Fujita Intake on a 3.5 with CVT - Fitment Issues?

[sheik124]

Cross posting this here just to see if anyone else has successfully installed a Fujita intake on a 3.5 with a CVT

Alright, so my Fujita intake came in today, and I've had one hell of a hard time putting the damn thing in. Got the stock airbox out, only took me about 10 minutes, then I put the hose + clamps onto the throttle body, only took 5 minutes there. Then I spent the next hour and a half trying to get the ****ing vibration mount to line up with the intake tubing. We tried every position possible.

We tried doing it as stated in the instructions, put the vibration mount on, then slide the bracket onto it, didn't work.We tried putting the threading of the vibration mount through the bracket on the intake then rotating the piping to get it to where we could screw the vibration mount in, didn't work. Then out of curiosity I tried removing the hose they supplied and just trying to do a test fit type of thing; line up the piping with the throttle body and see if it would even be remotely possible to get the bracket onto the vibramount, and it slid on! Then it started to flex. A lot. Then the welding started to fracture.



"Dude, is the intake.......starting to sag?""Huh?"



"Holy crap grab it before it falls"



Tomorrow I'm calling Fujita to process an RMA. I've installed intakes before, I'm not a complete tool (notice how that stills leaves the possibility of being a partial tool open ), so I'm willing to chalk this up to a bad welding job on that stupid bracket or some damage during shipping or something (my intake was on the UPS truck and only a few miles away for 12 hours before it actually got delivered to my house). I guess my question is, do any V6 CVTs even have the F5 intake? I mean, maybe the vibration mount won't line up with the bracket right on our cars or something. I know people had fitment issues on the QR with differing transmissions, and they did prototype the intake on a 6 speed, so who knows?

I'm starting to think they should have taken a page out of Injen's book and used the bolt below the CCV box for the vibramount; seems a lot more intuitive to slide the bracket onto something in the same direction that you're sliding the intake into the TB hose, as opposed to rotating and contorting **** to try and get the intake onto a vibramount that's sticking out in the opposite direction.

[zenki07]

I just installed mines 2 days ago...didn't have any issues; took me 20 mins total. did u leave the vibra-mount loose, or did u tighten it up b4 u slipped on the bracket?

If u had it tightened, then that's why you had trouble, because if you left it lose, the vibra-mount woulda had some flex to it, pull it towards the front of the car and the bracket would easily slide on. then you'd tighten the mount, slip the rubber end back on the bracket.

[sheik124]

I just installed mines 2 days ago...didn't have any issues; took me 20 mins total. did u leave the vibra-mount loose, or did u tighten it up b4 u slipped on the bracket?

If u had it tightened, then that's why you had trouble, because if you left it lose, the vibra-mount woulda had some flex to it, pull it towards the front of the car and the bracket would easily slide on. then you'd tighten the mount, slip the rubber end back on the bracket.

We tried it with the vibramount completely out, halfway down, and tightened completely. The issue always seemed to be that the bracket was not in the right spot. Do you have a CVT or a 6 speed?

[Mr. Music]

thats crazy! Was there damage to the box? Maybe the bracket on the tube was bent from where it should be, and thats why it wouldn't line up and the weld broke...

[sheik124]

thats crazy! Was there damage to the box? Maybe the bracket on the tube was bent from where it should be, and thats why it wouldn't line up and the weld broke...

I talked to a very helpful Mark at Fujita today, who took a look at the pictures and showed them to some technicians and R&D guys who concluded that the bracket was either welded wrong, welded poorly, or welded in the wrong spot. They're shipping me a new intake tube.

[zenki07]

I have the CVT; glad to hear they took care of you @ fujita.