Super Charger & CAI

[ldpantoja]

Quick Question for the experts on here. A friend of mine told me that if I purchased a Super Charger I would have to get rid of my CAI.

Is that true?

If so, Why??

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[Flashmn]

well.. that would depend, you could modify the CAI to fit.

[ldpantoja]

To be honest, I don't know anything about engines. It's a TRD CAI. I have never actually even seen a charger. So I don't know what fits.

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[Flashmn]

You'll have to mod the CAI to fit with the supercharger... The air intake ports are in different places.

[ldpantoja]

Ok but the question is ,will the super charger get messed up in anyway??

[Flashmn]

Noup.

[Chris Corolla S]

I concurr. I have seen a TRD S/C'd Corolla with a TRD CAI hooked up.

[rapsux2000]

For my Camry, the CAI actually helped the S/C.

[ldpantoja]

Cool, a few people had told me that the Cherger would get messed up by the CAI. Thanks for the info. Hopefully I won't have any isues when I install the charger.

Thanks

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[hooolala]

CAI will not messed up the supercharger.. it will messed up your CAT-Converter...

but.. yea.. Only TRD CAI will work with Supercharger

[ldpantoja]

Oh shit, Now I'm really lost

So I would just be better off selling the CAI?

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[Flashmn]

CAI will not messed up the supercharger.. it will messed up your CAT-Converter...

And why would it mess up the cat-converter?

[hooolala]

Originally posted by Flashmn
And why would it mess up the cat-converter?

too much hot air.. Stock Cat can't handle it.. thats why TRD supercharger manual said "your warrenty will be void if you use any kind of CAI)..

it already happend on my car...

[ldpantoja]

That's some good info.

Is there any kind of aftermarket cat that would handle that kind of heat?

or would it just be better to forget about using the charger and CAI together?

[Flashmn]

too much hot air.. Stock Cat can't handle it.. thats why TRD supercharger manual said "your warrenty will be void if you use any kind of CAI)..

Oh I seriously doubt that, cats work with heat by the way, the hotter, the more efficient they get. The reason why its says it'll void the warranty is because the filtration of CAI's are usually alot poorer than the filtration of a paper filter.