jczz24

Who makes a short ram intake for a 2009 SS/TC, and where can I get one? I'm pretty confident that my air fuel issues, especially when it's raining is attributed to my (probably dirty) air filter getting wet. I have a Hahn Racecraft CAI. The filter is located between the front right wheel housing liner and the front bumper. The filter is directly behind the fog light, where there is an opening above the fog light itself, assumed water from the road coming in through. I've had the CAI for 5 1/2 years now. The problems I am having started about a year ago and have progressively gotten worse, more-so when the roads are wet or its raining. I changed out the plugs and boots and the problem got a little better, but it poured the rain last night and the CEL started flashing. The A/F gage is reading extremely lean when this happens. The STFT reads 29.7, and the commanded A/F ration is 1.000. I have another post troubleshooting this issue, and I feel like I have narrowed it down to the air filter. Tonight, I sprayed everything under the hood with water, starting with the O2 sensors and chasing up the harness to the PCM. Nothing happened. I sprayed water behind the right headlight, and the car started to stumble, the STFT began to increase, the engine started to misfire, and eventually the CEL came on. Stopped spraying water and held the throttle at 2500rpm. As the car started to clean up, I cleared the DTC's and the car instantly smoothed out. I let the car run at 2000rpm for about 5 minutes or so and sprayed behind the headlight again. And again, the problems started. Repeated the throttle hold and code clearing again, and the car ran fine again. Did this several times and had nearly the exact same results, and duplicate of the drivability issues while driving in the rain. So, I need to replace the CAI with a short ram intake, where the air filter is more accessible to me and less accessible to rain water or road water. I just need info on the short ram, not diagnosis help right now.

63 Nova SS

iTrader: (3)

Most guys who don't run a cai, run a k&n sri.
Have you tried a hydroshield on your filter?

royce777

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im surprised your Hahn pipe last that long with out rusting. I had there charge pipe for 2 years and it rusted.


But either run k&n or stock air box with a drop in. If you need a stock air box I have one

ThePanduuh

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I (should) have a K&N drop in filter from when I originally bought my car. Has ~10k miles on it from SE PA (not dusty ass texas) so it was still really clean.

Snail_SS

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Hey hey Texas isn't that dusty (well right now it is lol winds of 40+ mph)

ThePanduuh

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my dad bought a truck from texas. it was filled with dirt. still is lol. filters clog quickly in dusty/dry environments so I just wanted to throw out there that it wasn't full of ****

cobaltssdude420

I thought I was the only one who had rusty Hahn charge pipes lol. I've gotta take the intake pipe off every spring, sand the rust and paint again

exninja

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If someone's hahn intake isn't rusted they're lying. It's a well-known problem.

cobaltssdude420

They now make them out of aluminum.

63 Nova SS

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Should have all along....

ECaulk

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A proper stainless would of helped

cobaltssdude420

Now that I think of it, I believe my upper charge pipe is aluminum for some reason lol. It's the only one I haven't ever had to sand and touch up over the years