Steeda cai vs jlt cai your thoughts

[Stopsign32v]

It was covered over a year ago - stopsign, the customer wanted a solution to keep his IATs lower than what he was seeing with the Steeda unit - check out the previous pages of this thread.

Best Regards,

TJ

Well lets look at it then, maybe I missed something...

I noticed that the inlet temp is much higher during slow driving or while at stop lights. For example yesterday the Inlet Air Temp shows 158 and the Outside temp showed 89.................................................I think that the CAI seal is not sealing properly and is allowing hot engine temps into the CAI box. Does Steeda have a taller seal that would help seal the CAI box thereby reducing CAI inlet temps? If not any suggestions?

So it sounds like MAYBE hotter engine bay temps were leaking into the unsealed box which resulted in hot air being circulated into the intake? :shrug: I think that is what the user was thinking at least...

Steeda Response- Hey Roger, the IAT will always be higher and rising when the car is at idle or sitting still. Once you get moving it should cool on down. That is normal functionality of a CAI. Nothing seems to be wrong with what you have explained to me.*

Seems Steeda thinks that's a-ok

So I take that as the intake is perfectly fine and cannot majorly or cheaply be improved upon.

My solution was to purchase a small trash can from Home Depot cut it and then use adhesive / sealant with rivets to fill the gap. I also opened up a few of the hex holes in the grill.
In my opinion, it doesn’t look too bad. Now my inlet temperature does not rise that high(even at idle) and cools much quicker when driving.

It is my hope that Steeda could design and sell a new CAI that will seal against the hood insulation. Additionally Steeda should design and sell a tall bulb type seal kit or other solution that current Steeda owners could purchase to seal the CAI from the hot engine bay.

So this guys buys a small trash can and improves on your intake that costs $400?

You claim your intake completely seals against the hood. Yet this customer says that is not the case...

Additionally Steeda should design and sell a tall bulb type seal kit or other solution that current Steeda owners could purchase to seal the CAI from the hot engine bay.

So did I miss something here Mr. Steeda TJ or Steeda Tech? If I were you guys I would have made this right rather that INSISTING you know better since your intake was race proven and definitely better than the stock one.

Not only would I THANK this guy for not making a stink about it but also THANK him for doing free R&D for you. Hell did you even send him a shirt or something?

Oh and before we beat a dead horse, yes we all know the engine, piping, filter, and everything gets heat soaked at idle. But not to the degree this guy was seeing unless you had a filter that was exposed to engine bay temps.

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[Stopsign32v]

You are correct, the Steeda cold air runs within 4 degrees or less of ambient at cruise.

The best,

Steeda Tech

So did my open engine bay filter setup. What's your point? When air is being pushed through the engine bay at speeds this happens. It has nothing to do with your design. Please stop acting like this is an accomplishment due to design.

 

[Aubrey]

It seems to me that most daily drivers are going to use a rev band of 1500 to 4000 revs. It's in this band that one would want more torque and power, not at 6000+ revs. Does the Steeda no-tune CAI add anything noticeable (>10kw) in this rev band? Maybe you could share a stock vs bolt on tuner chart? Thanks.

 

[tj@steeda]

Appreciate your feedback Stopsign, have a great night.

Best Regards,

TJ

 

[SteedaTech]

It seems to me that most daily drivers are going to use a rev band of 1500 to 4000 revs. It's in this band that one would want more torque and power, not at 6000+ revs. Does the Steeda no-tune CAI add anything noticeable (>10kw) in this rev band? Maybe you could share a stock vs bolt on tuner chart? Thanks.

Will do, i will pull the dyno graphs next week. It's all about flowing more air with the minimal amount of turbulence.

Steeda Tech

 

[WildHorse]

[MENTION=29488]Stopsign32v[/MENTION].. not on anybody's side here but plastic is a great conductor of heat. Heat Soak into the intake manifold is the biggest problem. CAI's just cool the intake quicker. The power gains you see are from the inlet tube size for the most part. Stock air boxes do a better job of controlling airflow at idle, thus resulting in a little cooler IAT at idle/slow speeds do to the design. Just my opinion.

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