Alright X5 owners, show us your CAI

[Sudesh]

Originally Posted by Xtacy

RGX5,

It pulls the air from outside the engine compartment. As far as the value added...RPM's not noticed yet....but the X sounds much cleaner overall and the intake growl at 2k+ RPM is sweet.

How does it pull air from outside the engine comparment? I was looking at the airbox setup and there is no way its pulling in air from anywhere else other that the engine compartment! Well at least that's the way it is on my 4.6! In order for the system to pull air from outside it needs to be either right behind the bumper grill, or fed via a duct that takes in air from outside.
I'm still going to try the mod I suggested, to see if there are any significant changes, even if it is good or bad, you never know till you try. As far as I can see in order for a system to be truly CAI it needs to be getting air from outside the bay.

[broknlgs24]

Originally Posted by Sudesh

How does it pull air from outside the engine comparment? I was looking at the airbox setup and there is no way its pulling in air from anywhere else other that the engine compartment! Well at least that's the way it is on my 4.6! In order for the system to pull air from outside it needs to be either right behind the bumper grill, or fed via a duct that takes in air from outside.
I'm still going to try the mod I suggested, to see if there are any significant changes, even if it is good or bad, you never know till you try. As far as I can see in order for a system to be truly CAI it needs to be getting air from outside the bay.

ur 4.6is should have an air duct that feeds the intake, at least
on the AFE kit it does. i don't know about the Dinan setup. look
at the pic below. if u look directly across from the silver ring that's
near the MAF, u should see an opening for a tube. air comes out of
that opening and is fed into the air filter. also, the filter sit behind
the headlight; so, it will get air from behind the bumper.