CAI is done.

[CrawlingEye]

2.5" mandrel bent tubing and the K&N X-Stream flow (RX-4950) cone filter.

I haven't really gotten to drive much with it (just home from my father's, with a full load in the car) but even then I think I noticed a bit more pep.

I can certainly say that I at least didn't lose anything and it's A LOT louder.
I'll drive around maybe a bit tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for all the help on the intake, everyone.

[kenratboy]

Louder how? In a good or bad way?

I don't know what a CAI 'sounds' like.

[paradizecityz]

looks really nice

[bpcamrydude]

hey crawlingeye where did you place your filter? is it just beyond the piping in the picture? or does it curve downwards?

[Ostornadoe]

I'm almost certain that it bends down and that his filter is in the fender..... Mainly because there isnt enough room behind the battery there for him to have a filter, and because that's what a real CAI is......
By the way, nice job on the custom CAI crawlingeye. Looks very clean and nice

[CrawlingEye]

Thanks, everyone.
And yes, to solve the mystery, it does curve down in the fender, the filter's actually rather low in the fender as well.

I went for a bit of a drive (just to the store) on my own and can certainly say that I think it gained some definite power up top and a bit even down low.

I'm not claiming anything like 20whp, but I will say that there is a difference in power, or so my butt-dyno says.

[CrawlingEye]

Originally posted by kenratboy
Louder how? In a good or bad way?

I don't know what a CAI 'sounds' like.

A very nice low pitched yell. Imagine pissing a huge elephant off, that's the noise I'm getting, at like 4k RPM.

At 6k it's just all the better.