I installed my cold air intake, and loveo the growl, but now my car seems like it's humming or something when I turn the wheel.

but anyways, the intake pipe was a little FAT so I had to cram it in between my battery and valvecover, so the pipe is pushing up against some wires hooked up to the valve cover by a screw, and up against the batter itself. Should I worry about heat? I ordered a Yellow Wire Loom Kit to cut down on heat so the wires wont melt or anything, but it isn't here yet.

Thanks

-Michael
1999 GS Eclipse
Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd

Wanted:
:Sensei type 1 bumper
:Blitz style 2 sideskirts
:and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..

>now my car seems like
>it's humming or something when
>I turn the wheel.

Mine does the same thing. I had someone else turn my steering wheel while I located the sound. It's just air going into the intake, it's louder because the filter is an open element.


>had to cram it in
>between my battery and valvecover,
>so the pipe is pushing
>up against some wires hooked
>up to the valve cover
>by a screw, and up
>against the batter itself. Should
>I worry about heat?

I have a huge Diehard Gold battery and mine is sort of cramed in there too. Put some padding between the battery and the CAI or it will rub a hole into the CAI and possibly the battery. The "wires into valvecover" you are describing is the Camshaft Position Sensor. Mine hits that also and I've had no problems other than a little oil getting on the CAI.

Do you have an oversized battery, too? I'm ordering an Optima Red Top to stop my CAI from touching everything.


Douglas
97 Eclipse GS

-- Mods --
Hiper Industries R1 Cold Air Intake
Arospeed Tunable Bomb Muffler 4.0" Tip
Custom Mandrel Bent 2.5" Cat-back Piping
Blue Silicone Vaccuum Hoses
Blue Engine Wireloom
Custom 2 Piece Mesh Grill

-- In The Mail --
Accel 300plus 8mm Ignition Wires
Autometer Phantom N2O Pressure Gauge
Lo-Tek Triple Gauge Full Pillar
NGK BKR7E-11 Spark Plugs
NOS Nitrous Oxide Kit (Wet)
NOS Bottle Heater
NOS Purge Valve Kit

what do you recommend I use for padding in between my battery and CAI until I buy a smaller one? oh yeah, forgot to mention, my filter is pushed up against the outter coverhing thingy that the fans are behind, so if they plastic was to break, it would be open game on my filter lol, no problems there tho, checked it out, only thing that may happen is the filter get warn down faster


-Michael
1999 GS Eclipse
Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd

Wanted:
:Sensei type 1 bumper
:Blitz style 2 sideskirts
:and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..

Try using rubber, cloth, styrofoam, whatever works for ya... just as long as it doesn't put a hole in your CAI.


Douglas
97 Eclipse GS

-- Mods --
Hiper Industries R1 Cold Air Intake
Arospeed Tunable Bomb Muffler 4.0" Tip
Custom Mandrel Bent 2.5" Cat-back Piping
Blue Silicone Vaccuum Hoses
Blue Engine Wireloom
Custom 2 Piece Mesh Grill

-- In The Mail --
Accel 300plus 8mm Ignition Wires
Autometer Phantom N2O Pressure Gauge
Lo-Tek Triple Gauge Full Pillar
NGK BKR7E-11 Spark Plugs
NOS Nitrous Oxide Kit (Wet)
NOS Bottle Heater
NOS Purge Valve Kit

Cool, thanks man, I'll set that up along with my wire loom when it comes, the car doesn't get driven a lot yet because im only 15 :)


-Michael
1999 GS Eclipse
Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd

Wanted:
:Sensei type 1 bumper
:Blitz style 2 sideskirts
:and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..

Don't put anything flammable there like a cloth or your engine will catch on fire like Cyan's did. I used a rubber tube over the bar that sits between the battery and intake. But that fell off later on, so then I just used some duct tape as padding.

eclipse804@hotmail.com
http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

use some that 3/4" hose from the avc and put it around the battery tie down bar where it rubs and tighten it with a fastener. It has worked forever on mine

you dont want it restin on the camshaft postion sensor, mine did and broke it, 100bux later, the intake was still sittin on it, and pushing it out of its harness, and my car would cut off while driving. i jerryrigged two bigass zipties around the ecu mount and the intake pipe. as for the batt rubbing up against it, use sum silicon hose over the batt tie down like the guy above me said. i never thought of that, but would look nice too.

HTH,tia



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Sean G
vegaspimpin 99 gs ounce edition (wish it was a Q P)
http://seangordon1.tripod.com

short ram intake w/custom dual ram air
2.5 catback w/5zigen muff and cherry bomb resonator
front upper and rear upper strut bar
NGK BKR5E-11
8.5 mm magnecores
hurricane gs shiftermod
symborski shifter kit

AFX UDP (sittin in my garage)

i just got a AEM CAI and it has that hole near the top that is supposed to go to the, ummm , forgot what it was called but im sure you guys know what im talkin about. i put a breather on there so i dont need the lil hole from the intake. what can i use to cap it off ??



b4 my rims
-mitsuman
AEM cold air intake
tint, not sure the percentage
custom grill
17'' mr7's 235/45/17 yokohama tires
sony's x-plod CDX-M620
2 10'' audiobahns
audiobahn amp

wanted:
1.star stage II
2.lots of more stuff

play doe!!! the blue or red do the job.



Grey 97 Eclipse GS
Greddy Evo cat
Greddy header
AEM CAI
Sprint 2" drop

use a nipple (had to say it) u can find em at anyparts store



hit me up on aim, vegasdsmr thats da new SN
Sean G
vegaspimpin 99 gs ounce edition (wish it was a Q P)
http://seangordon1.tripod.com

short ram intake w/custom dual ram air
2.5 catback w/5zigen muff and cherry bomb resonator
front upper and rear upper strut bar
NGK BKR5E-11
8.5 mm magnecores
hurricane gs shiftermod
symborski shifter kit

AFX UDP (sittin in my garage)

I wouldn't use play doe, I don't think the engine would like when that got sucked in. I use a wire nut that is big and barely fit in then I put in in there with a hammer so it won't come out.




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All Motor Beast in need of MAJOR TUNING

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

thanks for the input, with my intake came a vacumm hose, I had to cut it and I still have A LOT LEFT, could I stick that on the tie down bar and use it as padding?

-Michael
1999 GS Eclipse
Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd

Wanted:
:Sensei type 1 bumper
:Blitz style 2 sideskirts
:and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..

so guys....could I use what's left of my vacumm tube that I cut as a padding, by putting it on my battery tie bar to prevent my CAI getting a hole in it?



-Michael
1999 GS Eclipse
Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd

Wanted:
:Sensei type 1 bumper
:Blitz style 2 sideskirts
:and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..

yup



hit me up on aim, vegasdsmr thats da new SN
Sean G
vegaspimpin 99 gs ounce edition (wish it was a Q P)
http://seangordon1.tripod.com

short ram intake w/custom dual ram air
2.5 catback w/5zigen muff and cherry bomb resonator
front upper and rear upper strut bar
NGK BKR5E-11
8.5 mm magnecores
hurricane gs shiftermod
symborski shifter kit

AFX UDP (sittin in my garage)