miketf1

i dont see whats wrong with the CAI.. worst case scenario its a thin metal that might dent easily ( at least its lighter ) or that the filter is crappy.. otherwise this pipe design looks very similar to the AEM (short throttle body pipe + longer pipe to filter) plus it comes with the "tuned MAF sensor" like the injen CAI

btaggs

So did anybody get their parts in?

Whispaz

mine arrived this week but because its a gift from the wife i have to wait until she gives it to me. its starting to ____ me off, haha

Whispaz

install was easy. took me over an hour since about 30 min of that i spent looking for tools i kept dropping

power- i feel no difference but i've never been able to notice such small increases

sound- turning on the car and when you hit the gas lightly it sounds stock. floor it and its loud! i sounds like my car is congested (it reminds me on a stuffy nose or something)
theres a clip somewhere here of another cai, i took a quick vid and it sounds just like that. i didnt post the vid bc its much louder in person than in the clip.

06scioxb

looks really good thanks for the pics will be ordering mine today

btaggs

I think I am gonna order myself one here soon also. Thanks for the pic.

miketf1

deja vu... the pipe layout is just like the AEM!

sound like mine? it makes that roar at ~3100RPM huh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CavvdICBv_I

Whispaz

^ yes, thats the vid i was thinking of.

ShaffNasty

Looks good... I'll probably get one soon also...

P.S. where is your engine cover?

Whispaz

^ in the house. i'm painting it again but dont know what exactly yet.
at first i had it glossy black with a scion logo on the bottom right corner that faded from silver to red, then a burberry design. right now its just sanded down. chances are i'll be doing a color changing paint (purple to green). i change my mind too much...

DREWxB08

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Look's Great,, For the Price you Can't Beat it. If you can post up the Video anyway. Im def leaning towared this now cause of the price and look's like the rest out there.



I think im gonna order one and down the road replace the Filter with the Secret Weapon Air Filter and maybe a bypass valve, and im gonna try and get the TRD Bumper Vent for more air.

XD40tC

Looks pretty good! Did you feel that any of the parts included felt cheap? Mainly the air filter. My tC eBay intake had a sh*tty air filter that was made of plastic and cracked.

NoLimitzBuilt

Did anyone notice that the pipe gets smaller towards the throttle body. The pipe is larger at the joint and then gets smaller. I would be interested in the reason for this.

miketf1

that smaller section is what injen calls its "tuned" intake. its smaller to match the pipe diameter of the stock pipe to ensure a accurate MAF reading. i doubt that it really works but apparently tenzo thought it was a good idea also

NoLimitzBuilt

ok cool, not something you see very often.

PM

not sure if anyone's familiar with venturi effect or bernoulli's principle, but in theory, that smaller diameter will somewhat aid in increasing the velocity of the air being sucked... this is due conservation of energy; what u lose in overall cross sectional area you make up in velocity and vice versa. so theoretically that 'tuned' section speeds up the velocity of the air... im not quite sure what it'd really amount to.... (maybe increased throttle response? or better bottom end power?)

http://home.earthlink.net/~mmc1919/venturi.html

here u can see the affects of changing cross sectional area of a fluid flow through a tube/pipe, just mess with the squares to see how it affects it.

miketf1

i am familar with mr bernoulli... look at the pipe again and it goes big-small (MAF)-big the flow will slow down to the pre-MAF velocities

ShaffNasty

^Thanks Mr. Wizard...

XD40tC

And didnt the Injen CAI make the most HP? Due to this maybe?

DREWxB08

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When you installed it did you remove the bumper or fender well?? or nether