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Old September-16th-2005, 11:01 AM
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Cai = Bad!

I finally set up the cai and what a pos. I ran good for a while with no cel. BUt had incredible hesitation. Lets take a look hesitationis in the lower rpms.



Then I was lucky enough to throw a cel finally. The car ran much better and smoother with minimal hesitation. It seems as though a cel and wot's closed loop is pretty much the same.



For referance this was before this crap. Just and exhaust, breather filter, modified stock intake. Anyone think that small bump at 4000 rpm is due to the resonator.



I find that I really dont like cai's just becuase there are no power gains maybe even some losses, probubly unique to the 1.6l pro. And it sounds like ****. This thing sounded like a civic it was embarassing. Needless to say I intend to go back to an sri soon becuase that thing was nice. Albeit much too loud and the most hesitant, I miss my exhaust sound probubly do stock airbox with a scoop on front somehow.

The cai wasent too bad tough the intake temp dropped to 80* which was really nice. The stocker would idle with intake temps of 150* moving it went down to 100 though. Never checked the sri but I would imagine that its probubly the same as stock.
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Old September-16th-2005, 02:41 PM
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nah. Something went wrong in the install. There should be no CEL or rough running or 'really loud' noise.

It sounds like a air and or vacuum leak...
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Old September-16th-2005, 04:26 PM
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You dont have a 1.6l this is completly normal with us. I know I installed everything right and its nice and tight.

The noise issue I mean the intake sound. The sri made the car sound like a beast when I got on the gas. Everyone was really impressed, the cai has a diffrent more rounded off sound to it, it is quiter then the sri but you can hear it even when im not flooring it, you know the cai normal sound.
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what brand CAI was it??
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Old September-17th-2005, 08:50 AM
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ebay brand! Rumor had it that the injen almost got rid of the hessitation but it was still there.
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