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I was woundering about the cold air intake. I looked at where it goes by the radiator catch can and down into the open space there but where does the cold air come from do you have to cut anything out?

If you have the opportunity to allow for constant streaming cold air to the intake, feel free to do so, or else the cone filter will "suck" up air by itself. When saying cold, we mean that it does not suck up the warm engine air (cone filter directly attached to the TB does this), being attached away from the engine itself.

so the cone just sits inside the hole with noe cutting for air fromthe bumper

Correct.

Or u can make th hole and have it looking like this

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/247004/2

scroll down a little.

If you remove the old battery drain piping that leads down there, you get an opening that's around 3X3 in or so. I actually was worried about my car sucking up water so I stuffed it up with a rag. Can't wait til spring lol.

you dont need to worry about water getting in the filter just by a bypass valve. it goes on before the filter and it has i believe a sponge material that catches any water flow before it hits your engine. its cheap and it does its job

Just wondering if that CAI on ebay for the SOHC would work for the DOHC. Everything looks pretty much the same except for the MAF. And if not are there any good online parts dealers that sell Cai's for our Dohc 1.6's?

hey devil wich cai did you buy? i bought a cheap one it was like 15 bucks on ebay and plus shipping.

It looked like this one here but it actualy showed a pic of it installed. The MAF looked like it was a metal case and larger than my plastic one but other than that everything looks the same.

Just wondering if these need any modding for my Dohc. Or are these CAI's cheep crap?

that looks like a cool one, i dont think you will need to do any modifieing the battery is in the same location and the only real difference i can tell is the maf yours is like a tube shape right? thats about it

No real modication required for the DOHC as long as you get the right kit..

And you don't have to use that stupid "adapter" they give you.. (mine didn't even come with it! )

Here's a picture of mine..

The only thing i really had to modify was the stock air-dam.. as it was too big to be re-attached afterwards... but im planning to get rid of it soon anyways

here's a pic:

So why the heck do all those ebay CAI's say sohc only?

Think I will order one soon. Was also contemplating making my own CAI out of some nice aluminum pipe we have at work But dont have any pipe bending tools at all. Dont want to make a ton of ugly welds so guess its ebay for me.

random and probably very stupid question...

can CAI piping be used as intercooler piping? or would
intercooler piping get too hot?

Omg, just asked one guy how much SH was for his CAI set and came back with $80 US. WOW! Only $25.99 for anywhere in the US but an extra $54 just for 300 Km's above the 49th? No thanks!