[232stang]

well i really have no money to spend on a CAI but i would like to have one so i stumbled across http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/coldair.htm
and im thinking of doing it. do yall think it will be effective? also ill take some type of black plastic to make a shroud around it so it doesnt suck in any hot air from the engine bay. i think this may be more effective than the metal since it wont transfer heat as well as the metal.

[Cricket]

Why don't you just get a cheap one off of ebay? There really isn't a noticible difference between the metal and composite CAI's.

[itschristorres8]

Originally Posted by Cricket Why don't you just get a cheap one off of ebay? There really isn't a noticible difference between the metal and composite CAI's.

deffinitly...who doesn have $20 for an intake off ebay?

[232stang]

i didnt realize they were so cheap i thought they went around $120... ill have to look that up though. but put aside the ebay ones do you think this one is worth it? ill probably end up going the ebay route but for the sake of knowledge lol

[itschristorres8]

deffinitly go the ebay way...ive never heard of that shit suggested in that link...idk how it'd help....a CAI made of PVC pipe would be better

[232stang]

that is pvc pipe just not white.

also i have a k&N filter would it fit on practically any of the ebay CAI.?

[Youngin]

ebay?!?! lol why would you destroy your car with them .. you told me it would go hOt

[itschristorres8]

yea but apartly they all eventually will im told

might as well

idk im still debating about getting a JLT or K&N CAI...

[XxViSiOnxX]

i didnt purchase mine on ebay but you can get the same one on ebay if you want heres the one i purchased from K&N directly

http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...x?Prod=63-2566

and they also have this one

http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...Prod=69-3522TP

but since yours is a 2000 Mustang here would be yours

http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...x?Prod=57-2532

on average they run $80-$120 but sometimes you can find it at a even better deal *Sometimes* but ive never heard of a PVC cai go hot and ive had mine for over a year now and have not had any problems and only cleaned it once since ive put it on there great and well worth the money i wouldnt go cheap because they dont seem to last ya but thats m/o

[lcurle]

There is a big difference between the cheap ones from ebay and a custom one. You can make your own for under $10.

Metal CAI's, like the ones on ebay, heat up due to the friction of the air passing through it, and since metal is such a great heat sink, it in turn heats up the air that passes through it.

Plastic CAI's dissapate heat better, and are unlikely to heat up. I had a MAC CAI on my car, chrome shiney, and got hotter then hell when I was driving. Since then I bought a Demolet Densecharger and altered it with a custom MAH to make it fully free flowing and have no restrictions where the air could bottleneck. All you need is some sewer pipeing from local hardware store and some sewer couplings to go over the seams. You will have to grind/sand/cut some adapters to fit your MAH or you can make your own like I did. Simple and easy.

[itschristorres8]

yea nothing looks better the some sewer piping under the hood

[lcurle]

IT doesnt look bad if you get the black stuff....Hell that is what the Demolet is in the first place. The K&N FIPK II is just plastic mold injection.

[itschristorres8]

lol i know i was actually think about a PVC intake custom making my own...but i need to get a $20 ebay intake for some of its parts...most likely that what i'll do i think..paint it black

[lcurle]

What parts do you need from their intake?

[itschristorres8]

just the shit that connects the pipes and the MIF i think its called

[232stang]

lol well i decided to make it ended up costing me about $25 because i got the wrong part and shaved part of it and cant take it back now. but ive got to go back to get a reducer and it will be made. and im not worried about sewer pipe under the hood. its not like im trying to show off my stock 3.8 lol

[lcurle]

The flange that connects the Pipe to the Mass Air Housing? I just made my own Mass Air Housing to fit over the CAI pipes. Cost me $4

[232stang]

nope im talking about the one to connect the filter to the pipe. but could you send me a pic of the housing you made?

[lcurle]

This is a side view of the Mass Air Housing I made up.

[ChrisJ]

Big negative on the Demolet Denscharger/Tunable Induction...

I had one...

It hydrolocked my motor...

So if you have one dont drive around with it in the down position unless you want to buy a new motor...

Just a word of warning...

I have a full demolet CAI sitting in my bedroom floor that will never be around my car again...