PROJECT CAI

so some of you know that my car will be apart of the research and development of an cold air intake the company http://www.r2cperformance.com/index.html is in Forest park and I will be going down there next week so they can take measurements. Then from their they will develop the cai and it will be probably be a few weeks till I will be going and getting to the dyno. I will keep this up to date as much as I can discuss, but I feel its a cool opportunity and will share my experiences with all of you.

That is awesome.

Very cool Jesse I was hoping either you or Vic would jump on the chance.

Kool bro, congrats!

Great opportunity Jesse. I'm glad that someone on CAMM is getting to do this and I can hardly wait to see the new CAI and how you like it. Congrats!

The free Dyno Tune is soooo cool Jesse. Congrats, bro. You have a Predator or no. I would be snagging one if I were you. You will gain probably 40 rwhp. and lots more torque, too.

the dyno tune is a huge part of the deal! im gonna buy a tuner from bob.

Congrats Jesse! Very cool!

That's kick ass man!!!

Sweet can't wait to see the progress

im kinda concerned about the dyno runs. i don't want my car beat on.

jesse031081 wrote:

im kinda concerned about the dyno runs. i don't want my car beat on.

It won't be bad at all it is controlled and better than hitting it on the street really. It will be fine dynos are pretty safe

When I went to the SRT track day, the instructor said it best. "These motors are made to be beat on". The dyno runs will be great and you'll get a nice performance boost to boot.

that is cool.

ChiTownHemi wrote:

When I went to the SRT track day, the instructor said it best. "These motors are made to be beat on". The dyno runs will be great and you'll get a nice performance boost to boot.

I think Jontoad is living proof of this statement....

So day 1 is done...... I went down to the cai manufacture in Forest Park today. It was fun and I learned way more than I would ever want to know about a cai. Everyone was really nice and made sure they let me take pictures of the progress. they showed me the lab and all the machines that are used in this process. They also showed me one of their used filters and it was nasty outside but so clean on the inside, so when they were putting mine back together i realized how filthy mine was on the inside. They definitely have me sold on the filters! So today they scanned my engine compartment and took other measurements of the hoses and throttle body and a few other things for clearance purposes. It should take a few weeks for the prototype to be finished and then its of to kurgan motorsports for testing and tuning on the dyno. heres a few pics and yes under my hood is really dirty

Wow,that is very cool!Hope you have fun and take some videos of the dyno runs too ( if you can )

jesse031081 wrote:

im kinda concerned about the dyno runs. i don't want my car beat on.

Then you should have bought a Toyota! Its a Hemi, beat the piss out of it, thats what its for.

thanks shawn! i can always count on you for a straight up answer and i would drive a supra

That's the first game of Hemi Connect The Dots that I've ever seen. Very cool.

I did also talk to the head engineer and mentioned that their are a lot of chargers out there. i will keep everyone posted if ihear if they do decide to tackle that project

Sounds good bro, I'll be a test car

ill talk to him at my test and tune day. i think it would make sense to do a charger, but what do i know....

jesse031081 wrote:

ill talk to him at my test and tune day. i think it would make sense to do a charger, but what do i know....

They probably don't understand how many Charger enthusiasts there are. All of the hype is on those dumb Chally's.

Jk Jesse. I think it's really great bro.<--------------new bro thread!

There is no difference between a CAI for a 5.7 Challenger and a 5.7 Charger. This company just wanted a Challenger because they are more trendy than a four-door sedan.