CAI Mounts
06-02-2002, 02:54 PM
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CAI Mounts
Hey! For those of you who are running custom build-it-yourself intakes, what do you use to mount them. I'm making mine out of that flex tubing stuff tomorrow and was wondering how I should keep the thing from bouncing around in my engine bay. Thanks.
06-02-2002, 03:08 PM
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If you cut the hole in the plastic engine heat shield the right size, it becomes a "soft" mount. You don't want to "hard" mount the CAI to the frame or engine, as when the engine moves under hard acceleration or deceleration, it will stress the rubber/silocone connectors, and eventually, it will break off at one of those joints.
I know this from experience...I had this happen to me at the drag strip.
27.18 1/8th mile time.
The CAI joint broke just AFTER the MAF, so the engine could suck in air without the MAF seeing it, no maf reading...no fuel. No fuel...no go. I had to "idle" down the 1/4 mile strip to get off the track. It was quite humilating. Since that day...I only "soft" mount my CAI's.
I know this from experience...I had this happen to me at the drag strip.
27.18 1/8th mile time.
The CAI joint broke just AFTER the MAF, so the engine could suck in air without the MAF seeing it, no maf reading...no fuel. No fuel...no go. I had to "idle" down the 1/4 mile strip to get off the track. It was quite humilating. Since that day...I only "soft" mount my CAI's.