home made CAI

[vx-s-5spd]

hey all,
just got a POD on my car but it is sucking in some warm air from the radiator/headers etc. i want a cold air intake
but being a poor ####er i can't afford the $500 for an SS inductions one(as bad as i want it). is it possible to make
one or is there cheaper ones available?

cheers.

[lufkin]

Reason: speeling mistake

lol sorry had to, also try doing a search, may threads on here about home made CAI

[vx-s-5spd]

lol sorry had to, also try doing a search, may threads on here about home made CAI

haha yea i caught that after i finished lol, felt like an idiot. cheers man

[wortus]

It already had a cold air intake over the radiator, take off the pod and put it back the way it was. If you want to cool the air going into the motor from what I have read your better with a MACE insulating spacer between the inlet manifold and plenum chamber they are only around $150 from memory and easy to fit.

[vx-s-5spd]

ill look into the inslating spacer. cheers

[DLFHUB666]

PODs only suck hot air when the car is stationary. *sits back an waits*

[vx-s-5spd]

PODs only suck hot air when the car is stationary. *sits back an waits*

yea ive noticed that. had a few problems when i first installed it. i repositioned it and its not as bad but i cant imagine its doing it any good.

[DLFHUB666]

i had a kn pod on my vx ss for about 2 years had no problems . "i cant imagine its doing it any good " what do you think it is doing to your car???

[wana s' charge stock vt]

mine was only $12 for the box just a bit of molding aluminium sheet from bunnings.. made one out of cardboard first then traced it onto the alli sheet..


100mm intake pipe was $15-20..(i got a few meters of it if ya want to buy any )

$32 for it all.. bloody bargain

[DLFHUB666]

^^^ thats nice DIY

[vx-s-5spd]

well the warmer the air the hotter the engine is running..prolonged that cant do it a whole lot of good. thats just my resoning anyway, i could be way off.

[wana s' charge stock vt]

wont really affect the temp of the engine, the thermostat controls that,,,,, as soon as the airs in the motor, its mixed with fuel and explodes anyway...
its when the air temp sensor reads hot air it pulls the timing a bit and ya loose power, when its reading cooler it advances the timing (advanced go's better) you'll prob notice its a bit sloppy/doughy after sitting at the lights if pods not in a box...

where did you put the sensor that was on the side of the air box?? should put it in the intake pipe if ya havent got it there alrady.....

[vx-s-5spd]

the extension i got came with some points for the vairious plugs and what not so they are all in. i do notice it doesnt go as hard after a long stint at the lights however it isnt really big enough to complain about. how does your D.I.Y box go? it looks trick as.

[DLFHUB666]

your engine is going to suck hot air when it is staitonary weather it has a CAI a POD or the standard setup .

[vx-s-5spd]

makes sense.

[wana s' charge stock vt]

your engine is going to suck hot air when it is staitonary weather it has a CAI a POD or the standard setup .

but theres a pretty big difference in air temp from sucking it from straight under the bonnet compared to sucking from outside the bonnet...


mines sucking thru the back of the headlight, and yeah it works fine.. was a noticable difference compared to when i just had the pod in the open/no box. and factory box/cai.....

in my experience the car will go better with a standard factory box,cai and filter, compared to a pod just sitting under bonnet sucking hot air...... but the pod in the box getting outside air is better than both by far......

[vx-s-5spd]

what about the old 2 hole airbox mod. been reading up about it a bit and it seems to be real easy and get good reults for not much money. any experience with it?

[wana s' charge stock vt]

na never try'd that but most people seem to like it... a few criticize it for a few different reasons...
i made my own 2 hole mod, was a monster of a thing and it was good bunnings CAI for vt
still got now it feeding into that pod box i put up befor, but guna ditch it soon when i get a intercooler

[vx-s-5spd]

codeunkown gave ya a bit of a spray lol. looks like a beast of a thing. hard to put on?

[11gothevt11]

hey all,
just got a POD on my car but it is sucking in some warm air from the radiator/headers etc. i want a cold air intake
but being a poor ####er i can't afford the $500 for an SS inductions one(as bad as i want it). is it possible to make
one or is there cheaper ones available?

cheers.

Chuck the pod in the stock box
I was looking around at bunnings on weekend
I done some measurement all seems to be ok..
But i'm going to give it a try on weekend

[wraith]

Oh cool another thread about home made cai's. Because I mean we don't already have like a billion threads on this. FYI your wasting your time putting a pod in a stock box. Better going a high flow panel filter.

[wikky]

FYI your wasting your time putting a pod in a stock box. Better going a high flow panel filter.

Very true. Get a K&N or equivalent high flow panel filter and do the 2 hole mod to your stock airbox. As an example, I'm running this setup on my blown LS1 and it's not a restriction at all (pushing 400rwkw). My tuner has a stroked and blown LS3 and he's using the same setup and he's pushing 500rwkw.

[vx-s-5spd]

that sounds like my best option. cheers man.

[MR_VX]

whats this 2 hole mod you speek of?

[DLFHUB666]

whats this 2 hole mod you speek of?

search 2 hole mod.