Greetings,

I recently installed an Ingen CAI on my I4 and was having some difficulty deciding where to mount the bypass. I ordered a 2.75" bypass under the mistaken impression the whole intake was 2.75". Well the upper piece is 3" and the lower 2.75. What I ended up doing was removing the rubber (silicone) bushing on one side of the bypass and building up the area on the intake tube with pieces of bicycle tube until the bypass fit snug into the 3" section. This allowed the bypass to be mounted at the joint between the two sections. No cutting was required and the intake fits quite well. Has anyone else tried this? Is there a downside? The bypass sits behind the battery with about .5" of clearence.

Thanks

Ingen

Injen .......

i too would like an answer to this question b/c i was about to do the same thing b/4 i decided (for absolutely no apparent reason) that putting the bypass valve right on the MAF wasn't a good idea. i have a V6 and have an AEM bypass valve and an injen cai and have no clue how to properly install it. if there was anyway i could install it w/o cutting i would love to go that route. the only reason i have this question is because i was trying to visualize where the valve was going to go and b/c the injen slopes down so far after the MAF there really is no room to cut any pipe b/c the bypass valve is soo big that it seems that it would only fit if you attached it right to the MAF. ???

GhettoLwyr gets down on his knees and prays to the mechanically inclined to help us less fortunate, inferior individuals :biggrin:

Injen .......

Sorry spelling was never my strong suit.

Send a PM to r100s i believe he has a pic of were it should go on the v6 but i do believe you will have to cut the pipe by the battery. Hope that helps.

hye bro..i live in long beach where the streets suck and there are puddles all over the palce..i have had my injen intake for almost 4 months..no issues..i dont think it is even a big concern..all my frineds who have cai..dont but the bpv on..jsut gets in the way..i think u might be able to do with out
just my opinion..so all the fools out there who might try to bash it...keep ot to ur self