CAI ---got one and love it------

[D-money]

I cant find any cai extentions still available. I have the injen sri and i am thinking of making one myself but first i want to hear from people who have added this i want to know if it will be worth all the hard work so if anyone has input regarding their CAI extention compaired to just the SRI please help me make a decision thanks.

[Mr_Krispy1183]

Find decent 2.75" piping with an elbow/angle, much like the extension pictured here:


As an owner of the UPFD extension, I'll give my $0.02. I'd had the Injen SRI unit on my for ~6 years prior to having the extension. The overall temperature of the incoming air is definitely improved, seeing as it's being sourced from down low near the grill/fender as opposed to inside the engine compartment. The car definitely feels more lively (even moreso than w/SRI). I obviously can't vouch for HP numbers, since this has all been from my butt dyno. There are those here on SG who shun this combo for the CP-E unit, but I feel that this is comparable to, if not better than, the non-tunable. Sure the CP-E has bigger piping/filter, but it doesn't help too much since it's still cramming air into a throttle body that's still smaller in diameter. i am more than happy with my CAI, now I just have to get a new filter (Injen one is clean, but old).

[LatinUSMC]

bring yo cash to the meet i have one.. new never installed. 80 bucks + the TRD Oil cap remember?

[D-money]

wont have that much cash til thursday mabe we can work somethin out considering we dont live to far apart.

[Midias]

here are those here on SG who shun this combo for the CP-E unit, but I feel that this is comparable to, if not better than, the non-tunable. Sure the CP-E has bigger piping/filter, but it doesn't help too much since it's still cramming air into a throttle body that's still smaller in diameter. i am more than happy with my CAI, now I just have to get a new filter (Injen one is clean, but old).

As an owner of both I found that there is no comparison between CPE and the CAI. CPE wins hands down.

[Mr_Krispy1183]

^I figured you'd be the one to step in Midias. However, I did state that I felt the way I do about the CAI in comparison to the non-tunable. Yours, if memory serves me correctly, is the tunable w/the black box correct? That would definitely be the difference maker.

[Midias]

^I figured you'd be the one to step in Midias. However, I did state that I felt the way I do about the CAI in comparison to the non-tunable. Yours, if memory serves me correctly, is the tunable w/the black box correct? That would definitely be the difference maker.

They all have the black box with a baseline tune for the CPE I have the non tunable so I cannot change my curve from the new tune they created.

Also going from a large pipe to a small throttlebody should increase intake velocity a little.

[Mr_Krispy1183]

^I see, good stuff. I guess I also neglected to mention to the OP/others that I also have an S-AFC II installed, which may be something those who want to re-tune air/fuel curves w/out a CP-E should always look into.


EDIT:Also, being a fellow ProFlow owner, did you feel that the car re-adjusted itself (after your idle issue) to the point that the car, throtle response and all, went from feeling responsive back to just how it was prior to installation?

[solara90]

haha, thats on my car right now!

Find decent 2.75" piping with an elbow/angle, much like the extension pictured here:


As an owner of the UPFD extension, I'll give my $0.02. I'd had the Injen SRI unit on my for ~6 years prior to having the extension. The overall temperature of the incoming air is definitely improved, seeing as it's being sourced from down low near the grill/fender as opposed to inside the engine compartment. The car definitely feels more lively (even moreso than w/SRI). I obviously can't vouch for HP numbers, since this has all been from my butt dyno. There are those here on SG who shun this combo for the CP-E unit, but I feel that this is comparable to, if not better than, the non-tunable. Sure the CP-E has bigger piping/filter, but it doesn't help too much since it's still cramming air into a throttle body that's still smaller in diameter. i am more than happy with my CAI, now I just have to get a new filter (Injen one is clean, but old).

[Darkskypoet]

Hi there.. I am very, very new here... And I think this would be a good thread to ask my question. I am wanting to change out the stock air box for an intake. I live up in Canada, and so far its been a PIA to find much of anything for performance parts for my Solara. In fact, i just finished changing the Ypipe to cat assembly, and that in itself was a headache and a half calling suppliers to find someone with something other then OE. turns out i couldn't as the Magnaflow part was for M/T, and I am running the V6 with an A/T. Sigh.

to my Question:

Air Intakes; so far i can only find the Injen Short Ram intake. Is this worth it? Silly way to phrase the question, but i can get it for about $330 CDN shipped, and I think that it would be a good addition, but not to sure. I noticed it wasn't on the list provided a few posts up, and I could not find the HKS intake referred to there. HKS didn't list it on their site.

Should i go with the Injen? the CPE is just way out of my price range, as I am sure it would be in excess of $600 CDN.

Thanks

[jetbtkng]

i have enjen's on my solara and camry they work great .............

[Darkskypoet]

Ok. Good. Thanks for the input I bet you all are gonna laugh, but I just got my 2000 Solara and she's got over 310000km on her right now. You knwo what though, I had to do Front Windshield, the Ypipe-->Cat (unrepairable crack, and the front brakes... And she drives like a dream. It's amazing for such a high mileage car.

I am looking to do lights (lenses are pitted and yellowed), the Short Ram Injen Intake, and Cat-back kit (when my bank balance recovers). But all in all, I am just really pleased with how well it drives, and the power still left in that engine.

I am just having a hard time finding a lot of aftermarket parts for solaras. I would have figured there would be more.

Thanks again for your answer.