WARLOCK
07-03-2009, 09:52 PM
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OK, First I had planned on waiting on this Thursday to install all this stuff and a canned Intense tune after I got a base Dyno pull, but considering it took me 2.5 hours to install all this I am glad I went ahead and installed this air intake to make sure everything worked right. Honestly I am a freak about details so I took my time and I had to drill and install the HSRK and that took time also. Regardless I would have to pay for two hours of dyno time to get a basline pull then install this CAI and tune, then get another pull or two.. so I think Thursday I will be getting a base pull with this CAI installed then just download my intense canned tune. Now down to the review..
A little background.. I am 35 years old and have owned about 20 different vehicles and I dont ever remember driving ANYTHING stock. lowrider trucks, imports with stupid wings, raised Z71's, you name it I have owned it. That being said, you can say I have installed a few parts and a few CAI's.
THAT SAID, The Roto-Fab DOES have awesome instructions. Its also pretty well made, I would rate it about mid pack as far as install. its not super easy but it does not take brain surgery to install.
As far as everyone saying it has the most factory look, sorry I don't know where you get that shit from.. nothing about that huge air filter sticking out looks stock to me. If you want stock look I say go volant with the lid.
You can see from the photos I installed my HSRK in the side of the plastic stack just in front of the MAF like Charlie indicated, I used a step bit and made a tight fit only needing the sensor and a little silicon to hold it in place, I then trimmmed a little of the boot to ensure a solid fit of the MAF. No problems there, its a plug and play affair.
All and all everything fit perfect and gave me no fits, I also installed a 160 thermostsat as well which was so simple a child can do it. I buttoned everything up then topped off the coolant.
Next I removed the drivers side lower valance as shown elswhere on this forum, and performed surgery on the end of it to flow cold air into the area just below the CAI snout.
In the end it was not a bad few hours, everything went fine with no snags so what was the end results?
Well i finished up about midnight last night so i closed up shop and decided to do the "seat of the pants" road test this morning.
This morning the car fired right up and to my surprise in the first 2 minutes of idling i noticed the first effects of my mods! I was met with a big fat SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT.... YYAAAAHHH! fun... sigh.. ok, so I decide screw it lets take a ride.. so then I was met with my next surprise. At WOT the car actually sounds like its got some balls. alittle loud but its quiet at cruise... if i could get an exhaust like that that didn't cost 1500 dollars i would buy it.
Whats that? What about the power? yeah.. right whatever. This intake is just like every other CAI I have ever installed. anyone that says they can FEEL the difference is full of shit. If anything, I think my damn car might be slower. The fact is the difference is in the tune. That I believe is true. that 5-8 hp from that airfilter you ain't gonna feel, that tune with shift point adjustments etc... yeah THAT your going to feel. whatever.
I can feel the :flame: coming so say whatever you like. Its just my opinion on it, but before u start torching me plenty of you will argue that even if there is no gain in the CAI alone its benifits become apparent when you add headers, cam, etc. well sure I will go with that.. problem is, I only plan on this and the programmer... Thats it Im done. So for THREE HUNDRED dollars and change I can say that this is the highest priced CAI I have ever done making it about the most money I have ever spent for the LEAST gain.
bottom line these CAI for this car are too damn exspensive for what your getting.. all of them. short of maybe the JETT.
ANYWAY this coming Thursday i will be going to the dyno for hard numbers, and at that time I will at least be able to tell you how well the INTENSE canned tune works for this car/intake combo. As far as just the intake goes whatever, for 300+ bucks if you wanna make yourself beleive this thing is making your car really cook then do it. At least in your brain u will feel your getting your moneys worth.. Im not feeling it. that being said its on my car, it sounds good, I will leave it. will post dyno results for you guys after thursday.
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv250/BFYTW/CIMG3338.jpg
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv250/BFYTW/CIMG3336.jpg
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv250/BFYTW/CIMG3337.jpg
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv250/BFYTW/CIMG3339.jpg
OK, First I had planned on waiting on this Thursday to install all this stuff and a canned Intense tune after I got a base Dyno pull, but considering it took me 2.5 hours to install all this I am glad I went ahead and installed this air intake to make sure everything worked right. Honestly I am a freak about details so I took my time and I had to drill and install the HSRK and that took time also. Regardless I would have to pay for two hours of dyno time to get a basline pull then install this CAI and tune, then get another pull or two.. so I think Thursday I will be getting a base pull with this CAI installed then just download my intense canned tune. Now down to the review..
A little background.. I am 35 years old and have owned about 20 different vehicles and I dont ever remember driving ANYTHING stock. lowrider trucks, imports with stupid wings, raised Z71's, you name it I have owned it. That being said, you can say I have installed a few parts and a few CAI's.
THAT SAID, The Roto-Fab DOES have awesome instructions. Its also pretty well made, I would rate it about mid pack as far as install. its not super easy but it does not take brain surgery to install.
As far as everyone saying it has the most factory look, sorry I don't know where you get that shit from.. nothing about that huge air filter sticking out looks stock to me. If you want stock look I say go volant with the lid.
You can see from the photos I installed my HSRK in the side of the plastic stack just in front of the MAF like Charlie indicated, I used a step bit and made a tight fit only needing the sensor and a little silicon to hold it in place, I then trimmmed a little of the boot to ensure a solid fit of the MAF. No problems there, its a plug and play affair.
All and all everything fit perfect and gave me no fits, I also installed a 160 thermostsat as well which was so simple a child can do it. I buttoned everything up then topped off the coolant.
Next I removed the drivers side lower valance as shown elswhere on this forum, and performed surgery on the end of it to flow cold air into the area just below the CAI snout.
In the end it was not a bad few hours, everything went fine with no snags so what was the end results?
Well i finished up about midnight last night so i closed up shop and decided to do the "seat of the pants" road test this morning.
This morning the car fired right up and to my surprise in the first 2 minutes of idling i noticed the first effects of my mods! I was met with a big fat SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT.... YYAAAAHHH! fun... sigh.. ok, so I decide screw it lets take a ride.. so then I was met with my next surprise. At WOT the car actually sounds like its got some balls. alittle loud but its quiet at cruise... if i could get an exhaust like that that didn't cost 1500 dollars i would buy it.
Whats that? What about the power? yeah.. right whatever. This intake is just like every other CAI I have ever installed. anyone that says they can FEEL the difference is full of shit. If anything, I think my damn car might be slower. The fact is the difference is in the tune. That I believe is true. that 5-8 hp from that airfilter you ain't gonna feel, that tune with shift point adjustments etc... yeah THAT your going to feel. whatever.
I can feel the :flame: coming so say whatever you like. Its just my opinion on it, but before u start torching me plenty of you will argue that even if there is no gain in the CAI alone its benifits become apparent when you add headers, cam, etc. well sure I will go with that.. problem is, I only plan on this and the programmer... Thats it Im done. So for THREE HUNDRED dollars and change I can say that this is the highest priced CAI I have ever done making it about the most money I have ever spent for the LEAST gain.
bottom line these CAI for this car are too damn exspensive for what your getting.. all of them. short of maybe the JETT.
ANYWAY this coming Thursday i will be going to the dyno for hard numbers, and at that time I will at least be able to tell you how well the INTENSE canned tune works for this car/intake combo. As far as just the intake goes whatever, for 300+ bucks if you wanna make yourself beleive this thing is making your car really cook then do it. At least in your brain u will feel your getting your moneys worth.. Im not feeling it. that being said its on my car, it sounds good, I will leave it. will post dyno results for you guys after thursday.