Volant 176366 Air Intake

I've been researching and reading reviews for a long time before getting this unit. Unlike most JKU owners, I tow an 18' Scamper Eco trailer. It weighs 3360 lbs. and the package makes for a go almost anywhere RV. Last weekend, we were at a mountain lake, the road of which would be difficult at best for cars. The main reason I went with the CAI setup was out of control intake manifold temperatures during towing in the mountains. I have an old cell phone on the dashboard running the Torque app which Bluetooth connects to a diagnostics port dongle. (Literally a "poor man's" $40 version of a certain $500 product that does the very same thing) Climbing up steep mountain grades, I've seen intake temps of a horrendously high 185 degrees, with tranny and coolant temps of 240 degrees. Something had to give. Installation was pretty easy. The MASS air sensor is tricky, you remove it from the old tube by twisting to unlock it. It used spittle to lube the sensor's O-ring and CAREFULLY worked it into the grommet of the new tube. Make sure the sensor sits broadside in the new tube, not inline. Install the silicone rubber tubing onto the main tube first, THEN onto the throttle body fitting, and tighten the throttle body clamp FIRST. The new tube goes on at a little bit of an angle, and will have to shift position after the throttle body is tight. Make sure to use the existing bolt on the fuse panel mount for the air box, there's a hole there for it. That end is easy as the silicon tubing with the flex hump slides on easy so you can position things at that end before sliding it back onto the junction. The EGR hose straightens easy and goes onto its new fitting without cutting it. I reused the OEM tube mount bolts with P clamps to secure the radiator overflow hose. First thing noticed: intake temps have plummeted just driving around town. Now, the intake air temp is around 12~14 degrees higher than ambient instead of the usual 30+ degrees it was before. I have just installed it, so haven't taken the trailer anywhere yet. I will update in the comments as soon as we go on our next camp trip. Intake noise is now a nice growl when I get on it, but it isn't too obnoxious. (I was afraid it might be loud and annoying, but it's not) It's silent when driving easy. Another thing: The OEM intake tube has huge chambers hanging underneath it, for what I assume is sound deadening. The oversized things HAD to have partially blocked radiator air, and now they're GONE. If that alone doesn't help with lowering temps, I don't know what else will. The Donaldson Powercore cleaner element is found in heavy equipment, semi trucks, and tractors all over the planet, (in various shapes & forms) so it's actually a major improvement in filtering over the OEM setup. I was surprised (disappointed & now, nervous) in the amount of super fine dust that is inside of the OEM intake setup I just removed. (19k miles on my 2014 JKU) I had to clean the MASS air sensor, and wipe out the throttle body with a clean cloth which turned black. DO NOT GET this CAI with an oiled element filter, they allow fine dust to leak through; read reviews on Jeep forums etc.Update July 12, 2016: Intake temps are running less than 15 degrees higher than ambient. Drive easy, and the intake temps are less than 8 degrees above. That alone is worth this setup. Notice the large air chambers on the OEM intake setup. They hang in front (behind?) the fan, and certainly block incoming radiator air. Getting on the gas pedal, it REALLY moves out, and after this much time, I don't think I'm imagining it. The growl matches what it's doing too, and a hard run, as in approaching red-line, and it sounds like it means business. Breaking the back tires loose and leaving stripes is almost too easy. Notice the photo of the inside of the OEM air cleaner housing. That fine dust was GETTING PAST the OEM filter! Mine still has fine dust all inside the OEM tubing, and as mentioned above, I cleaned it out of the throttle body when doing this upgrade. It would behoove anyone reading this to remove your air tubing and check it for fine dust. Do it NOW! If it's all clean, then hurray. Notice the "acoustic" cover is not there. It's in the garage rafters. Removing it made very little difference in intake temps. (It was already tossed when I installed the CAI kit)

The installation was straight forward and easy. The filter seems really high quality. I did put a filter cover since I drive in dusty places frequently. Definitely can feel better pull on the high end of rpm’s and it’s loud giving my jeep a mean sound! So far so good!

I've had cold air intakes in all my sports cars with great results, but wasn't sure that it would do much for my 2014 Jeep Rubicon. I installed it fairly quickly and aside from the oxygen sensor being troublesome, it was really easy. I noticed the difference instantly. The reaction time when I step on the gas is so much quicker than before. I'm not saying I'm ready for a race, but its not sluggish off a red light like before. The intake produces a deep tone growl at 3500 rpm that sounds great. If you don't care for the noise, don't get this intake. Prior to the install, I was running at about 3400 rpm doing 70 mph and now I'm down to 2500 rpm doing 70 mph. Obviously I'll be getting better gas mileage and have noticeable increased power. I would definitely recommend this intake.

I installed this on my manual transmission 2014 Jk Sahara with 35” tires and saw an immediate 2 mpg increase, i am meticulous about tracking mpg with mods. I installed it along with a the rough country throttle body spacer. Pays for itself quickly-highly recommend. Just a note-you get colored vinyl strips with it. They go on the back side of the cover to make the letters stand out. Obviously you can get your own vinyl if you want different colors-it comes with red, white, and blue. Great product-5 stars

The install was pretty basic. The sensor did take so time and patience to get out but not too bad, I used wd-40 to help get it out, after that the hardest part was fitting the tube back in but no big deal. Added a nice growl to the engine and seems to be helping with mpg slights. Great product, well made, and looks awesome.

Very easy to install other than the temperature sensor into the rubber grommet. I found that if I put my fingers into the end of the tube to hold the grommet I could easily install the temperature sensor- just pushing the sensor into the grommet and the grommet would push through.Instructions were very, very good.My intake box came with a clear/black cover, not like the chrome one in the product description. Three color (red, white & blue) stickers can be applied inside the lid to display the Volant name if wanted.Fit and finish for the parts is great and during a short test drive there was obviously more intake roar at full throttle, nice!The Donaldson air filter is a big reason I bought this CAI - best filtration and with the prefilter I ordered the best for dusty off road conditions.

Ok, so this is my very honest review. After I installed it and drove my JKU for a full week I can tell you there was a difference in fuel aconomy and throttle response, my MPG went from 16 to over 18 miles per gallon according to my dashboard (running 35's with 2.5 inch lift) and using the jeep as a daily driver literally going everwere with it, store, work and running all kinds of errants. Obviously this can deffinately improve depending on your driving habits and your jeep's set up. As for the growl sound yes, it does sound mean and has a deep 8 cilinder-like sound if you step on the gas specially if you leave the lid off the canister, but honestly; it was too much for my taste so I've put the lid back on it. Installation wise it is farely simple and the hardest part as everyone else said is putting the sensor on the new intake, I used a little tiny bit amount of W40 on the O-ring of the senson using my fingers and went in super easy. Do I recommend it? Hell yes! Go for it if you want to almost never again change the air filter in your JK as well as getting better MPG and throttle response.