Originally Posted by
Selbyl
Can we get someone on here with a DIY CAI and get their input before I go jump on the needswings bandwagon? How close are they to ambient temps?
It's 80 here everyday in Guam and while it is nice and warm and there's 80+ miles of white sandy beach coast and clear blue water. My intake temps climb up to 150F and even with spirited driving on the back roads it's still 120-130F. I know I'll see huge improvements if I get this number as close as possible to ambient.
Mine keeps IAT within ~ 10-12 degrees F of ambient. Under all conditions, so long as I'm actually moving. Heatsoak is overcome within ~ 1 minute after I start moving again, due to the small mass of my components. Except, of course, for the SST y-pipe.
Let me clarify:
that 10-12 degrees is with an ambient of 90+.
I haven't made measurements at 50 F. I think there is a linear diversion as ambient temps rise.