Fujita CAI almost failure

Mightbegiant · 05-14-2008, 11:29 PM

Times like this make me realise I don't think I should touch a car because I know i'll screw something else up. And today was no exception.

I received my Fujita CAI today and when I got home I was rearin' to get it thrown in. And I thought it would be that easy. How wrong I was. The removal of the stock air box was pretty easy and that just gave me a boost of morale as I continued. Of course that soon dissappeared the second I tried to put the first pipe in place. Low and behold my Megan front upper strut bar would not permit me to put the pipe in correctly. I tried to move the pipe in different positions and tried to angle the bar but it was a failure. And of course in the process of doing that I scratched the top of the pipe so now it looks pretty brutal. So I had to choose between my strut bar staying or the CAI being put in. I chose the intake.

Once I removed the strut bar and threw it on the ground in frustration, I continued with the installation. For some reason the mount was a pain in the ass to line up but I was able to get that correct, although i'm pretty sure I torqued and loosened the bolt that tightens the battery holder bar so much that if I do anything to it the bar will most likely break. That's failure #2.

The second pipe went it quite easily which somewhat restored my hope in this endeavor working. Then I got to the filter. I struggled for an hour to get it on. Undoing bolts, jiggling the pipe to fit the filter. I was an idiot to take the advice of the F5 guy I talked to on the phone when he said "if you have fog lights the filter will rub a little but it should be fine." Since there was such a small amount of space to work with even with the wheel well off I ended up scratching the mesh over the filter cloth so that looks a little bad. It just barely fit. Barely. That I consider failure #3.

Then I got to installing the hoses. I couldn't reach under the valve cover so I went to take it off. I didn't notice how much of an issue I was having getting the top right nut off and then the screw part snapped. That's failure #4.

So, all in all it took me 2 1/2 hours to break something, nearly break two other things, and make me feel like a complete dumbass.

Let the flaming begin. I accept all challengers.

Iateacricket · 05-14-2008, 11:33 PM

get a short ram, I experienced similar when I tried to run a TRD strut bar and the CAI.

G2k · 05-15-2008, 01:23 AM

Go with the short ram. The difference between the them is very minimal. I'm happy with mine.

Mightbegiant · 05-15-2008, 06:49 PM

Too bad I officially have no more money. Spent the rest on the CAI. Oh well.

BusTruck · 05-15-2008, 06:50 PM

Thank you for the info. I will get a short ram.

DTRAIN619 · 05-15-2008, 06:54 PM

Aww man, sorry all that happened to ya, Nick. But, I think you just convinced everyone to go with S/R's, so there's a success for ya!

Big_Kokujin · 05-16-2008, 04:19 PM

Ebay short rams = $40 shipped

06ShadowBoX · 05-16-2008, 05:15 PM

i think the position of the short rams are pretty decent. And i think they get a good amount of cold air behind the headlight.
S/R's FTW

DarkTari · 05-26-2008, 01:05 AM

I did a lotta research with CIA's before purchasing and decided on the Perrin:
Installation was a total breeze

kunfuzion · 06-11-2008, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkTari

I did a lotta research with CIA's before purchasing and decided on the Perrin:
Installation was a total breeze

does your car have any idle issue?