AFE Stage II CAI Install - SRT8

[Jected]

Well after much debate and curiosity I thought I would finally take the plunge and try one of these CAI, after all its only money right????

I will start from the top.

First, to the great guys at (shameless plug but they deserve it ):
HIFLO FUEL INJECTIONFactory 4
12-14 Regal Drive
Springvale, Victoria 3171
Australia
Tel (03) 9547 9222

Great and helpful bunch of guys who also have a few extras goodies for our cars down there. That and they offer a discount to all forum members as well. Anyway the cost of the intake from them worked out almost identical to what it would have costed me to import in from the States. That teamed up with the fact they have goods in stock so no waiting time, can replace under warrantee etc etc etc, well I will be back again and so should all the members. Fantastic and A++++++. Great to see we are finally starting to get some local support.

Next I got it home and installed it last night. The instructions weren't as clear and precise as they could have been and a little extra work/modification was needed to be done to ensure a correct fit and the bonnet to close without interference. This was obvious though and could be carried out by anyone. Other than that, there was no problems what so ever.

Next, the sound. FAAAAARRCK. Unbelievable. I had to check twice that the coupling and pipe had not come off because it was ridiculously loud to the point of ridiculous. Let me just say that the $ side of the purchase did not worry me and if a performance gain was not there, this would also not faze me cos man does it sound tough now. I wish I had of done this ages ago.

Now performance. I have been very skeptical of these units and the biggest thinng I was concerned about was the CAI drwaing in hot engine bay heat. Not with the AFE II. Completely sealed from the engine bay. Air cleaner sits directly above air intake outlet on the left hand side of the car. How does it go. Karla noticed the difference straight away and so did I. It definitely breathes and pulls much harder and this modification is definitely what any and all SRT8 needs. Highly recommend.

Pictures through shortly.

[DaveW68]

Very nice! I love my AFE2 also. What you need to do next is remove the lower air baffle on the driver's side to allow more ambient air to be sucked into that intake. Since you aren't pulling air from the engine bay, the car starves a little bit with the heat shield in place. You will feel a nice little boost once that baffle is gone.

What kind of modding did you do to get the hood to close easier? I think this has been an issue for everybody with this intake which causes the infamous hood rubbing spot on the tube curve.

[Jected]

Hey Dave.

From first fitment I had the intake bolted to the outside face of the heat shield and connected to the throttle body. This is what caused most of the problems. The instructions did say to feed the tube through the heat shield and onto the throttle body but this was not an option straight out of the box. Out of the box it does not allow this as the (moulded) outlet breather tube (which then has the connecting hose that attaches the AFE to the motor) was to long and stopped it from fitting through the heat shield. So I bolted it up from the outside and found I had clearance problems. I was not happy with how the bonnet did not close properly (first try did not close at all) so I pulleddit all apart again.

To get it to fit and clear the hood the unit needed to sit across to the right more which would also lowers the entire unit. Most that I have seen fitted have had the duct tube bolted on from the front/outside of the heat shield when the instructions stated it should be feed through.

So I trimmed about 5mm off the moulded outlet tube and feed it through. Before bolting everything up properly I closed the bonnet and it all closed as it normally did. I therefore proceeded to fit everything else, finished it off and tried closing the bonnet again. There was a little interference. It sat a fraction to high still. I bent the tab down that bolts onto the radiator support and this lowered the unit another couple of mm. Perfect no intereference. The pics below will hopefully help to explain.

Here are the pics:

[Northern Rider]

Very nice install, Jected.

[Jected]

Thanks NR. It definitely is a noticable mod and one that I did not think made much of a difference. I WAS WRONG. At first I though the extra sound made it feel faster so I thought I would check my 0-100 times. My previous recorded was 4.94.

I could only try it once due to not wanting to get caught doing anything wrong and I reckon I could get it down even more. Where I tried it was on a slight incline and this is what I got tonight.

[DaveW68]

Jected, your bent tab was a great solution. I now get no more rubbing. In fact, I have now posted a rubbing fix solution in the General forum. Nice find! Interestingly, I had no problem whatsoever with getting the tube through the heat shield. Maybe AFE left the breather attachment too long on yours, causing you to have to cut it.

[own2vettes]

How do you get to that 0-60 timer on the EVIC??????

[bigmike32172]

Originally Posted by DaveW68

Very nice! I love my AFE2 also. What you need to do next is remove the lower air baffle on the driver's side to allow more ambient air to be sucked into that intake. Since you aren't pulling air from the engine bay, the car starves a little bit with the heat shield in place. You will feel a nice little boost once that baffle is gone.

What kind of modding did you do to get the hood to close easier? I think this has been an issue for everybody with this intake which causes the infamous hood rubbing spot on the tube curve.

Anyone got pics on this air baffle that needs to be removed???

[DaveW68]

Originally Posted by bigmike32172

Anyone got pics on this air baffle that needs to be removed???

I believe you will find a how-to if you do a search on LX Forums. Sorry, I don't have time to do the search for you. But I will tell you it is very simple to remove it if you take the belly pan off. Probably a 30 minute job tops.

[bigmike32172]

Originally Posted by DaveW68

I believe you will find a how-to if you do a search on LX Forums. Sorry, I don't have time to do the search for you. But I will tell you it is very simple to remove it if you take the belly pan off. Probably a 30 minute job tops.

Cool, I will do a search for it and see if I can find it.
I could always do an old magic trick and drop an M-80 down in there to gut out anything in the way of the airflow