cold air. your stock airbox will not give you nearly as much flow as a CAI even if its pulling in cooler air than a short-ram intake

jon

[Xevuhtess7]

ok i understand now, so it depends on where the filter is and what shape it is

[Tony the Tiger]

I would call the OEM intake (with removed resonator) a "cold air box", similar to the Comptech Icebox available for Hondas. Theoretically, an airbox-type intake system will draw more air as opposed to a CAI. The long intake tube of the CAI poses a restriction at higher RPM's. There are numerous dyno plots of CAI vs cold air box, which the CAI usually gives you a "hump" of power and torque between 2000-4000RPM, but at higher RPM's, the cold airbox makes more power than the CAI.

[Xevuhtess7]

oohh i understand now. so the cai is preferred cause thats where we do most of our driving, the lower rpm's

[jwa276]

Originally posted by Xevuhtess7
oohh i understand now. so the cai is preferred cause thats where we do most of our driving, the lower rpm's

and it sounds and looks a heck of a lot cooler

jon