CAI on the driver side

**PoWeRof4** · 04-17-2008 03:25 PM

Is anyone running this intake from ludwig? Does anyone think this would actually make any difference?

here it is
http://estrictlyforeign.com/asp/prod...ory=8&ID=11898

**sixfiveoh** · 04-17-2008 03:27 PM

That's a pretty bad picture for showing off your product. But in answer to your question, no. We see minimal gains at most from CAIs. But they sound cool

Read the newb guide!

**djwimbo** · 04-17-2008 03:33 PM

I'll pass, no dyno charts, looks shady, and just cut the bottom of your stock airbox out. It'll look stock but flow more and add a little sound to your ride.

**sixfiveoh** · 04-17-2008 03:38 PM

Just saw the price. Godddamnnnn. That's alot for a cheapo intake. I picked up my used Carbonio for less, probably the only CAI I'd run, only because it looks clean to boot.

**devmaster** · 04-17-2008 04:13 PM

i dont get that intake, y does it have a pipe running behind the engine to the drivers side.. being that the turbo is right under the intake.. shady

**ILoveT** · 04-17-2008 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by djwimbo

I'll pass, no dyno charts, looks shady, and just cut the bottom of your stock airbox out. It'll look stock but flow more and add a little sound to your ride.

Dyno charts don't mean shit.

**tamadrumr88** · 04-17-2008 06:21 PM

strictly foreign is a joke and they're products are junk. they're local to us... i think that that was their mk3 2.0 turbo jetta in 2gay2furious

**sixfiveoh** · 04-17-2008 06:51 PM

Sweet engine cover. Lol.

**Mad_Audi** · 04-17-2008 08:24 PM

LOL @ the engine cover....gross.

intake looks even gayer

**speedydragon** · 04-18-2008 01:16 AM

seems like that site that sells elbow grease and headlight/blinker fluid lol

**Bic-Ball** · 04-18-2008 01:23 AM

i found a better pic here:

it puts the filter under the intake manifold....

**djwimbo** · 04-18-2008 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by ILoveT

Dyno charts don't mean shit.

Well, it sells products for Edelbrock and Holley, why not fool the newbs to the Euro market.

Originally Posted by devmaster

i dont get that intake, y does it have a pipe running behind the engine to the drivers side.. being that the turbo is right under the intake.. shady

since when does Audi put a turbo under the intake manifold? I know the 1.9Tdi's aren't a crossflow head and thus the turbo and the intake are on the same side, but we don't get those over here.
The "CAI" filter is under the intake, but I don't think it's really going to get that much cooler air there. Best place for a filter I can think of is: (A) stock location, or (B) right by your A/C accumulator.

**Durkin** · 04-18-2008 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by djwimbo

since when does Audi put a turbo under the intake manifold?

I think he was refering to the turbo being under the intake in the stock location (filter-MAF-TIP-Turbo)

Originally Posted by djwimbo

Best place for a filter I can think of is: (A) stock location, or (B) right by your A/C accumulator.

Agreed.. if i didint live in areas with roads that flood often i'd have my filter near my A/C accumulator... but i'm only chipped so the samco tip works well...

**djwimbo** · 04-18-2008 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Durkin

I think he was refering to the turbo being under the intake in the stock location (filter-MAF-TIP-Turbo)

Agreed.. if i didint live in areas with roads that flood often i'd have my filter near my A/C accumulator... but i'm only chipped so the samco tip works well...

I know, but I had some fun at somebody else's expense. my bad, sorry.

I am chipped as well, however I want my car to remain as stock looking as much as possible. The problem is when I upgrade to a GTRS.
I'm actually considering building an intake to go down into the A/c accumulator area, but come up into my stock box. Downside, I already cut a big ass hole in the bottom of my stock box and de-ribbed the entire inside of it. The way I have it now it'll pick air up out of that area, but not indefinitely. NTM I'm too lazy to build a heat sheild.