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I ditched the mac CAI today

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93 teal terror

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.....and the car seems much more powerful. It will actually chirp 2nd gear hard now, where as before might get a sqeak out of it on a good day. I had to chisel out my stock rubber tube for the 70mm t body but that was no big deal. Anyone want a mac cai??
 

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Was the CAI the only change you made?
 

93 teal terror

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vristang said:
Was the CAI the only change you made?
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yeah that was the only change, I already had the 70mm tbody on there
 

5spd GT

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So did you replace it with the stock airbox...?

I have a mac cai as well...
 

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5spd GT said:
So did you replace it with the stock airbox...?

I have a mac cai as well...
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Yeah, I never could get the mac to fit right. I even cut the tb-maf tube 3 different times and still couldnt get it to fit right. My maf would still end up being offset with the pipe, which i imagine was hell on the air flow
 

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wanna give me the fender block off plate? J/K (I am making one for the MAC CAI on the 94).
was your air filter really dirty? those things can get NASTY but look decent.
 

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wanna give me the fender block off plate? J/K (I am making one for the MAC CAI on the 94).
was your air filter really dirty? those things can get NASTY but look decent.
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oh yeah it was real nasty, but so was the panel filter I put back in. I didn't bother to clean it cause, well, I didnt really feel like it. Who knows if it really does make more power or how much. I know the SOTP feelin it kinda worthless, but when your still rockin the 2:73's a few hp can make a diff. Im gonna leave the stock setup on there, it's definatly not hurting anything and I think the maf will get a much better reading
 
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