RC5522

I seem to think that many CAI's do not do much and are not worth the money.
But I do think the filter portion of the CAI set ups ( Cone filter ) Do whats intended and for the money I think the best bang for the buck would be just adding a cone style filter instead of the expensive 200.00 and up cold air intake kits..

I had a 200.00 CAI kit and removed the flow tube portion due to the Shweep Shweep sound they sometimes produce. I left on the K&N Filter and hooked up the stock flow tube.
Mind you the mods on this car are
3:73 FR Gears
75mm Throttle body
After market lower plenumn
H- pipe no cats
Cat back 2.5 flowmater super 40 series
And a tune from a GMS Feugo ( Moving to SCT for more Custom tuning )

So I hit lowes today, purchased 5 feet of 4" inch pvc.
1- 4" Street elbow
2- 4" Heavy duty rubber couplings with clamps.

This is all trial and for a test . I drilled two 1/2 inch holes along side of the straight pvc close to the elbow for the hose hook ups ( IAC, crankcase breather ) Filed them down and inserted a 3" in length 1/2" stiff hose into each hole. Ran some silicone around them , let dry and ran some epoxy over that. Painted it and its sitting over night for dry time.

I'll hook this up and give you my opinions tomrrow
Here's some Ghetto cell phone pics........

sunguf

Looks great and should work just fine, We do them all the time on Broncos check out Fullsizebronco.com to see some ghetto K&N intakes.

RC5522

Ha ha thats a pretty cool site. I didnt know that many people where stil linto these trucks.
I got the idea for this from some discussion we had a few days ago here.I wanna see if this big ol 4" sucks some serious ait in.

I know the 3" CAI I paid 200.00 for didnt make much a diff at all on the stang

sunguf

Yeah we spend way too much money on our trucks.

GreyStang

Why is it so hard for people to believe that Mustangs come with a CAI from the factory?? Just stick a good (K&N) filter into the "factory CAI" & you're done.. minimal $'s

pengintamer

wow. the stock intake is not the same as a cai. the cai replaces the convoluted tubing so it flows way way better. pluse have you seen the opening that the stock air box pulls air through?

gt96stang

and how much power do you really expect from the cai/rai set-ups anyways??

Machwon

Nice job- I love some good Home Depot jobs when they work!

antiv6

the sell cai one ebay for 50 shipped, they have to be better then homemade

uberstang1

machwon i wanna make love to your car