Okay, I was talking to Fast91SER today when I sent him a video of my car with my CAI on it. I watched it, then watched a video of my car with the Ghetto Intake modification. To be honest, the Ghetto Intake modification produces a lot better of a sound. I love the sound, so I'm going to screw around with some stuff now and try to reproduce that sound, but make as much power as possible. If you have any insight on this project, please help me out here. I have a couple of plans that I have talked to Fast91SER about:

1) Put my stock airbox back on, and get some PVC tubing and run it back down to the CAI's location. Put a universal cone filter on there. This method will suck in cold air from the CAI's position, but still go through the stock airbox. This way the sound gets muted slightly, and would hopefully produce this sound.

2) Do the same PVC method, but don't put a filter on the end. Instead, I put a K&N Filtercharger in the stock airbox. I'll do this method if the other method doesn't work. I have a K&N cone filter from the Place Racing cold air intake I have on my car right now.

3) Do JimR's method of cutting to suck in more air. However, also run the PVC piping to help get some colder air in there. I haven't really looked at whether this is feasible or not, I'm just thinking off of the top of my head on this method.

If I can gain some power over stock, I'll gladly keep it. Frankly, I felt no gains with my PR CAI. The power gains I felt on my car were after the timing was adjusted. My car felt like a rocket ship. I didn't notice hardly anything with my CAI.

I love the way the Ghetto Airbox modification sounds. It's much more pure and aggressive than the CAI sound. It's not as loud, but everyone that's heard the two has agreed that the G.A. one sounds a lot better.

Anyways, what do you think?

My buddy has a GA16 powered sentra. Both his ghetto airbox setup and his WAI cone are louder than when my car had either the ghetto airbox, WAI, or CAI. I think its just because the GA16 is under a greater load, so it makes more noise.

My WAI was louder than my CAI, just as you described, but only from inside the car. The CAI is louder from OUTSIDE the car, and it sounds nicer than the WAI when the windows are open.

Does the WAI sound different than the CAI? I've never heard one before, so I honestly have no clue.

The WAI sounded just like the ghetto airbox, just slightly louder becuase there was less plastic absorbing the noise.

Am I the only one who thinks the point of an intake is to gain power, not to sound pretty?

Did you have to mention me Monsoon, as part of your ghetto master plan?? :mad: :D :D :cool:

Originally posted by 97 Black SER
Am I the only one who thinks the point of an intake is to gain power, not to sound pretty?
More sound = more power. Didn't you know that? :p

I personally did not do what I've done to my car for sound, but for power increases. I only mentioned sound because Monsoon asked.

Well if my CAI would've given me something for power gains, I wouldn't be considering it. However, mine didn't.

It doesn't matter. The secret is in the panel filter (according to Cowboydren who has done every experiment known to man ;)). I'll just stick with my CAI.

i pulled the horn off my airbox and ran 2' pvc straight forward to behind the headlight and slightly down.. the air inlet in my 93-94 bumper makes air shoot right up to it..

even though i'm a skeptic, my car feels faster.

anybody ever do anything similar to me?

i would venture to say 2' is just as good as using 3'.. i would also venture to say my location is just as good if not better than inside the fender..


oh yeah sound... it all sounds the same to me.. but i wanted to talk ghetto cai..

I think CAI suck ass. Too much money for a funny funnel straw. WAI is where its at.

Originally posted by SmoothDaddyFig
I think CAI suck ass. Too much money for a funny funnel straw. WAI is where its at.

Nothing like hot underhood air to make power. :rolleyes:

CAI's make more power. Who cares about money?

What the hell? My CAI gave me a huge boost. I would say it felt the same as when I put the 91 cam in my car. Are things different for High port? I wouldn't think so.

Ju§tin

i think the lowport cai is actually better just from looking at it. I haven't tried neither yet, but the lowport cai looks a lot straighter and my guess is would have less turbulance than the highport cai(91-93). Just my opinion.

My WAI sounds great, and seems to breath better than stock. I love the sound, though.

Who cares about sound? Any auto enthusiast. Intake/Exhaust sound is like music to us. Would a Ferrari be just as fast if it didn't sound beautiful? Yeah, but then it wouldn't be a Ferrari. ;)

I was commenting on the sound between a WAI and a CAI on an SR20 equipped vehicle, not a ferrari.