Here's a question.

People say that the Shaker intake doesn't make good performance because of the factory airbox being kept in the design. What if you have a CAI installed, though? Would that make the system perform better, or would there be no difference?

 

probably not to much of a difference. Its more for styling. I think you have to modify it for it to draw air back into the intake.

 

Our local guy runs the shaker output into the CAI box and has had great results.

 

From what I've seen, the kit is designed to feed into a hole in the side of the factory airbox. Since I have a CAI, I'm assuming I'd have to do some modification. My CAI has a two-wall heat shield around the cone filter, so I'm guessing if I put a shaker in, I could probably get away with cutting a hole in the heat shield and adding a shot length of pipe or hose. Trouble is, unlike the airbox approach, it's not as closed a system. I could probably get some hose to connect the shaker pipe to the pipe of my CAI, but that would remove the filter....which is a no-no. Too bad. If I could get away without the filter, it'd almost be a forced-air system, with air coming into the shaker and traveling straight through into the TB.

I haven't tried to see if the factory airbox can accomodate the cone filter of my CAI. If so, I could replace the heat shields with the airbox, and problem solved.

I definately don't want to give up performance. If my current CAI runs better than a shaker setup, forget it!