ok my dad bought a cai for his hemi but he didnt like it so i took the upper half of it and drilled an inch and a quarter hole for the mas i put it one but didnt have a filter for it but just thought id take it around the block, so i pull out of the driveway and start going, i goto shift and the car dies is that because i have no filter on it or do you guys think its something else.
my theory(prolly wrong) but i think its sucking to much air and its trying to dump a bunch of fuel and it floods it out. or something along those lines.

 

i seriously have no idea... you could be right... i would sugguest putting the stock air filter back and if it still has problems maybe reset the ecu... im no expert though

 

well i put it back on (stock airbox)and have no problems now. i just wnat to get some input before i go buy a filter and waste the money

 

How did you attach the MAS to the pipe?

Never drive a car without a filter.

 

That is my question too. If it was not a air tight fit, the air passing through it, and missing the sensor will send the wrong signals it the ECU.

 

i didnt attach it. it fit inside the really snugg. Guys understand that this was just a trial thing just seing if it would work nothing has been set in stone yet

 

This thread makes me want to cry. Why do people do these sort of things to their cars?!

 

Well i think it was because of the fact that you had no filter... And instead of the car having to work at sucking air in there was no resistance <normally created by the air filter> and thus it sucked so much air in that it make the car run so lean that it died... Similar effect to a car running too rich with too much gas and not enough air... But that's my guess.. so don't take my word for it... I'm probably wrong
-Lee

 

when you refer to the "hemi" engine in the dodge's, what particular engine are you talking about?

 

2003 dodge 2500 with a hemi 360ci the new one not an old one

 

everytime you mess with your car and f*** it up.........a puppy dies.

 

Actually (yes I'm nit-picking here) the engine is 347ci not 360. The 360 is the last generation non-hemi V8.

 

oh sry im not really into those things all i know about that truck is its a gas hog 10.6 mpg but ok id like to get on topic here

 

I would recommend welding the hole you made shut, sell the intake on eBay, then use that money to buy a SRI that's actually made for your car.

 

Could be due to, too much air,causing the engine to bog down and die, i've seen this before