<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BlueShadow:
heres some pics of my AEM CAI. the second pic shows my superb cutting skilz
at first i though that i could get away with peeling the opening upwards and hammering it out of the way. but it didn't look good i mainly did it cause i was impatient to hear the AEM. but by peeling it back i wasn't able to bolt the mount down.
oh and on the second pic if you see what i did, i took an old step hose, cut it and mounted it above the filter so that there is no metal to metal contact. clever huh?
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Good call on putting that barrier so there's no metal to metal contact. I knew someone who didn't do that and the coarse hole he cut actually bored through the piping. When he took it off, there was a vertical cut on the backside. Seems like you cut the hole pretty wide, his was thinner, but wasn't exactly snug leaving room for piping to scrape back and forth.
BlueShadow: I don't think the piping on the Iceman would crack or melt. After some hard driving, I opened up my hood to let the engine cool cuz I wanted to change the oil and felt the piping and it was very cool to the touch. But like Joon said, it'll melt before it cracks. And unless a fire starts under there, I seriously doubt it'll melt. Only reason why I could go with AEM is if I was shy about cutting my sheetmetal or if I liked the way the piping looked. But both intakes are good, so I would recommend both.
ps: The Iceman comes with a little guard that you put around the sheetmetal to protect the piping and make the fit more snug.
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[This message has been edited by Buckwild (edited March 23, 2001).]