Custom CAI fitted - AWESOME!!

cuprabaz · Post by **cuprabaz** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:48 am

Just help fit a CAI to my brother's car, we located the filter(Ibiza Cupra Pipercross cone = football sized) under the passenger headlight right behind the fog light. We've used flexi alloy pipe straight from the TB all the way down to the cone, looks a tad crude but it will do until the samco and alloy hard pipe are made up.

We did a couple of runs each on a private road before and did the same again after, the car felt faster giving a lot more shove top end and sounding very close to a civic tyre R. It already had a K&N panel filter, smoothed air box with large cold air feed and that felt good but the difference in performeance and sound is like night and day!!!

Plus now the engine bay isn't cluttered up by crappy black plastic and the inlet manifold looks good cleaned up too.

cuprabaz · Post by **cuprabaz** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:26 pm

Here's some pics of the CAI.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/c ... GP0092.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/c ... GP0094.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/c ... GP0095.jpg

We made a stainless splash guard for it last night, so with that fitted and the water proof cover there shouldn't be an issue with water ingress.

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:11 pm

Looks like a good idea.

And if it sounds half as good as a Type-R then it's worth it.

RICHARD HARPER · Post by **RICHARD HARPER** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:52 am

It sounds sweet as fu*k.
Scott took me out for a blast just after he done it...
the noise is well loud.
Definetely a mod worth doing