Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of getting my CAI and I was wondering what people's opinions are about an intake with a heat shield and with no heat shield. I've noticed in a lot of videos of our cars, especially in Tuned by Nishan's vids (for example), most people seem to run open CAIs. Is there a big enough difference to warrant having a sealed area for the CAI ? I read some studies that show a discernible difference in intake temps but doesn't seem like these heat shields are widely used on our platform...
Genpu Cold Air Intake Heat Shield vs. No Heat Shield
- Thread starter Jtotheonah
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Don't worry about the heat shield for your CAI. From what I've seen their common on naturally aspirated cars and not so common on the turbos. A good intercooler is going to keep those boost are temps down way more than a bit of shield on the intake. Plus after it gets sucked into the turbo it gets heated anyway and the IC cools it.