Originally Posted by CUxtopher

um, why not leave it? The v2 bumper should convert your poopcharger to a cai. It has a duct the pushes air to the hole in the front where the varis air duct feeds.

They should be compatible.

Originally Posted by jreiter

For what it's worth, I've done a decent amount temperature testing with my Popcharger. My findings matched up with what another person found and posted about quite a long time ago. (I forget who it was who did the initial testing.) I used an OBD scan tool to note the intake temperature (as reported by the car's computer) in various conditions. The results basically went like this:

At 35+ mph, the intake temp was about 5-10 degrees higher than outside ambient temp. This was also true when the air conditioner was running. So as long as you're going 35+, the Popcharger isn't sucking in air that's much hotter than a CAI.

Below 40 mph, intake temps got hotter the slower I drove (obviously). This increase was exaggerated when the a/c was running.

When stopped and idling, intake temps got pretty hot... about 130 degrees after sitting idle for a couple of minutes. It would hit about 140 with the a/c running. After I started driving, the intakes temps immediately dropped back down.

These results were all taken over a number of days when the temp outside was in the 80s. In each case I let the engine warm up to full operating temp before taking any readings. After this testing, I decided the Popcharger was just fine for my purposes. I *love* the sound, and the intake temps were acceptable as long as I was moving, so I'm okay with it.

Originally Posted by BlackZero6

thanks jreiter....ill keep it for now....maybe ill make up some aluminum box....off to the homedepot