Spectre 9900 intake

[brucebly]

Just bought a Spectre 9900 CAI off craigslist new in the box for $50.00. Don't really notice a difference in hp. Hope to get at least 1 mpg more tho.

 

[KrautBurner]

I just purchased a K&N pannel filter the other day,

I wish I had seen how cheep these are.
(I wonder if the parts store will take the K&N filter back?)

 

[killer20072001]

I just purchased a K&N pannel filter the other day,

I wish I had seen how cheep these are.
(I wonder if the parts store will take the K&N filter back?)

Just do the swiss cheese mod. Then you will have just as much increase as the spectre without all the heat problems.

 

[KrautBurner]

Just do the swiss cheese mod. Then you will have just as much increase as the spectre without all the heat problems.

but I want the SOUND of an open element (and really wanna get rid of the intake silencer piping)

 

[killer20072001]

Dude it will change the sound too. Youve already got the filter just get out there and cut some holes in your shit. See how you like it and if you dont. Return that shit.

 

[KrautBurner]

Dude it will change the sound too. Youve already got the filter just get out there and cut some holes in your shit. See how you like it and if you dont. Return that shit.

I may just do that

 

[KrautBurner]

AutoZone had the Spectre 9900 in stock,
but it was $149

 

[KrautBurner]

I went ahead and got the Spectre


now I'm selling the K&N pannel filter (ready for someone to do a swiss cheese mod)
http://tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17090

or I'll try and return it to AutoZone

 

[WhoDatPanic]

do you like the cai ? is it worth the 130 ish dollars.....

 

[ohiokon]

Here is a thought for the heat soak. The tube is polished correct? Any metal that is polished will absorb/hold the heat worse than one that isn't polished. If it is that bad get it powdercoated or paint it to help reflect the heat. Try a dark color. I had an 02 cbr954rr with a matte black frame and my buddy had one that was polished, the polished frame got so friggin hot you could barely stand to touch it. My black frame got warm but not anything close to the temp of the polished frame. If anybody is willing to paint one and has a infared temp gun do a before and after temp and compare. I'm willing to bet the painted one will be cooler. Just my 2 cents!

 

[fire730]

Paint it white.

Wasn't the old hot rod trick to paint the underside of the intake manifold white to help reflect the radiant heat?

Also is the air even in the tube long enough to soak up the heat?

You would need to do a comparison with a temp probe in the airstream right by the throttle body to see if the actual air temps are different. The factory IAT is probably close to the filter right? (Sad I don't know where it is on my own truck) I think a reading right before the throttle body would give the best reading to see if the air is even soaking up the heat.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[gringoloco]

couldn't hurt to wrap it or ceramic paint it

 

[KrautBurner]

do you like the cai ? is it worth the 130 ish dollars.....

yeah,

I love the sound.
I'm very glad to get rid of all that piping under the hood.

BTW,
this is one of the least expensive CAI kits I've ever had

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If anybody is willing to paint one and has a infared temp gun do a before and after temp and compare. I'm willing to bet the painted one will be cooler. Just my 2 cents!

no need for a temp gun,
and it dosn't really matter what temp the air is when sitting in a driveway

what matters are the IAT's (Intake Air Tempatures) when driving
that can be observed using the engine's computer and factory sensors.

just plug in a laptop.
get real time IAT's while driving.


(I forgot to do any data logging before changing my intake pipe)

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couldn't hurt to wrap it or ceramic paint it

Header Wrap
http://www.summitracing.com/search/...rap/?keyword=Header+Wrap&autoview=ProductName

 

[brad6603]

So has anyone wrapped or painted their CAI pipe yet? My Spectre gets too hot to touch as well. I have no idea if my stock plastic pipe got this hot.