MDesign Cold Air Installed

[dfwsho]

Nicely done.  might not be a bad way to turn the stock airbag into a container.  Looks good.

 

[Excalibur]

Have there been reports of water ingestion in snowy climates with this intake?

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

Have there been reports of water ingestion in snowy climates with this intake?

It uses the stock intake opening so I'd say it is fine.

 

[BiGMaC]

Have there been reports of water ingestion in snowy climates with this intake?

It uses the stock intake opening so I'd say it is fine.

I have heard none. I've had no problem in a year or so... Several torrential downpours during AZ monsoon rains and no problems in mountain snow.

 

[A 01 Badger]

Ordered my M Design today, should be here by Tuesday and hopefully installed by next weekend.  Do I need an updated tune from LMS?  I am running the 93 3bar tune.

If all goes well, I will be ordering another for my wife's XSport.  If there was some type of discount for buying 2 I would have ordered them both today.

 

[SHOdded]

No need for tune update, the PCM is quite capable of handling any airflow changes.  Downpipes benefit from a tune update however; the PCM stock doesn't really account for their flow characteristics, and the tune takes advantage of the earlier torque availability.

 

[A 01 Badger]

No need for tune update, the PCM is quite capable of handling any airflow changes.  Downpipes benefit from a tune update however; the PCM stock doesn't really account for their flow characteristics, and the tune takes advantage of the earlier torque availability.

Thanks SHOdded.

Downpipes are next.  Was planning on waiting until my next emissions test.  Give myself two years with the mod then decide how to handle it then.

 

[vernonator]

No need for tune update, the PCM is quite capable of handling any airflow changes.  Downpipes benefit from a tune update however; the PCM stock doesn't really account for their flow characteristics, and the tune takes advantage of the earlier torque availability.

Has anyone dyno'd this CAI? Does it add anything or is it just for show like all the others?

 

[BiGMaC]

No need for tune update, the PCM is quite capable of handling any airflow changes.  Downpipes benefit from a tune update however; the PCM stock doesn't really account for their flow characteristics, and the tune takes advantage of the earlier torque availability.

Has anyone dyno'd this CAI? Does it add anything or is it just for show like all the others?

Ahmad (MDesign) has done some dynos comparing it to others... It's in his thread... The MDesign does better, but not a large margin. It is sound and eye candy mostly on my SHO which is fine with me. I love mine and have had no problems in over a year. It doesn't slow the car as the other major CAIs do on the dyno and in real life racing. It is extremely hard to beat the OEM which I dyno'd vs no intake or filter at all with no changes in results (+/- 2 to 3 AWHP which is within the limit for error of the dyno).

 

[SHOdded]

And it somehow keeps the tailpipes cleaner, how is still a mystery.

 

[ZSHO]

I think we forgot to mention the EXTRA room the MDesign intake provides compared to stock or some other intakes,very accessible friendly to check your trans fluid or to add a meth kit or tank reservoir as mentioned a while back.  Z  :thumb: :thumb: