Hello all ive owned a 2014 ram 1500 for about 1 year now and i decided to get an CAI for my truck, after reading many post and seeing that everybody had nothing but good things to say about the Vararam unit i bit the bullet and bought one for my truck from Moes Performance. Upon arrival of the kit i open the box with everything in it, when i took a closer look at the silicone tube from the throttle body to the intake it had no hole for the air temperature sensor. I called vararam and informed me that i could use a hobby knife or razor blade and make a small incision to fit the sensor. That was my first problem. Coming from a mechanical/ engineering background this sensor should be air tight (like factory). This seem pretty sloppy work to me but i let it slide.
So i started by getting a hole saw big enough to cut around the factory air temp **** cut it out and installed in the silicone pipe provided. I super glued and silicone it so it would stay in
Then i was ready to install everything else but the instructions talked about horn brackets when the horn on the 13+ rams aren't even near the rad due to the active grill shutters. This was starting to get on my nerves because the instruction where there but the photos are photocopied and you cant even see anything it was so hard to see anything. Plus the hose clamps they give you are made for a way bigger diameter pipe, make for a messy install.
After that i decide to skip this step because i couldn't find any information about it. So i moved on to putting the air filter on and i heard before it would be a tight fit but i didn't expect the filter to be way bigger then the housing it sits in, i managed to squeeze it in with some force but there is a wave in it because its being squished. IMHO they should have made the filter to actually fit the housing.
When everything was on the whole intake seem loose and cheap feeling like it was super easy to move it around it wouldn't sit straight, that lip that comes off the top part or the intake needed trimming because it was hitting the rad and was causing it to move. Also the AC lines where pushing the intake up every time the hood was opened so i had to zip tie them out of the way to make the intake stay where i wanted it to.
Plus there is one piece i wasn't able to install it goes from the intake grabber to the rad. Reason 1 why i cant install is, the hole don't line up with each other. Number 2 is there is nowhere to put the wiring harness that is there.
Overall i don't think this CAI deserves the credit it does nothing fit correctly they could have used a plastic piece from the throttle body to the intake with the proper **** for the air temp sensor. Paying almost 500$ CAN I would expected this kit to be the best there is because alot of you guys are running them but i cant believe how nobody ever complained about any of these issues? I open the hood and it flops around seem flimsy. Out of 10 id give this intake a 3 or 4, if it was 200$ then id say yeah you get what you par for.
Sorry for the long post I love my truck i want to get the best there is for it and this isn't cutting it for me. Ive uploaded photos i dont know why there sideways but its there to show you guys what ive had to do. Constructive comments would help me out alot thanks.
So i started by getting a hole saw big enough to cut around the factory air temp **** cut it out and installed in the silicone pipe provided. I super glued and silicone it so it would stay in
Then i was ready to install everything else but the instructions talked about horn brackets when the horn on the 13+ rams aren't even near the rad due to the active grill shutters. This was starting to get on my nerves because the instruction where there but the photos are photocopied and you cant even see anything it was so hard to see anything. Plus the hose clamps they give you are made for a way bigger diameter pipe, make for a messy install.
After that i decide to skip this step because i couldn't find any information about it. So i moved on to putting the air filter on and i heard before it would be a tight fit but i didn't expect the filter to be way bigger then the housing it sits in, i managed to squeeze it in with some force but there is a wave in it because its being squished. IMHO they should have made the filter to actually fit the housing.
When everything was on the whole intake seem loose and cheap feeling like it was super easy to move it around it wouldn't sit straight, that lip that comes off the top part or the intake needed trimming because it was hitting the rad and was causing it to move. Also the AC lines where pushing the intake up every time the hood was opened so i had to zip tie them out of the way to make the intake stay where i wanted it to.
Plus there is one piece i wasn't able to install it goes from the intake grabber to the rad. Reason 1 why i cant install is, the hole don't line up with each other. Number 2 is there is nowhere to put the wiring harness that is there.
Overall i don't think this CAI deserves the credit it does nothing fit correctly they could have used a plastic piece from the throttle body to the intake with the proper **** for the air temp sensor. Paying almost 500$ CAN I would expected this kit to be the best there is because alot of you guys are running them but i cant believe how nobody ever complained about any of these issues? I open the hood and it flops around seem flimsy. Out of 10 id give this intake a 3 or 4, if it was 200$ then id say yeah you get what you par for.
Sorry for the long post I love my truck i want to get the best there is for it and this isn't cutting it for me. Ive uploaded photos i dont know why there sideways but its there to show you guys what ive had to do. Constructive comments would help me out alot thanks.