CAI will suck only cold air: even if sucking in air just next from the engine :-)

Cyrus43 · 29th June 2008, 11:10

HeHe. Thats a very funny story. I had a similar experience with a Maruti 800 fellow.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/collec...tml#post863247

gd1418 · 29th June 2008, 12:54

Absolute hogwash and I've my own doubts about his brother being a rally driver. The reason I went for a Green Storm in my Scorpio instead of K&N was because till now the K&N for Scorpio came without casing, thus sucking hot air from the engine bay. And cool air is manna from heaven for diesels.

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Originally Posted by khan_sultan

I asked the owner as to why he had the K&N that way and tat it would be sucking in hot air and he may not be getting the best out of his K&N. The chap mentioned that it is a CAI so it will suck cold air only. I did mention that whoever sold him did did not advise him properly and then he mentioned that his brother is a rally driver and CAI will suck cold air only -- irrespective of where it is placed.

Question to the gurus here:

Is there ANY merit to the points mentioned by that chap?

In my personal opinion -- that chap was talking rubbish.

gd1418 · 29th June 2008, 12:58

Goswami, I for once thought you were not serious about this...

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Originally Posted by aaggoswami

, I felt that air intake inlet is also getting hot and in turn the color changed to blue. Is this true ?

mobike008 · 29th June 2008, 13:18

Agreed, thats a lot of bull from the owner apart from living a blissfull life in ignorance.

But, how does a CAI actually gets fitted? I mean, the exact location in the bay? I reckon instead of concentrating on this, we are just hammering that poor chap to hell

khan_sultan · 30th June 2008, 09:29

@mobike, the following would be a good example of a CAI. Notice how the air intake is 'as far as possible' from the hot engine/headers.

(taken from 1self elantra stage1 mod thread)

Another example would be: Again the 'air intake' is as far as possible from the hot engine area.

NOTE: The above examples are samples only and may not represent the best possible way to get a CAI done. There could be more better ways also for doing a CAI, so please feel free to share with examples.

Cheers,

29th June 2008, 11:10	#16
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 221 Times View My Garage	HeHe. Thats a very funny story. I had a similar experience with a Maruti 800 fellow. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/collec...tml#post863247 Last edited by Cyrus43 : 29th June 2008 at 11:17.
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mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,694 Thanked: 14,781 Times View My Garage	Agreed, thats a lot of bull from the owner apart from living a blissfull life in ignorance. But, how does a CAI actually gets fitted? I mean, the exact location in the bay? I reckon instead of concentrating on this, we are just hammering that poor chap to hell
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khan_sultan Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Noida/Bangalore Posts: 4,925 Thanked: 5,853 Times View My Garage	@mobike, the following would be a good example of a CAI. Notice how the air intake is 'as far as possible' from the hot engine/headers. (taken from 1self elantra stage1 mod thread) Another example would be: Again the 'air intake' is as far as possible from the hot engine area. NOTE: The above examples are samples only and may not represent the best possible way to get a CAI done. There could be more better ways also for doing a CAI, so please feel free to share with examples. Cheers, Last edited by khan_sultan : 30th June 2008 at 09:30.
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