What does CAI stand for?
What does CAI stand for?
And also my CPU is F'ed someone said a stand alone would be me best choice how much does one of those run?
Re: What does CAI stand for? (baughb)
CAI = Cold Air Intake
If your ECU is really fried, just get another stock one. Much much cheaper and easier. Unless you have a specific reason to get a standalone setup, you are better off saving yourself the $$ and time.
If your ECU is really fried, just get another stock one. Much much cheaper and easier. Unless you have a specific reason to get a standalone setup, you are better off saving yourself the $$ and time.
Re: What does CAI stand for? (PandaS14)
I thought that it might mean that but the filter is right next to the dang exhaust and well...that ain't cold.
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Re: What does CAI stand for? (baughb)
COLD AIR INTAKE...its that simple
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Re: What does CAI stand for? (Ni2s4s0aSnX)
a cai is an intake system that places the inlet (i.e. filter) outside of the engine bay, thus it`s pretty cold compared to being anywhere in that space between the shock towers.
However, what most people frequently mislabel as a cai is a piece of metal tube replacing the factory plastic intake, the term for such a setup is a short ram (as in ram air... not quite, but that`s why you don`t finish the term with the air part) intake. Just call it an "intake" though, and nobody`ll be any the wiser about it.
ed: iForgot to tackle your computer problem, in the automotive world it`s called an "ECU" (pretty standard terms that you can guess at) and without a doubt it`ll be much cheaper to go to a dealer and buy a new ecu for a few hundred than to spend up to a thousand (or two) dollars on a standalone designed for an intricately customized engine. You could probably save even more by finding a matching obd system ecu from a junkyard, they`re usually in good shape as long as they haven`t been rained on. S chasses from 89-95 (mid 95, it`s like june or something) are obd1 and everything after that (which is mid 95 to 98, for those of you keeping count) is obd... wanna take a guess? 2. An added bonus to swapping and ecu is that if you put an automatic transmission ecu in a manual equipped car, you have no speed limiter, so you`re free to take it to whatever redline in 5th can get you.
Anyway, enjoy the knowledge, use it well preferably, and come back with your questions when you need more.
However, what most people frequently mislabel as a cai is a piece of metal tube replacing the factory plastic intake, the term for such a setup is a short ram (as in ram air... not quite, but that`s why you don`t finish the term with the air part) intake. Just call it an "intake" though, and nobody`ll be any the wiser about it.
ed: iForgot to tackle your computer problem, in the automotive world it`s called an "ECU" (pretty standard terms that you can guess at) and without a doubt it`ll be much cheaper to go to a dealer and buy a new ecu for a few hundred than to spend up to a thousand (or two) dollars on a standalone designed for an intricately customized engine. You could probably save even more by finding a matching obd system ecu from a junkyard, they`re usually in good shape as long as they haven`t been rained on. S chasses from 89-95 (mid 95, it`s like june or something) are obd1 and everything after that (which is mid 95 to 98, for those of you keeping count) is obd... wanna take a guess? 2. An added bonus to swapping and ecu is that if you put an automatic transmission ecu in a manual equipped car, you have no speed limiter, so you`re free to take it to whatever redline in 5th can get you.
Anyway, enjoy the knowledge, use it well preferably, and come back with your questions when you need more.