so i just switched to the 2.0 from the 2.4... and i know this is a stupid question... but if you put a cai on the ss/sc, (injen possibly) how does it sound? and does it drown out the sc whine, or increase it?

 

it sounds amazing, the whine definitely increases

 

I 2nd that

 

3rd it... went w/ injen and never looked back.

 

I 4th that. It sounds really loud when you accelerate.

 

I just had a question, I'm getting a cai in a couple weeks, have any of you guys started your cars with no intake at all (just the throttle body)? Will it even start? It will not suck in a bunch of junk if you do. Trust me, I drove my old truck for 4 months with no air filter and it was fine.

 

That would be a very bad idea, i dont even think the car would start, i could be wrong, and driving without a filter in the long run is very bad becuase nothing is filtering the air and particles coming in.

 

I don't think anybody has tried it due to the fact that you could suck in a bunch of junk. Try it and let us know. What intake do you plan to get?

 

if the car starts at all it will only run for a couple seconds and it will run like gabage. There is one sensor in you intake that if there is no input your car has no idea what is going on so it wont be able to calculate how much fuel to put in.

 

lol I didn't even think of that. you will definantly throw a cel.

 

Yeah your car will barely start! If the MAF is not plugged in will eventually start up but yeah....run like garbage^^

 

Wouldnt even think of doing that . And as far as the intake i noticed GM has a intake for the LSJ
Ecotec Fabricated Aluminum Intake Manifold 88958629
Item #88958629

 

The L67 runs fine with the IAT unplugged and/or no filter or anything on the throttle body... I don't see why the LSJ wouldn't behave similarly. There is a "default" setting for when the IAT is unplugged (in case of failure). In the case of the L67 it acts like it is 32 degrees (0 celcius) and just treats it like that is the case (sometimes causing you to run richer... tuning trick in some cases when you're running lean). The MAF screen on the L67 is on the front of the throttle body, so the air still goes through the MAF screen also.

 

Hmm. So is the MAF in the LSJ closer than the throttle body to the air filter? That's weird. Yeah, if that's the case, it won't run good just sucking air through the TB In the L67 the only thing between the TB and filter is the IAT plug, which the car runs fine without.

 

WOW now thats a not so good of a thought?

I can't see why you would want to run non filtered air into your motor as I can see it on an old truck with 100,000 miles on it if you never had the breather but to deliberatly do it would be just nuts in my opinion but to each his own

I'm not sure how long you have had your car but for ***** & giggles just take a look at your air filter & see how clean it is or I should say how clean it isn't & imagin if all that dirt was in your motor now. I say this becuse I just put a CAI on mine & i was suprized on how dirty my stock filter was & I've only had the car for 3 months

 

NO Filter = Idiot


Premature Wear of Parts
Valves Get Pitted
MAF Get Abused
SC has to crush small parts of rock
Cat Gets Plugged with burnt Sand..

 

damn! i was just askin if anyone had done it! i wasn't saying run it with no filter for a long time, I was just saying when you have your old intake off before you put your new one on just start it up to see what it sounds like! And my "old" truck is a '73 GMC, thats why I said old. The drivetrain has less then 5000 miles on it. Its got new engine, new racing tranny, driveshaft, rearend, and wheels and tires, new suspention, and soon new brakes. I simply didn't have an air filter and all my money was going to gas (6 mpg on 91 octane, thats what you get when your carbureted). I finally got an air filter I just changed the oil after I got it and it was fine.

P.S. cashstacker, I'm getting the k&n typhoon intake, is that a good one or should I get the injen?

 

just to let you know that i have the injen CAI and i have a little problem with the tight fit but i finally make it fit right and i love it....about 2000 km with it without throwing a CEL...

 

THe k&n and injen are both good. With the Injen intake you are most likely going to have a fitment issue. THey said they were going to fix that but I'm not sure if they ever did? I believe K&N dosn't have fitment issues but numerous people have reported cels as a result of installing it. One last thing, I believe the piping on the injen is bigger than that of the K&N.

If any of this is wrong feel free to correct me.

 

the fitment of the injen is not so good but if you you use a bit of imagination you will make it fit pretty easily...for mine..the probleme was with the bracket location..

 

MIne fit really easy I had a black one and got it in w/o a single scratch (knock on wood). It was just the bracket location made the filter push out the bumper.

 

There are two versions of the injen correct? Old = didnt fit. New = fit.

 

The Injen CAI for the LSJ produced prior to Feb of this year had fitment issues.

 

k&n it is! thanks for the advice, I'm too lazy to move brakets and stuff. with old cars you just hit it with a hammer until it fits, im almost positive you can't do that now. so unless the injen adds more power im goin with the k&n.