CAI the true and clean and easy way...

[goose2000]

1. Leave the air box. Go get 3" dia. intake hose from Pep-boys.
2. Cut openings in wheel well splash guards. Easy to cut soft plastic, used a crappy exacto-knife.
3. Drill holes in air damn/inlet to attach plastic ties (small ones). These will hold the hose into place.
4. Route the hose, cut to length (leave some slack)
5. Use plastic ties (various sizes) to hold everything snuggly in place.

Works really well. Those other mods just suck up hot engine bay air and are
not a good design/idea. This actually gets you a bit of ram air effect. Lessens
Hyundai's pre-ignition problem somewhat too.









[Edited by goose2000 on Jun 29, 2003 12:09 PM]

[cclngthr]

Actually, if you look behind the stock air box and ahead of the tb, you will find some restrictions there. Removing these will get you more air into the engine.

The BEST cai that I know of has not many bends in it and the filter below and in front of the radiator.

[Edited by Red_AGT on Jun 29, 2003 12:46 PM]

[MrKevin007]

Why not just buy a 2.0L Non turbo Eclipse cold air intake and put it on the tb. Its been done, looks good, and is a true Cold Air Intake. I'll post pictures later this week when mine is on. Theres been plenty of posts about it.: You won't gain HP with a factory filter. You gain HP from having a Cone filter and a circular tube, thats the hole idea behind the cai method, ramming air into the tb in a circular motion. Plus I wouldn't want to be on the highway in a rain storm next to a big 18 wheeler and have huge puddles of water splash into the front of my intake.

[Edited by MrKevin007 on Jun 29, 2003 12:31 PM]

[goose2000]

Cone air / runner into the TB like I said, just sucks up hot air. And you aren't ramming
anything under the hood. Cone filters are just for looks. Lift your hood
after a thrashing, look at your cone, and ask yourself "am I getting cooler outside air
into my engine?" Your answer undoubtedly will be, no.

Actually, this will work better in the rain too, keeping the filter dry. The drop-down cone
filter mod I've seen will probably result in a wet, soggy, oily and clogged filter.
They place the filter down where it is exposed to all those probabilities.

I ran this mod on my 84 VW GTI forever and never had water creep into the air box.


:smoking:

[Edited by goose2000 on Jun 29, 2003 12:58 PM]

[rubenz]

http://www.hyundaiperformance.com/forums/topic.php?t=30659

now tell me what's better.

[WytchDctr]

I think ill stick with my.. ineffective wai.. heh aranoid:

[rally_wrc]

Mine works great, sounds awesome and stay clean and dry no matter how bad it rains. Your will get wett eventually because of the water kicked up by your tires. Mine sits behind the bumper (not below it) and isn't near my tires (no water kicked up even from puddles).
Its all in the setup.:

[goose2000]

The "Soggy Bottom Boys" LOL - OH brother Where Art Thou

really it's the Air temp that makes HP, not the flow.
America Le Mans is on now, buh bye

[goose2000]

No it won't get wet, but tell me about your grill, how'd ya do that? looks nice!

Originally posted by rally_wrc
[body]
Mine works great, sounds awesome and stay clean and dry no matter how bad it rains. Your will get wett eventually because of the water kicked up by your tires. Mine sits behind the bumper (not below it) and isn't near my tires (no water kicked up even from puddles).
Its all in the setup.:


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[skierd]

Originally posted by goose2000
[body]
The "Soggy Bottom Boys" LOL - OH brother Where Art Thou

really it's the Air temp that makes HP, not the flow.
America Le Mans is on now, buh bye

[/body]

Yup, airflow has nothing to do with an engines performance, even though it is a glorified air pump.:hmmm: Read the link that was posted.