My CAI vs RAI experiance Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I've had a few different systems or air intakes on my car throughout the years. And I just thought I would give a little write up on my experiance. Everyone seems to think that the CAI is the best. I thought this too. I've had a CAI on my car for quite awhile, and decided to go to RAI just to be doing. When I switched, I noticed a nice gain on the bottem. I'm not sure if I would get the same numbers up top as I would with a CAI, but the RAI showed good response. I didn't think that shortening the pipe would really help this out, but it really does. The pipe length is about 1/2 what it was with the CAI. I'm going to try and cut it and put the filter as close to the throttle body as possable to see how it responds. With all the air moving through the motor at speed, who is to say the RAI style wouldn't pick up some fresher air, or at least not as hot of air as it would if it was ran at a stand still.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Oct 1, 2006 - 5:10 PM

[n1ckz0r]

WELL. I also had a CAI for a while, mine was home made... yes i saw a great deal of gain from this, however not what i was looking for. I decided to try remove my bumper and put a few more pipes under the hood to run it in front of the radiator... WAY more work that i had wanted, so my friend was like, "just break your high beam and run it to where that is"... stupid idea right? well then i thought, this may end up looking pretty decent, and with a few pieces of sheet metal i could make a box keeping hot air out... hmmm.. well anyway, it was a HUGE gain and a lot of fun/tension taking a jigsaw and a sledge hammer to my engine bay... fun times...

[Shocker]

WELL. I also had a CAI for a while, mine was home made... yes i saw a great deal of gain from this, however not what i was looking for. I decided to try remove my bumper and put a few more pipes under the hood to run it in front of the radiator... WAY more work that i had wanted, so my friend was like, "just break your high beam and run it to where that is"... stupid idea right? well then i thought, this may end up looking pretty decent, and with a few pieces of sheet metal i could make a box keeping hot air out... hmmm.. well anyway, it was a HUGE gain and a lot of fun/tension taking a jigsaw and a sledge hammer to my engine bay... fun times...

there was a how to..on that on and old celica forum..im not sure which forum it was but it was on a red celica