CAI blowing noise

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flaming70vw

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Like it says. I got an e-bay cold air intake, and love it. Sounds good and really helped with throttle response. But now there is a blowing noise that i can hear when i drive it. It shuts off as i slow down or when i give it gas but just cruising and sometimes idling i can hear it. Is this normal due to the air blowing into the straight metal tubing? there are no leaks, everything is tight.

 

CManT1914

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A sucking or blowing noise is normal with a CAI.

 

legalize420

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if its a whistle then the inlet pipe is not lined up propperly. otherwise its just the sound of the air going into the filter.

 

final5-0

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Just the sound of

Horse Power

Grady

 

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flaming70vw

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Yeah all two HP maybe. No everyone says the CAI doesn't do much but mine made a huge difference, for what it is.

 

final5-0

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flaming70vw said:

Yeah all two HP maybe. No everyone says the CAI doesn't do much but mine made a huge difference, for what it is.

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Who is this ....... everyone?

and

What do they know anyway?

I got a very nice gain from my home made cai when I had my ported E7 combo.

One of my favorite gain for the buck spent mods no matter what ...........

"everyone" says

Grady

 

Kevin R.

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Which one did you end up getting off Ebay? The 30$ ones?

I thought about it since I can't fathom spending 160$ for a brand name but didn't think the Ebay ones would fit right.

Link if possible.

 

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when i bought my cold air off ebay i had to do some minor modding to it. but other than that it fit just fine.

 

95COBRA241

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The sound is normal, and even if the gain is mininal if any IMO it looks better than the stock box.

 

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what kind of minor modding did you have to do to the ebay one