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intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 9:05 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02-CHEVY-CAVALIER-2-2L-POLISH-COLD-AIR-INTAKE-KIT-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQfitsZModelQ3aCavalierQQhashZitem2eaf849608QQitemZ200513197576QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5f TruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Anyone have any experience with this model? Really all I want to know is if it mounts to the throttle body or to the crappy plastic plenum. I want to eliminate the plenum and have something to go right to the tb. If it doesn't (which I don't think it does) anyone know of another cheap one that does?


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Re: intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 4:23 PM
Re: intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 5:31 PM
Philly D wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-98-99-00-01-02-Cavalier-2-2L-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit-/400145352938?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACavalier&hash=item5d2a8588ea

This is an exact copy of the Aem cold air.....at a 1/8th of the price..

This ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

That's a true cold air intake while the first one you mentioned is a warm air intake as it draws air from inside the engine bay.
The intake Philly suggests puts the filter into the fender well for true cold air ingestion and not hot air from the engine bay.
Good luck with your intake.


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Re: intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 5:49 PM
Wow, nice find. Thanks guys


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Re: intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 9:03 PM
Misnblu wrote:
Philly D wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-98-99-00-01-02-Cavalier-2-2L-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit-/400145352938?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACavalier&hash=item5d2a8588ea

This is an exact copy of the Aem cold air.....at a 1/8th of the price..

This ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

That's a true cold air intake while the first one you mentioned is a warm air intake as it draws air from inside the engine bay.
The intake Philly suggests puts the filter into the fender well for true cold air ingestion and not hot air from the engine bay.
Good luck with your intake.


and still route's all that "cold air" right through the same hot pipe's, through the same hot engine bay. not trying to be a dick, just never really grasped the concept i suppose.



Re: intake experience
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:59 PM
Yeah. truly I don't care whether it's "CAI" or "WAI" because they are almost the same in my book. All I'm worried about it eliminating the $h!tty plastic plenum that covers my s3xy red valve cover as cheaply as possible without it looking like complete garbage


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Re: intake experience
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:47 AM
blucavvy wrote:
Misnblu wrote:
Philly D wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-98-99-00-01-02-Cavalier-2-2L-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit-/400145352938?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACavalier&hash=item5d2a8588ea

This is an exact copy of the Aem cold air.....at a 1/8th of the price..

This ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

That's a true cold air intake while the first one you mentioned is a warm air intake as it draws air from inside the engine bay.
The intake Philly suggests puts the filter into the fender well for true cold air ingestion and not hot air from the engine bay.
Good luck with your intake.


and still route's all that "cold air" right through the same hot pipe's, through the same hot engine bay. not trying to be a dick, just never really grasped the concept i suppose.

The velocity of air is so great that it won't have any heat soak effect at all.
Ever have a great run in your car, get out, and immediately feel your intake piping?
*waits*
Thought so.
Years ago I did testing on this between cai and wai and the results were published with what I'm saying here.
Cai is just that, cooler air from the wheel well that has little to no time to heat up from the engine bay.

Either way, good luck with it.


Misnblu.com
Newbie member since 1999
Thank you Dave and JBO!





Re: intake experience
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:11 AM
Philly D wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-98-99-00-01-02-Cavalier-2-2L-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit-/400145352938?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACavalier&hash=item5d2a8588ea< br /> This is an exact copy of the Aem cold air.....at a 1/8th of the price..

That is a great intake! I had the polished one on my former '02 Sunfire SE Sedan and it fit, looked and performed great. My only suggestion is to get a quality air filter for it i.e. AEM Dry Flow or K&N (I used an AEM Dry Flow filter) because the one it comes with is cheap and crappy. Even if you spend another $40.00 or so on a decent air filter, you're still way below the price of a real AEM. You may also need a small rubber grommet for the IAT hole because the kit I got didn't come with one, but they can be found any auto parts or hardware store for a couple bucks so it's not a big deal.











I believe this is the only intake for the 2200 that connects directly to the throttle body.




Re: intake experience
Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:49 AM
J TO ENVY wrote:
Philly D wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-98-99-00-01-02-Cavalier-2-2L-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit-/400145352938?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACavalier&hash=item5d2a8588ea< br /> This is an exact copy of the Aem cold air.....at a 1/8th of the price..

That is a great intake! I had the polished one on my former '02 Sunfire SE Sedan and it fit, looked and performed great. My only suggestion is to get a quality air filter for it i.e. AEM Dry Flow or K&N (I used an AEM Dry Flow filter) because the one it comes with is cheap and crappy. Even if you spend another $40.00 or so on a decent air filter, you're still way below the price of a real AEM. You may also need a small rubber grommet for the IAT hole because the kit I got didn't come with one, but they can be found any auto parts or hardware store for a couple bucks so it's not a big deal.











I believe this is the only intake for the 2200 that connects directly to the throttle body.

Only one suggestion I can add to that: Seal-up the area around the filter that's open to the outside, then make an opening that faces into the head-wind (Forward). Congrats! You just made a FAI. (Fresh-Air Intake) The best type of intake of all!


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Re: intake experience
Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:48 AM
Wow that's exactly what I'm looking for. Definitely planned on a decent filter; I know the ones they provide with the kit are junk. As for the FAI, I had all the plans in the world to fab something up (my family owns a garage with all the tools I could ever need). Then I moved to Boston, where I have no tools, no garage, and no jack. I recently paid someone to change my oil. It hurt... a lot. I never had to do that before in my life. I also requested that the mechanic put the old oil filter gasket in a plastic baggy I supplied to eliminate the possibility of it sticking on and him not noticing. I trust no one.


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Re: intake experience
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:38 PM
Just ordered one of those long ram air intake kits, it was only 93.57$ shipping included to canada. Been looking for a kit like this one for a while and its hella in-expensive



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Re: intake experience
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:50 PM
Re: intake experience
Friday, September 10, 2010 3:43 PM
Issue is that one doesn't go straight to the TB. But nice find nonetheless


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Re: intake experience
Friday, September 10, 2010 4:27 PM
So does the bumper have to come off to put the CAI on?



Re: intake experience
Friday, September 10, 2010 5:35 PM
Nope..but the drivers wheel and liner needs to be taken out.
Re: intake experience
Monday, September 13, 2010 5:05 AM
thanks for the input , think im gonna go with the same intake
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