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Old 04-16-2006, 09:42 PM
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i put on a new 76mm C&L intake and MAF kit the other day, and i'm getting a ton of hesitation under 2400 rpm. its not just a little, its a lot, like i'm driving a frigging four cylinder nissan or something until it hits 2400, then it takes off. has anybody else run into this after putting a CAI on?
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did you reconnect everything?
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Old 04-16-2006, 10:06 PM
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i put on a new 76mm C&L intake and MAF kit the other day, and i'm getting a ton of hesitation under 2400 rpm. its not just a little, its a lot, like i'm driving a frigging four cylinder nissan or something until it hits 2400, then it takes off. has anybody else run into this after putting a CAI on?
Did you get the correct flow tube w/ the mas air meter to match your injectors? You may have to "clock" your mass air now for it to run correctly. Do a search, it was a very heavily discussed topic here a couple of weeks ago.
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i put on a new 76mm C&L intake and MAF kit the other day, and i'm getting a ton of hesitation under 2400 rpm. its not just a little, its a lot, like i'm driving a frigging four cylinder nissan or something until it hits 2400, then it takes off. has anybody else run into this after putting a CAI on?
Did you get the correct flow tube w/ the mas air meter to match your injectors? You may have to "clock" your mass air now for it to run correctly. Do a search, it was a very heavily discussed topic here a couple of weeks ago.
I think that is still an understatement.
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Old 04-16-2006, 11:33 PM
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lol...for real man, definetly an understatment. more like last weeks new fad.
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Old 04-16-2006, 11:37 PM
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it might be a vaccum leak, at that higher rpm vaccum is not present and the problem would go away slightly but you would still have a lean condition do to the unmetered air entering the engine.
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lol...for real man, definetly an understatment. more like last weeks new fad.
LOL! I got tired of explaining it! I shoulda saved the explanation so I could copy and paste fopr the next time!! Haha!
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ok, i'll search for the old topic, thanks guys. yeah i hooked everything up right as far as i know, i just did a reverse of the install.
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Old 04-17-2006, 10:49 AM
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could one of you bump the old topic for me? i cant seem to find it. or just tell me what the title of the topic was and i'll find it.
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