Turbo kits CAI question

I hear my cai everytime I accelerate whether its a hard accel or soft. I hear it lowder of coarse durring a hard accel. My ecu bracket works fine. Did you make sure and get the rubber bushing thing from your original airbox?

Yea I took the bushing from the airbox. I have an extra piece that I couldn't use and that's to mount it to the battery compartment but my pipe didn't seem to be able to becuz it was a bit far away when aligned to the engine. I would like some suggestions to make mine I guess work better. I have been getting better gas mileage so far and love the sound, just don't hear it unless I push it a bit. Btw if your on the fence about a CAI or a company to get it from, get one!! And go with turbo kits!! Great service, insanely fast shipping and of course a great product.

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Yea it'd be quieter but there is still a nice low growl. Now when I'm Just cruising I can't hear anything but my muffler.

Aidensgrand said:

Yea it'd be quieter but there is still a nice low growl. Now when I'm Just cruising I can't hear anything but my muffler.

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Ok thanks guys for the info..I guess I did it right...aidensgrand..u also have exhaust right? Cuz that's prob why you hear it all the time

I only hear it when I accelerate medium to hard. I use it as a gas miser now, when I want to save fuel I make sure I don't hear the intake.

Yea MFury that's what I'm doing as well. I saw you installation video but that was a prototype right? I believe my CAI is a bit different then yours. My installation was a bit harder then u showed in your video, still pretty easy just hardER.

ShaksForteSX said:

Yea MFury that's what I'm doing as well. I saw you installation video but that was a prototype right? I believe my CAI is a bit different then yours. My installation was a bit harder then u showed in your video, still pretty easy just hardER.

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I just received the final product yesterday, like yours. I may do another video when I install it.

MFury said:

I only hear it when I accelerate medium to hard. I use it as a gas miser now, when I want to save fuel I make sure I don't hear the intake.

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Mfury, i do the same. If I'm trying save gas i try not to hear it

hhhmm so is that bracket a must to install cause all i did was just install the cai and left that bracket out. I mean am i hurting the ecu by not using that bracket provided by TK?

Uh big red, well how is ur ECU mounted? Mines in the bracket but it was a bit wobbly so I used a few zip ties to secure it a little better and TK said that it is supposed to be a little wobbly so I guess I did it right. Jw how u have ur ECU mounted? Did u leave the factory air box in the engine bay?

My DIY CAI is quiet under normal driving you mainly hear it when you step on the gas peddle a bit or labour the engine a bit. When I first installed it I kept on accelerating hard so I could hear it but now I drive normal and I hardly notice it, I just get this nice little purr when accelerating.
If your worried about the ECU getting hot why not leave it in situ and use a bit of flexible hosing and mount the hose to old air intake like I did.

Hey rpps, can u tell me how u painted the engine cover like that? That looks rly cool and would maybe consider doing something like that if u may share

ShaksForteSX said:

Hey rpps, can u tell me how u painted the engine cover like that? That looks rly cool and would maybe consider doing something like that if u may share

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Really easy, just get some calliper paint the brand I used was VHT, it's a heat resistant enamel. I then got some Vaseline and smeared it on with my finger on the areas where I wanted the black to remain, like the lettering. I then sprayed 3 light coats of paint on the cover it doesn't take long to dry. After the paint dried I then used a piece of cloth and wiped off the area where I put the vaseline.

Wow Vaseline huh? Good idea...I might do this but with my car being silver I'm not positive of the color but probably red since I've put a lot of red secondary colors in my car. Thanks rpps

Red should look ok I had it on my black Forte Sedan before this Koup and it looked good

to answer your ? shaks yes i left the factory airbox in. I really had no idea what that bracket was for since as soon as i received the package i went and installed it. But i dont know my ecu gets a little hot sometimes. I hope am not damaging it by not utilizing that bracket.

Well big red, did u get the email from turbo kits for the instructions? Cuz I had an idea how to put it in but they sent me the email almost immediately after I made the purchase and I have the email on my iPhone so I just had my phone near me as I was installing it which had me put the ECU in the supplied bracket. I would recommend maybe taking out the stock airbox and putting in that bracket. It's not hard at all.