Dont waste your money heat wraping it plus it looks stupid. The air is hardly in there long enough to cause large changes in intake temp. You would have much greater results heat wraping the source "exhaust" keeping the bay temps down to begin with.

 

Just signed on, and that CAI looks awesome! Hope you don't mind if I try it! I just bought an 86' rx7 myself, as well as a newbie in rotary, switching from the SR20 scene!!

 

noel looking good keep on hooking that bad boy up cuz the preludes will not get baby 10 horses here i come

 

well your going to learn A LOT!!! of new things. rotary is a different world.. once ur in u never go back WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

 

lol i got my mufflers in already and imma buy the piping for my tru duels. all i need is the RB headers. yo i think tis gonna be LOUD AS HELL!!! i got 4.5" lol imma do it as a how to. cuz i seen alot of people asking about how to do it. and imma also post pix. i hope it turns out good. me and my pops gonna weld those bad boys on! !

 

looks good, not bad for the first mod

 

Nice, I did the same thing on my S4 after reading about it on the forums this summer. One thing that really helps keep the filter protected is to grab some cheap sheet metal and make a coverplate that replaces the brake duct.

It also helps to get a good filter too. Alot of the filter kits out there are pure crap, especially the one that came with the Prelude intake I salughtered to make the CAI.

I went with the Apexi Power Intake filter after reading this: http://www.mikekemper.com/elantra/filters/index.html

It wasn't too expensive either, $79 off of eBay with the 75mm flange I needed.

 

Pic?

 

I would if it wasn't 20f and snowing right now... and my car wasn't snugly wrapped in it's anti-winter blanket.

It was pretty easy to make, all I did was:

- Go under the car and cut a piece of cardboard to the proper shape

- Overlay cardboard on sheet metal (purchased from Home Depot's Racing Development dperatment) and cut shape out w/ 1/2" border (so I cut 1/2" away from the cardboard all the way around)

- Cut 1/2" slots at the corners of the piece, score the actual outline of the cardboard, then bend back and hammer the 1/2" overlap inwards to get rid of the sharp edges

- Use a holesaw to create a little hole for the manual headlight retractor (better wear gloves though, might lose a finger otherwise)

- Drill holes for sheet metal screws (locations will depend on what you want to mount it too, mine mounts to the wheel well cover and the bumper), four screws is enough so you can easily remove it in the future for filter cleaning, etc.

- Spray cover with a durable anti-rust paint (I primed mine then used an undercoating spray) then mount

 

Take one for the team.

Yup, lost after this point. I'll figure it out .

 

Alright, don't say I've never done anything for you.

It's hard to get a good pic without jacking the car way up, but here it is:

 

Is that the best you can do?


J/k, thanks . I'll work from there.

 

You shouldn't. I was referring to someone above you asking the difference in the s4 and s5 AFM.

Also, I'm confused as to which Prelude intake kit I should get off Ebay. There's several to choose from...

 

I used the 92-96 cold air intake kit with the k&n filter.

 

One that looks like this:

 

is this the right cai for a s5??

 

Does anyone have any pictures of the underside with the filter installed?

 

I can get some pics of mine, but I have fog lights so it's hard to get any good pics of it.

And yes that looks like it will work.

 

oh, do you guys know if it would make a big difference in power if you dont replace the rubber tube from the sensor to the throttle body with a aluminum one?

 

You mean the elbow that the metal CAI piping attaches to? I'd just leave it rubber, it's pretty smooth on the inside and easily attaches.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread, but are you the one that had the red gxl with the maroon interior with the rotor7ven sticker on it?

 

that pic i posted will work? if i get that then i dont need the 3" couplers and clamps since theyre included? and also.. what is the hose that youre talking bout?

 

Just buy one with the pic I posted and cut it. uRizen's posts have all the other information.

 

No this one.

ps. dont mind the dirty engine bay.

 

Hmmm... I don't how much difference leaving the stock air tube in the system would make. I know if muffles the intake noise (I noticed a huge increase in intake noise switching from a cone filter/stock air tube to the CAI with the metal tubing.)

I attached some more pics of where it goes into the fender and where I put the brass nipple (which is threaded, glued, and RTVd to assure it doesn't leak .)

The only thing I don't like about this setup is that the AFM might hit a strut bar when I put one in (I'll know in a week or so when my order comes in.)