so you pretty much got rid of the stock air box and put this in place, I guess that works haha

 

yes sir!! and sounds 1000 times better

 

So I put back my stock intake back in today and guess what? Noticed a slight loss in power and also noticed it in the HPT log. I lost 3 lbs/min of air (MAF) and about 2 lbs of boost. I haven't tested this on the dyno but I'm sure there has to be some sort of gain with a CAI.

 

liar!!!!!!

whats the highest knock you have read with the intake?

 

believe what you want my friend

about 2 degrees at most

 

i put stock intake on and i still spike to 25lbs and down to 22-23lbs

ima do another short ram... this time with maf adapter

u culd have ATLEAST took the pic with charge piping

 

i have that pic in the Charge Pipe GB thread

 

I put mine back to stock this weekend.. I was having a decent number of misfires with it in place, those have dropped to an occasional misfire. I noticed the power drop immediately - with the custom CAI, I had trouble with traction in 1st - back to stock, not nearly as much (still a bit of wheel spin, but not nearly as much).

Im going to wait for the first company to release a real CAI before I try this again. Another issue I was having was the long term fuel trims were pulling -14 to -15 with the CAI. I also had an issue (twice!) where the intake tube actually slipped out of the rubber that leads to the turbo. It was just too loose a fit.

Absolutely no knocking with my setup, though. Knock retard stayed at 0.0 the entire time I had it.

 

I agree with the power loss. But you can tune the LTFT with HPT, that's what I did to correct it. And I should correct myself about the knocking I stated earlier, I am actually knocking MORE now that I put my stock intake back on. But, it will only be on for another couple weeks since my car is getting a turbo swap

 

i just got a tune so im going to make a cold air intake for this. any suggestions?

 

i'd either use this https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l-lnf-performance-tech-153/custom-cold-air-intake-134157/ or just wait for a company to make one or get a K&N drop-in

 

i'm still using a spectre kit, been on for over 3 weeks, no problems yet... though I did use rubber couplings on the MAF sensor adapter as opposed to the tube collars in the Spectre kit, I tried to use to tube collars, but the one connecting to the 45 degree elbow from it, came loose, so I replaced both with 3" rubber couplings(from a hardware store) while I was at it... Still running 18-19 psi, turbo spools much faster than stock, gas mileage seems to have increased a little(I was running about 26.6mpg average, not its at 27.5) and I haven't changed my driving habits and my driving route in consistent...

there isn't really a gain in power, but I haven't noticed a "loss" either

 

Been running mine for almost 2 months... still no problems and sounds great...

 

I think the problem most are having, is trying a home brew setup... I think if people actually used Spectre's MAF sensor mount at the least, they wouldn't be having this trouble... I have found no ill effects from it and it doesn't seem any slower...