Looking to purchase a CAI

[Volant1]

bummer that the volant kit tested was the 15953 that we stopped making 5 years ago in real world conditions a closed box will out perform a open element kit any day, any one can get a high number with the hood open and a fan blowing on the filter. But dont take my word for it just look at everyones products now everyone is going to closed box CAI's

 

[JennaBear]

Who tested it? I would be interested in the results?

 

[Conor]

bummer that the volant kit tested was the 15953 that we stopped making 5 years ago in real world conditions a closed box will out perform a open element kit any day, any one can get a high number with the hood open and a fan blowing on the filter. But dont take my word for it just look at everyones products now everyone is going to closed box CAI's

Very interesting. That is what I have always thought, glad someone can finally back me up on that.

 

[JennaBear]

Anyone can get good HP numbers on a DynoJet, but IATs are what are really going to matter.

 

[WICKEDOWESIX]

bummer that the volant kit tested was the 15953 that we stopped making 5 years ago in real world conditions a closed box will out perform a open element kit any day, any one can get a high number with the hood open and a fan blowing on the filter. But dont take my word for it just look at everyones products now everyone is going to closed box CAI's

Everyone is NOT going closed air boxes. The real tests are INDEPENDENT parties so there is no biased results. We have dyno AND street tested serveral CAI and let me tell you my OPEN box CAI (AEM Brute force) is only 5* above abient temps. Also do YOU have any proof of what you are stating? Have YOU tested serveral CAI? Just curious.....

 

[Volant1]

A 5* above outside temp reading is going to change up and down as you drive so you cant base results off one reading, As for proof everyone in the intake ind knows one another we share parts, filters, ideas. its not like chevy vs ford where everything happens behind closed doors. We have s&b and AFE guys over here ALL the time we also buy there filters, As for closed box and everyone going to them AEM, K&N, Banks, S&B, AFE and every other real intake company currently and are producing closed CAI's

 

[WICKEDOWESIX]

A 5* above outside temp reading is going to change up and down as you drive so you cant base results off one reading, As for proof everyone in the intake ind knows one another we share parts, filters, ideas. its not like chevy vs ford where everything happens behind closed doors. We have s&b and AFE guys over here ALL the time we also buy there filters, As for closed box and everyone going to them AEM, K&N, Banks, S&B, AFE and every other real intake company currently and are producing closed CAI's

LOL.... I really hope you are joking. I never said that the 5* ambient temps would not fluctuate. Of course they are going to fluctuate with stop and go traffic and what have you. Aslo you never answered my questing about real world testing? What software do you use to log data on other CAI to compare different IAT?

 

[Volant1]

Not quite so. We dyno tested several CAI and there are power differences between them. Also the whole "eclosed" air box deal is not true. My IAT are 5* above ambient temps and its open element filter.

First time you stated "My IAT are 5* above ambient temps and its open element filter"

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Not quite so. We dyno tested several CAI and there are power differences between them. Also the whole "eclosed" air box deal is not true. My IAT are 5* above ambient temps and its open element filter.

Everyone is NOT going closed air boxes. The real tests are INDEPENDENT parties so there is no biased results. We have dyno AND street tested serveral CAI and let me tell you my OPEN box CAI (AEM Brute force) is only 5* above abient temps. Also do YOU have any proof of what you are stating? Have YOU tested serveral CAI? Just curious.....

As you can see you stated it twice so what I wrote was not a joke, We use autodyn30 software at volant

 

[WICKEDOWESIX]

Well that's too bad you can not take you autodyn 30 software on the street for some real street and track testing to log the IAT. For the record, the open element CAI outperformed the closed box CAI on every aspect metric from MAP, IAT recovery, power output......

 

[jee123]

how do you all feel about all enclosed but the side facing the fender? any diff?