I FINALLY got my cai in the mail. It's this one here

But my problem is I'm not sure exaclty which pieces go where, specifically the blue mating tube things and the mounting brackets. Also in the picture you can see that black strip.

Well anyway, if someone know where a good write up is for general installation of a CAI, or if someone could explain to me that would be great, thanks..

kinda looks like an aem, well first take off the whole stock airbox, just clamps and screws not too hard...

1. attach blue sleeves to both sides of the smallest pipe

2. put the clamp around the sleeve,(two for both sides of the sleeve for both sleeves) and attach to throttle body(that rough cylinder shape thing at the back of the engine) the straight part of tube should run towards the front of car alongside of the valve cover. The black tubing is for the small L shaped pipe coming out of the valve cover. It goes from the intake to valve cover.

3. Place 2 more clamps for the second sleeve. The way it looks from the pic you need two more clamps. But now you have to attach the longer piece with the side that is the most angled. The thing that has me boggled is the second hole on the long piece. maybe someone can let you know, I would just plug it up, i don't think you need it.

4. The last part is the filter. To me your intake looks almost like an aem cai, so I'm thinking it sits right behind you foglight or if you have a 97+ bumper, it sits right behind the black covers of the bumper. You can raise your car or attach the filter before you try to guide it into that specific place where it sits. You might think I'm crazy, but there is a plastic shield down below where the stock airbox sat, there is a small opening that the pipe fits into, just be patient. attach the filter with two more clamps and make sure everything is secure. and that should do it

one more thing, the piece of the airbox closest to fuses is held by 3 bolts and then all you have to do is pull it all off from the tabs. good luck

Well i took a look at this intake they sent me and it looks as if it's the wrong one. The one i have has the hole in the short piece on the opposite side, so it kinda points downward into the engine. Plus once i put the sleeve on it hits the batter if i try to put it on. Any recommendations guys?

I called the place i bought it from and the guys said taht i should take it to a mechanic so they can move the battery...

What the heck

he's dicking you around. you dont have to move the battery for any intake that is made for your car. if you do then the company wouldnt sell shit. sounds like the wrong one to me.




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I just installed the Iceman CAI a few days ago, and I also thought I was goin to have to move the battery. Not sure about yours, but all I had to do was use some force and not be wussy about it. It fit perfect.

get a thin battary

Ya you might just have to move the battery over more. I had to move my battery about an inch closer to the fender with my AEM CAI. Just loosen the two nuts that hold it in place. Also, if you have a thinner battery it would help. Most likely, I think they should have sent you the right piece. You usually get what you what pay for, and that looks like a generic knockoff intake. Most likely it won't fit perfect, but it "should" fit. Good luck.

ok and where do the two little metal brackets go?

thanks for all your help guys

Aiight, here goes:

First I can tell by the picture that it IS the right intake for our cars, it has the correct bends in the right spots. Second the little tube sticking off the SHORTER main tube is used for some accessory that SOME Eclipses/Talons have, yours probable doesn't have it. I can't remember what it's for but the AEM CAI also has that little tube and they give you a little cap to plug it if you don't have the accessory, anyway... Third the intake will hit/touch your battery tie-down, my AEM did, my friends AEM did, and there's about a dozen other people that I know of that have QUALITY AEM CAI's that hit the battery, in fact everyone I know has had to MOVE the battery a bit towards to fender so it won't hit, it will work fine, just slip it in there. For the brackets you're gonna have to use your head, the AEM and the Injen both use different spots in the engine bay, this one could be either (the AEM connects near the stock intake box and the Injen near the valve cover). The black strip is nothing, it doesn't serve any purpose that I can tell.

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Yeah I bought a cheap intake at one time. The damn thing hardly fit in there, aand the small hole in the intake didnt line up at all with the outlet of the valve cover. The crazy thing stuck straight up. I called the place I got it and described it to them, they said it was the right one you just have to use your imagination to put it in. One week later I bought my AEM. I think some of those places have some generic intakes that could work on a few different cars.

Here is what i went through with my nakayama CAI that i got off ebay. at first i wondered if it was the right one for my car too, but it seems to be working ok.

The first thing I noticed about my new intake was the it didn’t come with any directions, so for those of you that are in the same technical bracket as I was when I began my install, I shall attempt my first write-up. The installation was pretty simple. The only extra tools you will need are:

10 mm ratchet
Tin Snips
Flat head screwdriver
Wheel removal tools and jack

Start by entirely removing your stock air box. Loosen the clamp that connects the plastic pipe to the throttle body (up near the windshield), then loosen the clamp that connects the plastic pipe to the airbox (down by the fuse box) and remove that. The only thing that should be connecting the stock plastic air pipe to the car is the crankcase ventilation hose (Like 3” long). This is attached by a weird fastener, but you should be able to pull it off by hand. Once you have the plastic pipe all the way off, pop open the air box, remove the filter, and you should see the (3) gold 10 mm bolts that hold the air box to the car. Loosen these and pull the bolts out. The air box actually snaps onto the car pretty tight so you’re going to have to wrestle with it a little to get it to snap off, but once it does, you’re ready to install your new CAI.

I tried to use mine (since this model is a 2-piece affair) as a short-ram intake first just to see if it would work, but it doesn’t. It is just a little too tall and I couldn’t get the hood closed without squashing it a little.

So, your first connection is going to be the shorter of the 2 metal pipes to the throttle body. This is also a perfect time to do the throttle body test (look on the 2gnt.com page)

The side with the sharper angle (close to 90 degree angle) connects to the t/b. You will probably have to loosen and discard the battery tie-down mechanism in order to make it fit. Attach the first rubber coupler to the t/b and tighten it on with one of the provided clamps. Then slip the shorter of the two metal pipes into the coupler and fasten that with the other clamp (Remember, sharpest angle…it’s the only way it will really fit). The pipe should angle slightly down towards the ground.

Attach the crankcase ventilation hose and clamp it down at both ends with the provided clamps. This part is easy. You might have to cut the provided silicone hose a little. Just save the rest for another project.

Now for the fun part: The little arm the comes off the longer of the 2 metal pipes attaches near where the stock air box was bolted into. You will have to pull off one more gold 10 mm bolt. We will get to actually attaching it in a sec. Go ahead and attach the filter to the second (longer) metal pipe. You are also going to need to trim your splashguard a little at this point. I had to take my drivers side wheel off and jack the car up on that side to get a good angle on it. The splashguards are made of a pretty soft plastic so trimming them is not difficult. Simply looking at how the metal pipe (with the filter on it) wants to fit should tell you where you need to cut.

After you trim, slide the 2 metal pipes together using the second coupler, and slide the whole thing into place. Remember, the little arm that comes off the longer pipe should line up with one of the holes that held the stock air box in place. Here are 2 helpful hints for this part:

1) you might have to bend the arm to make it fit right

2) the bolt that you will use to attatch the pipe to the car is just a little too short. wrench the washers off of it for some extra length or get a longer bolt.

Once you have the pipe secured onto the car, just use the 2 remaining clamps to seal the 2 pipes together and you’re done!

I would recommend taking off the drivers side simulated brake scoop (the black plastic thing). It is held on by a clamp that you should feel if you reach under…no screws or anything. The filter sits directly behind the drivers side brake scoop so removing it not only looks cool, but allows more air to flow to the filter.