I got my MazdaSpeed CAI yesterday and I spent the whole day today installing it. It took me a while thou because it started rainning hard every 20min, and then the burning sun would come out and then it would start raining hard again. So after installing it and driving with it here are my first impressions:
1. Before the CAI, whenever I started the car, it would start just fine, nothing out of the ordinary, but now that I got the CAI I feel it starts kinda weak, like if the car wants to stall right away. It almost feel like the car has low battery and it's struggling a little bit to start.
2. Call me crazy, but I somehow feel that the sound of the cai is not as loud as I think it should be. I think that the sound of the stock airbox modded was deeper than the one from the CAI. Or maybe I was just too tired and was losing my hearing little by little :zzz:
3. I do feel a little bit more of response at low rpms, imo the rpms raise a little bit faster than before too.
4. I found out that whenever I stopped the car, let's say I stop at a light, the revs at idle would go up and down, from 750 to less than 500, the car felt a little bit like wanting to stall.
5. The first time I drove the car with the CAI I started hearing some noise coming from the hood, it sounded like when u shake a metallic bunk bed. It was an odd squeaking noise. The second time I drove it I heard a couple of time and then dissapeared.
6. The CAI sits really but really close the the chassis, tomorrow I'll be getting some rubber to put it in between just for protection.
Well it's the first time I install a CAI and I thought the sound was going to be a lot stronger, maybe I set up my hopes too high. My friend installed a SRI on his civic and I know for sure it sound way deeper than my CAI. I'm not an expert, but why did it sound so much powerful?? was it because it was a SRI and it was positioned in top of the engine, and the CAI is located way down by the wheel??
Sorry for the long thread, it's just that I wanted to make sure I didnt do anything wrong and if anybody experienced any of this with their CAIs. I'll take it for a real drive tomorrow, more than 5 miles like I just did tonight and see if everything is still the same or different than before. Any help and advice would be really appreciated.
I didnt know if post this in the 2.3l section or in the newbie section, so moderator feel free to move it to where this thread really should be.
1. Before the CAI, whenever I started the car, it would start just fine, nothing out of the ordinary, but now that I got the CAI I feel it starts kinda weak, like if the car wants to stall right away. It almost feel like the car has low battery and it's struggling a little bit to start.
2. Call me crazy, but I somehow feel that the sound of the cai is not as loud as I think it should be. I think that the sound of the stock airbox modded was deeper than the one from the CAI. Or maybe I was just too tired and was losing my hearing little by little :zzz:
3. I do feel a little bit more of response at low rpms, imo the rpms raise a little bit faster than before too.
4. I found out that whenever I stopped the car, let's say I stop at a light, the revs at idle would go up and down, from 750 to less than 500, the car felt a little bit like wanting to stall.
5. The first time I drove the car with the CAI I started hearing some noise coming from the hood, it sounded like when u shake a metallic bunk bed. It was an odd squeaking noise. The second time I drove it I heard a couple of time and then dissapeared.
6. The CAI sits really but really close the the chassis, tomorrow I'll be getting some rubber to put it in between just for protection.
Well it's the first time I install a CAI and I thought the sound was going to be a lot stronger, maybe I set up my hopes too high. My friend installed a SRI on his civic and I know for sure it sound way deeper than my CAI. I'm not an expert, but why did it sound so much powerful?? was it because it was a SRI and it was positioned in top of the engine, and the CAI is located way down by the wheel??
Sorry for the long thread, it's just that I wanted to make sure I didnt do anything wrong and if anybody experienced any of this with their CAIs. I'll take it for a real drive tomorrow, more than 5 miles like I just did tonight and see if everything is still the same or different than before. Any help and advice would be really appreciated.
I didnt know if post this in the 2.3l section or in the newbie section, so moderator feel free to move it to where this thread really should be.