Re: SRT-6 CAI shootout!
Many of you are not paying attention!!!!
Has anyone checked the CFM of the stock CAI?
Yes the stock set up is a CAI....
Moving the filters to inside the engine compartment is not optimizing the C(for cold).
I gave a very long description of the engineering and design issues for developing a CAI. I will not repeat them here just look back a few pages of this thread.
Very little heating of the air occurs in the small amount of time it travels though the engine compartment. This will have little or no affect on performance. Drawing air from inside the engine compartment will have a much larger affect.
The stock set up has the perfect place for drawing air in. Any aftermarket CAI that mimics this location is a great start.
Before "improving on the stock setup determine first if it needs improving. With the specs of the supercharger supplied earlier in this post it should be easy to determine this.
Once it has been decided the stock set up does not supply enough CFM for your vehicle, then you should make improvements.
If you want to change the stock setup for appearance reasons only that is your prerogative. If you want to change it for performance reasons; DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST!
The areas where I can see improvements needing to be made to the stock set up are as follows.
Fewer bends, smoother pipes, longer radius bends, larger diameter pipe. Also the air boxes cause alot of turbulent flow using K&N type filter at the origin of the CAI minimizes this problem. Converting from 2 pipes to 1 is not an issue as long as the CFM meets the demand of the supercharger.
I will try to run a CFM check on the stock setup this weekend. I just need to dig out my gauge.
Leadfoot