CAI for the 944.
01-13-2003, 12:03 AM
#1
Race Car
Thread Starter
CAI for the 944.
I have a good idea for a CAI for the 944. I was wondering if it would be worth it for me to make a bunch of them and sell them at a really cheap price. Its not just putting a cone on and saying theres an intake. It would really get cool air.
01-13-2003, 01:51 PM
#2
Race Director
Dude,
I have a CAI on my race car. Very professionaly done!
Got it when I got the car.
It is the factory box! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
It actually works quite well on the NA's and has been dyno tested showing that. I know of one 944-spec race that removed a cone filter and replaed it with stock box and OE paper filter to get MORE HP. Believe what you want, but for the NA the stock box works quite nicely.
<img border="0" alt="[bigbye]" title="" src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" />
I have a CAI on my race car. Very professionaly done!
Got it when I got the car.
It is the factory box! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
It actually works quite well on the NA's and has been dyno tested showing that. I know of one 944-spec race that removed a cone filter and replaed it with stock box and OE paper filter to get MORE HP. Believe what you want, but for the NA the stock box works quite nicely.
<img border="0" alt="[bigbye]" title="" src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" />
01-13-2003, 06:07 PM
#3
OK, so who's going to be the first one with enough wallet and nerve to cobble together a cowl induction setup for these NA cars? I'm thinking glass fiber hood with enough of a hump to allow intake from the base of the windshield.
01-14-2003, 05:53 AM
#4
Race Director
We've got one designed, tested and ready to go!
<img src="http://www.gururacing.net/ImagesMisc/GURU-CAI.jpg" alt=" - " />
This works with both Turbos and NAs (raise box & put AFM between box & throttle-body). However, no one has found the costs to justify the gains (0% on the Turbo since engine-bay temps is the same as ambient outside air above 15-20mph).
I think any true CAI would require cutting the hood, a step very few people want to do for some strange reason. I'm having visions of something a little more agressive like a scoop that actually pokes up above the hood... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
With a scoop of 3-4 square-feet, we can actually build positive pressure in the box at 150mph+ for real ram-air!
<img src="http://www.gururacing.net/ImagesMisc/GURU-CAI.jpg" alt=" - " />
This works with both Turbos and NAs (raise box & put AFM between box & throttle-body). However, no one has found the costs to justify the gains (0% on the Turbo since engine-bay temps is the same as ambient outside air above 15-20mph).
I think any true CAI would require cutting the hood, a step very few people want to do for some strange reason. I'm having visions of something a little more agressive like a scoop that actually pokes up above the hood... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
With a scoop of 3-4 square-feet, we can actually build positive pressure in the box at 150mph+ for real ram-air!
01-14-2003, 11:07 AM
#5
Wow, that is actually pretty neat.
I was thinking more along the lines of something more like cowl induction on a (dare I say it) muscle car. You know, where the scoop actually faces back toward the low pressure point at the base of the windshield.
I was thinking more along the lines of something more like cowl induction on a (dare I say it) muscle car. You know, where the scoop actually faces back toward the low pressure point at the base of the windshield.
