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Originally Posted by Hyp
I bought the Halltech CAI. It was one of the first orders with the S&B filters. The fitting is poor, it keeps falling off the TB for some reason, the heat shield just doesn't fit right, there's a really big gap at the bottom. Its almost like I got a ****ed up CAI because the fitting all together is bad. Other than that, its not that bad of a CAI, I like the idea of the funnel, and how wide it is. But ADM and Fastlane don't have any of these issues.
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I got the first one on a A6 and have NONE of your issues. There is a very small gap at the bottom rear of the heatshield but the front side is tight. Jim is sending me a strip of rubber to go along the bottom. That will take care of the small gap at the bottom. I think I have the S&B filter as well. I have NEVER had a problem with the tube falling off the TB. That just doesn't make sense. There's a clamp that holds the sleeve to the TB and another that holds the intake tube. If both are on well and sufficiently tightened, it's impossible for it to fall off. There have been a few issues with people not getting the heatshield in the right place, causing the front side to bow and one or two that have made the mounting hole longer to have more adjustment, front to back. These issues seem to stem from variances from car to car. Jim is modifying the Yellowjacket to allow for these variances. His test car, many others, including mine, didn't have this issue. There's a recent thread with pics of what i'm talking about. The ones on my car and at least one other show how small the rear gap is. One of the other sets of pics shows absoluetly zero gap. Jim has been giving and getting feed back from this and several other threads. He has bent over backwards to help anyone that has had a problem out.
In case you didn't know, Jim has a 100% money back gaurantee. If you're that unsatisfied with your unit, ask for a new unit or your $$ back. At least go to the thread and see if any your problems could be resolved from the pics.