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#127 ·
it's literally one of the easiest things to do. the only tricky part for me was removing the IAT from the stock pipe. Took me a minute to figure out i needed a small screwdriver to lift up the tab keeping me from twisting it out. After that, its a piece of cake
 
#129 ·
any trick to getting the engine cover to snap back into place after the install? as stupid as this sounds I lined up all 4 pegs and no matter how hard I push down it doesn't snap into place. I can easily lift the cover back up, so i'm afraid if i start driving it'll wobble around.

any help would be appreciated. thx
 
#130 ·
I seem to have the best luck if I line up and "click in" the passenger side first then the driver rear then the fuss with the front one by the oil fill.
 
#135 · (Edited)
After you remove the weatherstripping from the front intake lip, just pull the box out. Those rubber things at the bottom are grommets that are squeezed over little formed plastic pegs.

Taking the top of the box and air filter out help with removal (Less stuff in the way.) Also make sure you cut the zip tie connecting the lower air intake box to the set of wires...

Hope this helps.

-Ryan
 
#139 ·
I looked at auto anything and they didn't have it?


The Volant that I ordered a week ago finally arrived from Auto Anything. My net cost was ~$220 after using a coupon and the $20 rebate they have. I can't wait to get it installed tomorrow! :cool:

 
#142 ·
They had a one day coupon for 15% off and the price last week was $302 before coupon. I also got 6% back through Fatwallet, plus the $20 rebate. We got everything installed this morning and love it! The install was also pretty straight forward and the fit/finish are excellent...so easy that my wife was able do most of the install! (it is her Jeep after all...) ;)



...and a picture for good measure with the 18% front tint and chrome bezels added.

 
#143 ·
Ordered mine today, should have it soon. Hopefully I'll have better experience than my bwoody short ram. More cool air
 
#145 ·
received mine this morning, easy install. Sounds great at WOT and seems to have stopped the trans hunting at WOT.
 
#148 ·
The reality is tall water is rarely a good idea. Get a snorkel, which I am sure Volant will come out with eventually for their intake. With soggy roads for hours of driving my filters never gotten wet and with plenty of fire road driving there is dust on it but that would happen to the stock one too, its inevitable. If you plan on going all oregon trail (great game) a lot then a snorkels going to be the way to go.
 
#149 ·
Yeah not worried about fording rivers, just dealing with typical runoff / flooded intersection situations. I've never had to go through water any deeper than 8". Jeep2011's post made me think that the consensus was that this CAI was only good for street driving in good conditions, and for anything else, swap out to the stock.
 
#151 ·
At ORII height and water up to your fog lights? I'd be more worried about water getting inside the cab or sucked back in the exhaust...probably not too smart to be driving in flood waters that high anyways!
 
#155 ·
Funny I was always told not to spray water on a hot engine or it could crack.
But we do deep water crossings.
The volant sits higher than the exhaust manifold.
I would be more worried about the cast exhaust manifold cracking.
 
#157 ·
No I didn't say it wasn't safe for everyday driving. Water up to the fog lights isn't unheard of it is only about 24" in ORII which isn't much considering when you drive through water it creates a wave in front of the car which is much higher than the actual water level. Water will not make it inside the vehicle unless you stop or get stranded. Water fording also doesn't cause any components to crack.

At normal suspension mode the stock intake has 43" of ground clearance. The Volant's lowest point on the open box is 28"...now of course in ORII your get an additional 2.6" and thats only if the tires do not cause water to be pushed into the box.

I do not think most people who get a CAI really worry about going off road or fording streams so much, so it is irrelevant. My whole issue was why did they decide to make it box open? Why even have it use the stock intake hole if it is wide open on the drivers side? The pictures are definitely deceiving.
 
#158 ·
Why even have it use the stock intake hole if it is wide open on the drivers side? The pictures are definitely deceiving.
It is not wide open to ambient air on the bottom side considering you have the headlight assembly, bumper and wheel well liners blocking everything. The stock intake hole is utilized to bring more outside air into the filter element, hence "cold air intake."
 
#162 ·
While others were unwrapping gifts under a tree, i was under the hood of my WK2 and installing my Volant CAI Xmas morning.

Sound is INCREDIBLE and I noticed a fair improvement in gas mileage... particularly in hwy driving!!! Cold front creeping in tomorrow... can't wait to see how she performs in colder weather.

So far the only thing killing the fun factor of my WK2 is the looonngggg 1st and 2nd gear on the 6spd auto.
 
#165 · (Edited)
I bought this intake from New Level Motorsports last week and it arrived the next day from San Diego. Installed it Saturday and took it on a 800-mile trip including about 50 miles of trail driving. I have to say I am impressed. From the comments on this thread I thought it would be much louder than the stock intake. I guess it's louder, but not by much. This is not Infinity FX territory by any means ;) But the sound is much nicer now than it was before. More throaty and not as constipated sounding.

In line with the "constipated" analogy, the engine doesn't seem to have any more power than it did before, but pushing in the pedal seems to access that power more quickly now. It seems to rev higher sooner for a given gas pedal angle. Its like now that the engine can breathe it can get out of its own way and not act as a damper. Coasting seems improved as well. With the Volant intake, now when you let off the gas pedal the car doesn't seem to slow down as quickly.

I believe that the reduced effort with which the engine sucks in air also resulted in better highway fuel economy. According to EVIC, I averaged 20.4 MPG for that 800-mile trip I took, which includes city driving, climbing two mountain grades at highway speeds, and that 50 miles of "offroad" during which the needle seemed to be hovering around 10 MPG. Now to be fair I didn't do this same trip with the stock intake so it's not a 100% fair conclusion, but during even lightfooted freeway driving during the week before getting the Volant intake, I could only ever get the MPG up to 18.5 for a 30-mile trip.

Overall I'm happy with the product and feel it was definitely worth the ~$300.
 
#166 ·
Personally I can't believe the transformation this has made. Maybe the tuning is different on our Aussie versions, but my slug of a hemi is now a beast! Not just sound but outright power is definitely improved especially in mid range. One of the main freeway entrance ramps I use daily, uphill, I was barely hitting 80 km/hr by a given landmark, and even then the acceleration would flatline for a couple of seconds, I wold eventually hit 100 by the freeway merge lane. Today, and I tried in 3 times I was so amazed, I hit 95 on that same landmark, and 120 by the time I hit merge lane. The acceleration and transition from 1st to second was awesome, did not flatline and just kept pulling. WOT PERFORMANCE is a big improvement. Economy is definitely improved... Been absolutely thumping it to hear that beautiful noise... It's loud, but only on WOT and man does it such some air!

Best money I've spent yet. This is how this engine should have performed all along.
 
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