Will this dent harm the CAI performance?


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I can't get to photobucket from work. However, any disruption in the pipe that would effect the air flow negatively would, ultimately, be detrimental to your VE.

Any turbulence in the vacuum will cause air to enter your plenum un-evenly. The goal of any intake (especially high-end companies that pride themselves on air delivery) is to provide smooth & consistent air to the manifold. A dent, although minor, may have a significant exponential effect on the performance.

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None at all. At least that you'd notice.

When I get home I will take a look at it and offer a specific opinion on it.

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this dent is too big and easy to fix - just do it.

 

Easy to fix!!
Intake dents can be fixed???

 

Fluid flow is intended to be as laminar as possible and any thing like this dint will disturb the laminarity of the fluid flow - whether the effect of that is felt all the way to the intake manifold and, if so, how disturbing it would be to the flow, would have to be determined by use. You could model the cold air intake with the dint in the tube and then run a CFD on it and see what happens to the laminarity at the location and downstream into the IM, or you could just try it and see. Esthetically it would turn me off if the dint were visible!

 

stick a small small hammer and go to town on it?

 

drill a small on the center of the dent, insert a nail from the inside and pull on the nail to get the dent out...and then plug the hole. easy fix.

 

This is a pretty good idea. Do you suggest heating up the metal at all (prior to pulling on the nail)?

 

The metal on the AEM CAI is very thin and soft, no need to heat it..it would make it easier though.

 

i say take it to a bodyshop - they will fix it almost perfectly in 3 minutes.