People with CAI boxes

[MJ]

Hey guys,

At the moment ive just got my pod sitting in the engine bay and i dont think its doing the best thing for performance. So i want to ask all the people that have bought those Cold air boxes from the group buys, what do you think of them? Are they worthwhile? Did you notice any difference in power?

Is it worth me spending close to $200 on one, or as i have seen some other people just buy a special material from clark rubber and just use it as a divider is that just as good?

Im leaning towards buying the divider from clark rubber, as its cheaper and i get the feeling that the aluminum boxes would get very hot having such a small enclosed space. Also i just want to know what is the material called? Id like to know what im asking the person behind the counter

Cheers

Matt

[dan_the_man]

I bought a fibreglass one from nismo.com.au

Seemed to make a difference and also hides the air pod which is handy when the police inspect your engine bay.

[Jimbo2000]

i got one of the aluminium ones in the recent group buy.

cant say i really notice a difference but i'm sure that its a lot better.

also yes the metal box gets real hot, havnt insulated mine maybe then i will notice more of a difference

[QuickR33Melb]

I cut the the side of my original airbox to fit the pod filter in and act as a perfectly molded division from the head of the engine. If you have the bottom of your old airbox and a hacksaw blade try doing this. It will aslo secure your pod.

[dan_the_man]

Also try and make sure it has a air feed from outside the car... such as using the existing intercooler piping hole to set up a cold air feed (if you have a new fmic)

[gerald79]

making a aluminium pipe under the filter and letting it filter in the cold car from the outside.

[Mr GTS4]

got the DIY section and read that.. lots of good stuff...

i did mine for $9.. works a treat!

[Jimbo2000]

yeah i was thinking of making a pipe from that hole to the front grill bottome section, whhere can you get a hose like that, pool hose?

[MJ]

Thanks for all your replys, ill have a read of that DIY thread.

As i think spending $200 on one of these boxes is a bit rich.

I have a fmic so i have a nice hole that the stock cooler left to make a nice air feed from the bumper. As jimbo said what do you use for that?

[Skyrine-Dave]

4" pvc piping works a treat...

[Jimbo2000]

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[MJ]

Can someone tell me what material this is and where i can get it from?

http://users.bigpond.net.au/r33man/partition.jpg

Thanks

[Guest Miss_Nismo]

I bought a K&N filter to fit in my standard airbox, that worked well and is completely legal.

[meshmesh]

Hi guys,

I had HKS Pods on my GTR, when we fitted the new turbo's and all my upgrades we opted to throw out the Pods and re-fit the standard airbox with a KN Filter. Considering my upgrades and comparing them to other GTR with pods, I made the same power if not more, I also noticed I can't hear my blow valves anymore... Personally I found in hot weather with the Pods you really felt the heat & power loss, we'll see how the standard box goes.

Some food for thought, the Mines R34GTR N1 runs standard airbox with a mines fliter, and it produced the the lap record at tzsukba [spelling]

[predator]

well i fitted mine weeks ago.. considering the quality of contruction and how every little hole was exactly the right place, i reckon it was $160 well spent. Only really because i already had the pod, and going back to a box would cost more than staying with the pod.

But as for performance.. only drove it one day with the box on. When i get it back will do some more "in depth" testing. I did notice the heat soak previously there, especially when driving in traffic and the like.

[Butler]

the stock airbox is pretty dam good. the only thing which might be a good upgrade is a pod with a partition and a good cai. otherwise just stick with the stock box and highflow airfilter

[95GTST]

MJ, not sure where you got the $200 figure, I organised the group buy, and they're $160 delivered from Perth.

Jimbo, I went from standard airbox with K&N panel filter to Apexi dual funnel and CAI box. Definitely seems more responsive, love the sound, the box itself doesn't heat up much at... If you're after insulation stuff, I just went onto a building site and asked the guys for a metre or so of that insulation stuff they use in walls. Used race tape to really seal the box up nice and tight.

I bought some of that worm like plastic piping that bends (? what it's called) which was $10. Hear of other people just using drain pipe too! Gonna make some sort of bracket up for the end that sits inside the box and make something up to fit my front bar so I get direct air feed.

Nice mod to do, as you dress up your engine bay, healthier for your engine and you would have to get a few extra kilowatts out of this mod.

[Jimbo2000]

95, you got any pics of insulation by chance?

[95GTST]

Jimbo, don't have a digi cam, you can't really see it anyway cause I've race taped over the top, went a little crazy on the stuff actually Any little hole I found I just put the insulation over it and taped over the insulation... Go race tape!

[MM2death]

Here is mine. It has an aluminium backing.