Festus Hagen
New Member
Ok, I bought my 2011 SHO almost two weeks ago. I noticed when looking at the car that it had a Roush CAI, normally that would be a bit of a turn-off but the car felt so "tight" and ran so well, I figured "ok, saves me the trouble" and bought the car anyways.
I read up on other CAIs (primarily the Airaid) and found that drivers had concerns with the intakes pulling from the engine compartment, and also having heat transfer through the intake box. Found some mods that others have done, none of what I'm posting was "my idea" but this is what I did on this cold day in NY.
Here's how it looked when I started.
No idea why the molding stops where it does <shrugs> Let's pull the filter and molding.
Kinda gross in there. Ok, I cleaned the inside thoroughly. Earlier in the day I picked up a roll of this stuff at Home Depot. Was looking for Reflectix, but had an idea that this stuff, being self-adhesive, might be easier to work with.
I got to work measuring and cutting pieces to line the inside of the box. I reasoned that I should leave that oval-shaped part in the bottom alone, it looks like it wants to act as a drain. I normally would go by "neatness counts" but my fingers were freezing and I planned to tape all of the edges with aluminum tape, which I did. An insulator's "smoothing tool" is handy for this work if you happen to have one.
I had also picked up a stick of foam pipe insulation (I think I chose 1/2" pipe size, no particular reason). I started by positioning this on the right hand side where it's tight, working it around, and when it was all in place, removed the plastic tape from the adhesive on the pipe insulation. Here's the finished works.
I'm not 100% sold on the pipe insulation, will give it a whirl for now and chalk it when I get a chance to see how it's sealing with the hood (or not sealing). Might try to find an alternative. I'm really more of a laid-back kind of driver (not racing anybody) but if the engine gets cooler air through the intake and gains efficiency from that, it's all good! It's not rocket surgery, but hit me up with any questions.
I read up on other CAIs (primarily the Airaid) and found that drivers had concerns with the intakes pulling from the engine compartment, and also having heat transfer through the intake box. Found some mods that others have done, none of what I'm posting was "my idea" but this is what I did on this cold day in NY.
Here's how it looked when I started.
No idea why the molding stops where it does <shrugs> Let's pull the filter and molding.
Kinda gross in there. Ok, I cleaned the inside thoroughly. Earlier in the day I picked up a roll of this stuff at Home Depot. Was looking for Reflectix, but had an idea that this stuff, being self-adhesive, might be easier to work with.
I got to work measuring and cutting pieces to line the inside of the box. I reasoned that I should leave that oval-shaped part in the bottom alone, it looks like it wants to act as a drain. I normally would go by "neatness counts" but my fingers were freezing and I planned to tape all of the edges with aluminum tape, which I did. An insulator's "smoothing tool" is handy for this work if you happen to have one.
I had also picked up a stick of foam pipe insulation (I think I chose 1/2" pipe size, no particular reason). I started by positioning this on the right hand side where it's tight, working it around, and when it was all in place, removed the plastic tape from the adhesive on the pipe insulation. Here's the finished works.
I'm not 100% sold on the pipe insulation, will give it a whirl for now and chalk it when I get a chance to see how it's sealing with the hood (or not sealing). Might try to find an alternative. I'm really more of a laid-back kind of driver (not racing anybody) but if the engine gets cooler air through the intake and gains efficiency from that, it's all good! It's not rocket surgery, but hit me up with any questions.
Should work pretty well, look forward to your impressions. We have a few folks who have done this mod with just the replacement of the rubber strip along the molding, with good success. But insulating the entire box is even better. bamsho has added more airflow with additional ducting to the front bumper area.
