CAI intake done? for you Options

[bdog_v]

hello I just installed the cold air intake on my 94 2.2 liter GT celica. It also has a header and straight through exhuast. I just bought the car a few months ago and it has 132,000 miles on it.

-So my kit ended up being the 3" diameter pipe that I did not want, but I made it fit anyway with a little grinding to open up the hole in the fender. It came with a reuseable cotton filter so I used it.
*Keep in mind I disconnected the battery to hook this up so the computer had to reset itself when I first drove it*

-After my first drive after about a half a mile, while accelerating hard through the gears in 4th gear it seemed to loose some acceleration. I'd say about 20% of its power and it almost felt like it missed while driving it, once in a while. So I drove easily back home and nothing seemed wrong so I took it back out and the missing and power loss was gone? It ran like normal. SO

-Is it possible this massive 3" CAI is flowing too much air and causing to too run lean?


-Is it possible that now that I have opened up the motor with header, exhaust, and CAI that maybe my fuel filter is holding back some gas flow (dirty) as I have not changed it yet and it maybe the original one?



-Or did the computer need more time to adjust to the new CAI???


-Has anyone experienced any weird symptoms like this after installing a CAI?


-Also can you run this in the winter? I have a feeling that it would be too cold.......


Thanks..... I will drive it 40 miles tomorrow to work and back to see what happens.....

[playr158]

i ran an AEM 3" CAI with a k&n cone filter never once had a problem with rain, snow, floods watever...

SRI will yield a slightly (i'm talking .25sec) gain in throttle response...
CAI "should" yeild a .001hp higher #...cold air denser = more boom
SRI sucks in hot air = less boom

on an NA motor your intake tubing should be the same size as your TB

really your placing too much importance on a piece that really doesn't do much at all besides make a cool sound...

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 1, 2006 - 11:29 AM