Jimmy I think it works just as well, if not better when the bonnet is closed, on the dyno I think it helps as they run the car with the bonnet open and the air is basically blowing straight in to it from the fan... but having never done back to back dyno runs before and after I couldn't tell you whether it worked or not, it does make the induction roar more noticable and the gobble sound more pronounced though...

Jack

I still cant justify spending half a weeks wages on a bit of plastic.... money better spent elsewhere!

:rokon: ...especially with how cheap (and warranty friendly) the f6 2nd cai is...

OK,

An update to this....

I've just fitted the intake today.....

INSTALLATION :

- Fit was ok but ended up drilling my own holes to fit the intake to the airbox....

- Intake DOES fit together with the XR8/Phoon intake..

- re-inserting box with both intakes takes a bit of wriggling..... The best solution was to remove the hose from the water pump so that I could get the whole kit in correctly.....

ON THE ROAD :

- Turbo spools much faster

- Definitely a noticeable increase in pickup and power delivery.... NICE !!!

MORE FACTS :

- Instruction sheet DOES mention that it WILL take a few hundred KM's for the ECU to get used to more airflow........

FINAL VERDICT :

- Is it worth it..... well, I'm not sure..... I mean YES it IS good, but for the price of two of these you could get an edit........

- At the end of the day I think, personally I'm happy with the purchase as, no matter what you do with your car, it WILL need to breath better......

Cheers

Does it actually increase the size of the hole going into the airbox? If not, I can't see how this would benefit since there is still the same size hole. It's not like you are increasing the capacity of the airbox.

it doesnt seem like a great bang for buck purchase to me

I did a second CAI install which cost me about 22 bucks

it doesnt seem like a great bang for buck purchase to me

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As long as your happy

I and many others are happy with spending $60 or less for a 2nd CIA that works.

When SS reductions fitted to LS1's 10 to 15 kw loss of power

is there any overboost issues with the ss inductions kit