Cold Air Intake

I made a Cold Air Intake (CAI). This particular part always seems so debatable for turbo cars. The debate always seems to be that air that is drawn in doesn't need to be cool because the intercooler job is the take out the heat. Others say that CAI have shown horsepower gains. For me, I believe it can't hurt and it would mean less work for the intercooler.

The problem with making a CAI system on newer cars is that they have a Mass Air Flow (MAF) meters and to make a decision of removing the metering housing and replacing it may offset the Air/Fuel (A/F). The MAF has been calibrated for the housing it comes w/. By changing the size or even trying to match the size of the original MAF housing it will throw off the reading and can make the A/F lean.

So I decided to keep the MAF housing stock to keep the A/F in check. The pluming started off as a 3.00" mandrel "U" bend



This is the drawing that I did on Solidworks. This drawing shows what it will look like when its all said and done.



Tack welded the pipe together.


Fully welded and welds grind down.


Bracket welded to the intake.


Painted with wrinkle paint


Product installed and ready to race.


Location of where the filter sits.


No dyno results have been done, but on the freeway it pulls hard. Intake sound has increased in noise. All in all fit and finish has been perfect.