Custom cai

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Lyons451

Discussion Starter · Sep 5, 2004

Well i was getting tired of the short ram intake. It put out around 10 hp but just didn't seem enough. I went to autozone and bought one of those replacement air hoses for cars. Well after about 15 minutes i had it on and wow, I thought that the weapon-r dragon was loud in and of itself but now its like a train. Its nice cause it seems like the low end is regained and that i have gained some more highend. For the 9 dollars it seems to be worth it.

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Xevuhtess77

· #2 · Sep 5, 2004

nice

pictures?

what size piping does your have? and how ar eyou sure of the 10hp gain on the short ram, did you dyno it?

Lyons451

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 5, 2004

Ill get pics soon. Well the weapon-r has been on the dyno with alot of cars and produced gains from 8-14 hp. It says on the site a 10 hp gain. The piping is a 3 inch pipe and the tube that i got was a 3 1/19 so I put it ouver the silicone 3 inch connector and clamped it.

Xevuhtess77

· #4 · Sep 5, 2004

ah ok

the cai i made myself i used 3 inch piping too, cept the very last section of it was probably like 3 1/2 inch cause its a soup can

Lyons451

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 5, 2004

It was kinda a pain trying to get the pipe to get into the fender i prolly ended up putting holes in the hose iteself but everything seems ok now. Well that and that the filter is kinda put on oddly so i gotta buy another question.

Eye8Pussies

· #6 · Sep 5, 2004

put out 10hp w/ a short ram, eh?

...

better put on that flame suit.....

:

tater_tot

· #7 · Sep 5, 2004

Eye8Pussies said:
put out 10hp w/ a short ram, eh?

...

better put on that flame suit.....:

lol

Tony the Tiger

· #8 · Sep 5, 2004

My intake gained me 100+ WHP... But my intake looks funny though because it looked like a snail

10HP from a short ram... it is possible though. Most important thing about power increase is the mental effect

ECT ON PWR

· #9 · Sep 5, 2004

Tony your still runing stock ecu with no boost?

Lyons451

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 5, 2004 (Edited)

haha tony anyways here is a dyno page http://www.sromagazine.com/article/products/weapon-r/intake/dyno1.jpg There is also a page on the weapon-r site that compares intakes and results.

Hey is there any way to stop water from getting in? Can you get a foam filter and put it on the opening where the air goes in, and not spend like 70 dollars on an aem bypass?

CamryWhat?

· #11 · Sep 5, 2004

well AEM bypass are the shit and they work so 70 bux is worth it compared to hydro lock

SmokingTires

· #12 · Sep 5, 2004

Eye8Pussies said:
put out 10hp w/ a short ram, eh?

better put on that flame suit.....:

:lol: So True

10hp at the crank?
Maybe.

2hp at the wheels?
Sounds about right.

Going to feel the difference?
Hell No!

Get anymore air then your stock intake could take in?
Nope.

You may think your pulling in more air, but the difference between the two is not the piping, but the filter.

Oh! One last one!
Losing low-end torque?
For Sure!!!!

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Eye8Pussies

· #13 · Sep 5, 2004

^ more like 2hp at the crank....

maybe 2hp at the wheels w/ a full cai....

and those dno sheets....guess who pays the magazines....

short ram intakes = nice sound
but other than that, you're mostly just sucking in hot air

damn....somebody's still gotta dyno their car w/ stock airbox and then a short ram, and then a cai and tell us the diff

otherwise, this topic has already been beaten many times into the ground

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Lyons451

Discussion Starter · #14 · Sep 7, 2004

true

Ne0z31

· #15 · Sep 7, 2004

well, ive seen actual dyno results of a stock airbox VS shortram VS CAI on a MKIII Supra N/A... and there is about 4-5hp difference between each stage advance... well, more like a 2hp from airbox to shortram, then 5 from shortram to cai

aleks77

· #16 · Sep 7, 2004

where would u route the cai in a gen 4.5 V6? I was gonna cut out my left highbeam and stick it in there

CrawlingEye

· #17 · Sep 7, 2004

aleks77 said:
where would u route the cai in a gen 4.5 V6? I was gonna cut out my left highbeam and stick it in there

same place you do with any CAI, in the driver's side fender.

aleks77

· #18 · Sep 7, 2004

im a dumb ass.....u mean where the tire is? wont a lot of dirt and shit go in? Sorry im stupid or its cause i havent slept in 48 hours, thanks!

CrawlingEye

· #19 · Sep 7, 2004

aleks77 said:
im a dumb ass.....u mean where the tire is? wont a lot of dirt and shit go in? Sorry im stupid or its cause i havent slept in 48 hours, thanks!

Close, but no.

It's inside of the fender, not in the wheel-well. You should see an opening by your battery (where your stock intake goes). You'll remove the stock intake completely (which was a huge pain on my gen3) and then route your piping down into there.

aleks77

· #20 · Sep 7, 2004

but there is no air commin into there....only difference is it will be colder air from down there correct? what about the extra way the air has to travel.....the increase in power is cause the air is colder right? but if it was in the headlight it would be cold + gettin pushed in....so even more power....right?

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