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View Poll Results: Cold air intake? or no cold air intake?
CAI 14 70.00%
No CAI 6 30.00%
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Old 23-02-2009, 08:04 AM
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Old 23-02-2009, 08:26 PM
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hey thanks

yea thats what i woulda thought is that there would be enough air circulating the engine bay to be around the same temp as outside

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i wouldnt bother with a CAI, they make near as no difference once the car is in motion.
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Old 23-02-2009, 08:31 PM
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Ask your brother or better still take his for a drag
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yea thats what i woulda thought is that there would be enough air circulating the engine bay to be around the same temp as outside
but it'll be hot air... thats why ppl plug the other hole next to the cai, to stop the hot engine bay air getting used
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Old 23-02-2009, 08:34 PM
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How much is one of those blanking plates worth?? i'm guessing subaru are the only stockists??
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How much is one of those blanking plates worth?? i'm guessing subaru are the only stockists??
i heard that subaru do them for $10 or so, no point anyone else producing them as thats not worth competing for, wouldnt be much of a market either
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Haha that's never going to happen... :P
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Old 23-02-2009, 09:06 PM
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i heard that subaru do them for $10 or so, no point anyone else producing them as thats not worth competing for, wouldnt be much of a market either
If your talking about the cover for the fender holes, Subaru don't have any, pretty sure you have to hit up super cheap or something.
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25cents worth of gaffa tape works a treat....
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my Bro has had problems with over boosting in cold weather...

is this due to the CAI?

his car has a silicon pipe from turbo to AFM then CAI to K&n filter... with stock exhaust with only mufler on the end
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