1st mod! CAI on an 08 LS

[petrified.rabbit]

just measure the pipe when it comes in and order a bypass that size, then use the bypass in place of one of the silicone couplers.

[Weirdo_Joe]

Alright!!! Getting there!!! Thanks, Rabbit!!! This is extraordinarily helpful information... By the time I lay down the money and get the CAI in the mail, I may be confident enough to install it myself! Even though I've never even done an oil change... I'm a fast learner! And ya'll on this site are awesome! ;D

[paulsaveo]

another option, go to a local autoparts store oreilly auto, autozone, something along those lines, and buy the tube pieces from spectre. spectre sells multiple angles, and multiple lengths so you can build your own intake. I would not recommend a spectre filter though, I would go with an AEM, K&N, or something similar.

[petrified.rabbit]

you would then have a cheap plastic intake that has more joints than a snake..

[thehunterooo]

wow, i am confused now, I am leaving this thread!

[Weirdo_Joe]

Interesting... That's good to know about the spectre filters... I have been talking with a guy at Spectre; considering putting one together from their parts, because the filter just looks like it takes in a lot of air. Why isn't it so good? Just curious... almost certain I'm gonna go with the Chrome Intakes model with a bypass valve segment. Also, it seems the hardest part of any CAI is the sensor you have to cut off the old rubber hose and mount to the new one (see? I have been researching Are there instructions on how to do this in the Chrome Intakes? I know I'm gonna have to take the old air box out... Are those the hardest parts... any tips, or anything else I should know about?

[petrified.rabbit]

jack it up and pull the wheel and drop the liner.. then pull out the lower box as well...

i dont have a problem with the specter filter, probably the only part of the system i dont have a problem with. IT will let in some small particulates, but in a cai the heavy metal, or large enough to do damage particles in the air wont make it into the engine.

[Weirdo_Joe]

Ok, cool! Still leaning toward the Chrome Intake... no complaints about that filter? I am planning to jack up the car (hopefully not in a bad way ; ) and take off the front wheel; 1st time on this car, for practice in case of a flat, and to look at the area... The underdrive pulley looks like it requires the same wheel to be removed, and I am thinking about getting one of those, too! So... when you say "Drop the liner" ... what do you mean?

[Weirdo_Joe]

After reading all 5 pages of instructions & comments about the underdrive pulley, I'm pretty sure I SHOULDN'T be doing something like that with my level of experience. :P I do wanna do the CAI myself still! Do You have to get underneath the car to install a CAI? Sorry for having so many questions... but I appreciate all the info. THANX!

[xintersecty]

I'm pretty sure I SHOULDN'T be doing something like that with my level of experience. :P I do wanna do the CAI myself still!

Weirdo_Joe, this is how you gain experience by doing. I learned to work on cars with my Grandfather (he owned a VW shop) and from own Dad who was too cheap for others. I consider this to have been valuable experience as I do most of the work myself. I am not the best and I do make mistakes. But at least if I make a mistake I am not spending hundreds of dollars to have somebody else make that same mistake.

The cool thing about working on cars is collecting tools. Tools allows us to contribute and improve things. Do you have car/geek friends? Borrow their tools and help and get started. Have you installed the underdrive pulley. That is an excellent first project.