Agreed... the Z feels more responsive and sounds better at start up. My filter had been in service for about 4 months and was pretty dirty.

Do you guys have any pics of these CAI alterations?

Are you using a catch can or what are you doing with your crankcase ventilation? Vortech suggests routing it back to their filter for ingestion (which is what I'm doing).

 

Here you go.

 

CAI

 

Mine was more simple with no tubing and easy to change. I do admire the work though guys.

 

Do you have any pictures that can help?

 

I cant believe I dont. I cant even find any on the search button where I got the idea from.

 

Humm that two member's setup is pretty common on vortech s/c setup, just wondering how yours was. I'm also thinking about doing it or not...

Edit: Btw, thanks tho.

 

Yeah I like the work they put in but mine was simple. Trimmed a little bit of that duct plastic and the filter goes right in off the blower. No extention tubes. Best thing about it is I kept it clean. Like every 3 weeks. That first day after every clean it rips.

 

Not a bad intake...

 

Here's what we went with...

 

Oh wow, that's a real one. Price shipped to 89119 Business Addy

 

Thanks for the pics to show your filter setups. It appears as if you're at least taking off your front bumper to recharge the filter, except for maybe 350Z400whp who might get access thru the fender well.

Those filters should allow for ingestion of larger air volume but how does the larger surface area of your filters impact the engine performance compared to the smaller area of the Vortech filter?

• Any danger of overloading the MAF?

• How about any extra rwhp gained over the Vortech filter (e.g. larger air volume allows for more fuel to maintain A/F)?

• Don't suppose you have any Vortech filter vs. modified filter dynos?

 

I just cleaned mine out yesterday along with an oil change, and I must admit the car felt better.

 

Thanks for the tip

 

The only thing I can say is a couple of times if I accelerate to 120+ (which is very rare) and say put it in neutral and coast that I have had my engine die after 5 or 6 seconds. I have heard that the JWT intake even on a non FI car has tendencies to stall under these conditions. Maybe my air filter is in an area where pressure is created and this happens. Not a big deal, I just leave it in 6th if I am ever slowing down from high speeds and it rarely happens anyway. Having an easy to change filter would be cool but I just love the way mine looks. I think having the filter right on the blower has an unfinished look and the stock vortech filter just looks ghetto, sorry guys but its not your fault, Vortech should of spent just a little more and added a CAI like every other FI kit does. so I'll live with it being harder to change. I am thinking about selling mine though and going with a setup more like the Powerlab / Turbonetics style over the inter cooler. I think this might look pretty cool too and provide even more airflow.

 

Top View. Oh and by the way that's a Cusco catch can so yes even Vortech guys can mount a can there. I think the Greddy would fit too. I know that many have complained at how hard it is to mount a catch cat once you install a Vortech. I never thought I had the room there but to my surprise the hood shut and doesn't touch.