[joeyp85]

So I purchased a cold air inductions cold air intake for my car about 2 weeks ago and I like it. Now there's a few things I DONT like about it and I don't know if they are normal. I am concerned with a few things. I know the intake will make noises which I've been told is normal. Now since I got the intake installed, I hear a rattle coming from the motor and I don't know what it is and I haven't heard it before I got the intake installed and it won't go away at all. Also I feel like every time I give the car throttle it kind of hiccups a little bit then goes while the car never did this with the stock intake. The car will buck a little bit I guess but not crazy strong. I'm really thinking about getting rid of it and putting back the stock intake because I feel this isn't normal. Can anyone give me some advice? It'd be much appreciated!!

[joeyp85]

Also I am not planning on doing anything else to the motor besides maybe an axleback exhaust. Is it bad for the motor if I have the intake on the car without doing any other engine mods?

[Racer Ed]

Originally Posted by joeyp85

Also I am not planning on doing anything else to the motor besides maybe an axleback exhaust. Is it bad for the motor if I have the intake on the car without doing any other engine mods?

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I would remove it and put the Stock CAI on and see if there is still a
problem.

[STEVE41]

your fuel trim is probably off a little with the after market intake.

[Hyper1SS]

Originally Posted by joeyp85

So I purchased a cold air inductions cold air intake for my car about 2 weeks ago and I like it. Now there's a few things I DONT like about it and I don't know if they are normal. I am concerned with a few things. I know the intake will make noises which I've been told is normal. Now since I got the intake installed, I hear a rattle coming from the motor and I don't know what it is and I haven't heard it before I got the intake installed and it won't go away at all. Also I feel like every time I give the car throttle it kind of hiccups a little bit then goes while the car never did this with the stock intake. The car will buck a little bit I guess but not crazy strong. I'm really thinking about getting rid of it and putting back the stock intake because I feel this isn't normal. Can anyone give me some advice? It'd be much appreciated!!

I would do what was recommended above and swap back to the factory intake and see if it goes away. Also that is why I did not go with them and got the Roto-Fab intake with sound tube delete. I had them both on my 5th Gen SS. I first went with CAI but was having the same problem your having with the car bogging down. The CAI does not fully seal like the Roto-Fab unit and that also worried and bothered me. So I sold it and went with Roto-Fab and never had that problem or feeling again. Did you double check that everything was seated properly and tight?

[2016SS]

I got to take mine out for the first time this year (Ontario weather) I installed a rotofab over the winter, about 4 hours worth of driving this weekend and I love it and had no issues at all, car has 2700km on it and feels crazy strong break in went good from what I can feel.

As said if you have a issue always go back to stock make sure it was the problem if so return it, could be a defect if all fails get your money back and go rotofab.

[MAGAUSA]

Originally Posted by STEVE41

your fuel trim is probably off a little with the after market intake.

If the different filter housing (marketed as a cold air intake) actually changes the airflow then the ECM will react. It's ridiculous to change anything like this without a tune.

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[joeyp85]

Originally Posted by Hyper1SS

I would do what was recommended above and swap back to the factory intake and see if it goes away. Also that is why I did not go with them and got the Roto-Fab intake with sound tube delete. I had them both on my 5th Gen SS. I first went with CAI but was having the same problem your having with the car bogging down. The CAI does not fully seal like the Roto-Fab unit and that also worried and bothered me. So I sold it and went with Roto-Fab and never had that problem or feeling again. Did you double check that everything was seated properly and tight?

I made sure everything was tight and it was. I just tightened everything again yesterday

[jdasnt3]

Not sure what is causing your issue, but I will at least chime in and say that I've had the CAI intake on my car both untuned for nearly 8 months and tuned with E85 for 4 months. Never had an issue and the car ran well at the track. I'd put the stock intake back on and see what happens. Not sure what would rattle?

[camaromike77]

Originally Posted by 2016SS

As said if you have a issue always go back to stock make sure it was the problem if so return it, could be a defect if all fails get your money back and go rotofab.

I agree 100%.

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[joeyp85]

So I've been talking with Cold air inductions the last two days and they gave me instructions on how to fix my issue and they were successful! Customer service was very helpful

[Black_FiFTY]

Mind sharing what the fix was?

[joeyp85]

Originally Posted by Black_FiFTY

Mind sharing what the fix was?

The box that encloses the cone was actually touching the ac line so I had the line slightly bent to the side and now there's a space so they aren't touching