Originally Posted by prerunner1982

I am not a big fan of the CAIs... for the money I don't think they provide that much gain (if any). For one if they do not have a box or shield they are doing nothing more than sucking up hot air from the engine bay. If they do have a box typically the air is still being drawn from a small opening behind the headlight, so though it may be drawing cooler air it is still trying to get it from behind the headlight (restrictive).

I think the best CAI would be to a sealed box that draws air through a scoop in the hood similar to this.

Obviously this wouldn't be the best option for an off road vehicle that encounters water crossings, but then again a wheeler that encounters water crossings would rather have a high snorkel and deal with a potentially slight loss due to the length of the intake and the curves it would make to go from top of the window to the TB.

A CAI however maybe slightly above a TB as far as performance adding goes..