So I had some money burning a hole in my pocket in my PayPal account, as well as an eBay discount code. I recently had a Magnaflow Muffler put on, which I love, but it’s too quiet. Figured a “CAI” might improve the sound a bit, by ditching the ridiculous chambered stock intake tube.
The factory intake is already a cold air intake, so I was just buying this strictly for improved aesthetics, and the sound.
Found one of the generic ones for about $60 with an aluminum(?) intake tube, nice thick rubber couplers, nice looking beefy chrome clamps, red filter and the “box” to keep it from sucking the hot engine air in.
I installed it, went fairly smooth. Everything was tight, every coupler sealed. No chance of air getting in past the filter.
Now I originally forgot to disconnect the battery before my first drive. Definitely felt a difference right away, but between shifts, the RPMs would flare. Not bad, but it did.
Took it home, disconnected the battery for about 20~ minutes, reconnected it, started it and let it idle with nothing on for 10-15 minutes. Idle was a bit rough at first, but smoothed out very fast.
Drove it around, the first few takeoffs it still flared, but then by the third time, no more flare. Definitely had better throttle response. A lot more “peppy” feeling. Sounded great as well. Got some food, went home and went to bed.
Got up for work, drove about 3 miles to the highway, and as soon as I turned on the entrance ramp, CEL comes on. Checked it right away with my WiFi OBDII adapter - Bank 1 and 2 lean.
Drove to work and home fine. Had to make a stop but I was close to home. Got back in, and the flares came back. But they were so bad the truck would stay in neutral basically when it went to shift and the RPMs would just jump up. I would have the feather off the throttle until it shifted. It was not happy.
It’s currently sitting in the driveway with the battery disconnected, and the stock intake re-installed.
Before you jump to say “that’s because it was a cheap no-name”, what’s the difference? It’s a tube that takes air from a large cone filter (which the filter I can see being vastly different); and houses the MAF sensor.
Is this expected, because I need to buy a tuner and custom tune? Or was this just an awful bit of luck?
The ironic part is, when I was cleaning the engine bay a couple weeks back, I removed the stock intake tube to really scrub it. The rubber “fitting” that slides over the throttle body side was folded in, and there was a gap big enough for a finger to slide through. Tons of unregistered air going in the engine but never noticed any performance loss or issue. Never a CEL either.
The factory intake is already a cold air intake, so I was just buying this strictly for improved aesthetics, and the sound.
Found one of the generic ones for about $60 with an aluminum(?) intake tube, nice thick rubber couplers, nice looking beefy chrome clamps, red filter and the “box” to keep it from sucking the hot engine air in.
I installed it, went fairly smooth. Everything was tight, every coupler sealed. No chance of air getting in past the filter.
Now I originally forgot to disconnect the battery before my first drive. Definitely felt a difference right away, but between shifts, the RPMs would flare. Not bad, but it did.
Took it home, disconnected the battery for about 20~ minutes, reconnected it, started it and let it idle with nothing on for 10-15 minutes. Idle was a bit rough at first, but smoothed out very fast.
Drove it around, the first few takeoffs it still flared, but then by the third time, no more flare. Definitely had better throttle response. A lot more “peppy” feeling. Sounded great as well. Got some food, went home and went to bed.
Got up for work, drove about 3 miles to the highway, and as soon as I turned on the entrance ramp, CEL comes on. Checked it right away with my WiFi OBDII adapter - Bank 1 and 2 lean.
Drove to work and home fine. Had to make a stop but I was close to home. Got back in, and the flares came back. But they were so bad the truck would stay in neutral basically when it went to shift and the RPMs would just jump up. I would have the feather off the throttle until it shifted. It was not happy.
It’s currently sitting in the driveway with the battery disconnected, and the stock intake re-installed.
Before you jump to say “that’s because it was a cheap no-name”, what’s the difference? It’s a tube that takes air from a large cone filter (which the filter I can see being vastly different); and houses the MAF sensor.
Is this expected, because I need to buy a tuner and custom tune? Or was this just an awful bit of luck?
The ironic part is, when I was cleaning the engine bay a couple weeks back, I removed the stock intake tube to really scrub it. The rubber “fitting” that slides over the throttle body side was folded in, and there was a gap big enough for a finger to slide through. Tons of unregistered air going in the engine but never noticed any performance loss or issue. Never a CEL either.
