I installed a new Kai intake that had really good reviews. It's not my first intake I've installed so I know all the connections are good but my car won't even stay on. It almost sounds like it's getting too much air. What gives? Anyone have any ideas what's going on?

 

if the car was fine before it. take it off. i hope youre not talking about the one on amazon ( )

double check your maf sensor cable, vacuum hoses, and couplers. if the maf is plugged correctly and snapped in. it should be fine assuming vacuums and couplers were checked. im wondering if those cone filters come with oil on it or did they tell you to apply it?

edit: if it is the one on the link, supposably its a dry (no oil) filter hence shouldnt have damaged your maf.

its written on these forums like a million times. this car does better with a simple z-tube and the stock air box. if what you wanted were looks, then dont buy engine parts off ebay/amazon unless it is a very well known product/company with good reputation and not just a couple of good reviews. they have metal pipe intakes from alot of different sites.

z1motorsports.com
intensepower.com
z1auto.com
even carID.com

dont be stingy with these cars. not a good way to go.

 

^u should be banned for suggesting z1auto in 2015

 

op chk ur install and then check it again. its jus a pipe and filter. doesn't matter who made it or where it comes from they all do and work the same pretty much

 

just dont trust ebay/amazon for any parts lol. never know whats gonna show up on your doorstep. specially from a new vendor or if its a new product thats on the cheap side.

just beware is all im saying.

whats wrong with z1auto? lol

 

^ jus Google it should have a good number of results u could read up

 

im curious now because i googled and all i can find were good reviews about them (old but thats all that came up). besides a few typical "my order took too long" threads with a response from z1 in it explaining why (which yes they could have told him instead of waiting for him to post). im just curious if i should know something ahead of time because they got some good pricing on some stuff i want to get.

would be appreciated!

 

Holy crap rramos, quality cone filters cost more than this whole intake! One thing I can guarantee, when the weather gets warm this intake will suffer from heat soak causing you a major loss in WHP allowing a '70 VW bus to leave you at the stop sign. Intakes offer zero WHP gains on a good day, cheap units like yours will cause more harm than good thru poor filtering! All you needed was a z-tube for sound and a K&N drop in filter for more cleaner air...Gary

 

Jus grab the bolt from somewhere else. Might be a little shorter but a bolt front the engine shield should work