homemade intake

[dvdchris45]

just seems a little to weird to me, but if it is a way to go, then i might do it myself

It's cheap. The surface area of the K&N replacement filter isn't quite as much as a SRI filter, but it's close enough for me! I'll pay money for a CAI, but not for a SRI.

SRI is cheaper than a CAI. CAI is something you'll have to do yourself like Tacti and Sebastian did by moving your battery. You won't hear any audible difference with a K&N drop-in filter or if you remove your acoustic dampener.

And replacing a cone filter in the long run costs the same as replace the drop-in filter with the SRI or CAI...but with CAI you need to purchase a hydro shield most likely prevent it from getting wet..

[SolaraPatrick]

OK buddy ^ i guess i am stupid " Not ". Your gonna relize that your not going to get any more power. just noise from removing some stock parts. Thats why its stock!! we've all attempted something stupid atleast once with our cars. thats how we learn. so im just telling you its worthless. and for you Aerospace engineer comment i would think you would have more brains then to call someone stupid over the internet . Thank You

Anything done that lessens restrictiveness will make a difference...obviously! Have you taken Thermofluids?...Probably not! Also, I don't care about a little noise.

[SolaraPatrick]

is that safe or even legal, will it pass emissions

why wouldn't it pass emissions? Its just a different way of taking in air.

you suppose not to have any modification in the air pollution control device. yes air intake system is one of it

It's not easy to see. You would have to really look.

[philosophicaljt]

OK buddy ^ i guess i am stupid " Not ". Your gonna relize that your not going to get any more power. just noise from removing some stock parts. Thats why its stock!! we've all attempted something stupid atleast once with our cars. thats how we learn. so im just telling you its worthless. and for you Aerospace engineer comment i would think you would have more brains then to call someone stupid over the internet . Thank You

lol. this is hilarious, buddy. you really think that a SRI makes more hp/tq than what he did? You are going to lose low end tq with a SRI. With the mods he did, i am guessing he didnt lose any low end power, but slightly increased his higher rpm power, much like an SRI would, assuming you are not drawing in hotter air.

I prefer custom to SRI. It passes emissions, makes more power than stock, and you won't lose torque, since the baffles are still in the stock air tube.

So I wouldnt argue with him too much.

[PhreakdOut]

Settle down guys. Holy cripes!

Follow the diameters in the air box. MAF area is around 3", the open surface area of the filter then move forward to the intake funnel. Two routes for the air to enter the box. (Depending on the damper door position.) Your bottleneck is in this plastic tubing going to the air box.

Cutting a large hole in the airbox, in my opinion, may not be the best route. The fan blows in lots of dust and debris not to mention circulating hot air from the radiator and the front and rear manifolds. Change the filter often and make sure that it seals well around the edges. You don't want that dust sucking it.

Injen, CP-e, hacked up airbox, what ever. You should be looking into a cold air intake instead. Tacti, as far as I know, is the only one who ran a CAI in a Gen2. (And this was on a 4cyl). He turned the battery 90 degrees and ran a pipe down the driver's side to a filter behind the foglight. Fresh cool air is what you want.

I wonder what tuning changes would (if any) be needed on a CP-e made into a CAI.

I think you made a good attempt at a cheap mod. You have to applaude that.

[PhreakdOut]

Regarding emissions, no this mod isn't going to fail you.

[Ruski]

[quoteSo I wouldnt argue with him too much.[/quote]
I wasnt arguing any point here, just stating the obvious

[philosophicaljt]

So I wouldnt argue with him too much.

I wasnt arguing any point here, just stating the obvious

Sorry, my bad.

[---CAMRAZY---]

So I wouldnt argue with him too much.

I wasnt arguing any point here, just stating the obvious

Sorry, my bad.

Why is it that you always try to prove your point and then freaken apologize?


Remove the freaken box I say!!! Where's Mandarin Solara when you need him??? LOL

[Dawgz]

My Old ricer under the hood days haha
Do not know if it has been proven yet but different intake size does effect hp and tq because the length the air is flowing in.

I see no point to having huge intake sizes, when ur throttlebody diameter doesnt change, so in the end, the maximum piping you should be using, in my theory, is the max size ur TB is....


and then, if u get the TB bored out, then the max diamater is the size of the Plenum's Intake size...

or am i totally wrong here?

[Somedude]

I improved my stock intake by cutting out the sides of the box (beneath the filter...obviously) and replaced the filter with the K&N model. My question is... between the K&N filter and the mass flow sensor, there is another filter attached to the bottom of the upper box... is there anyway to remove this filter? I think that the K&N filter being between the sensor and the ambient air should be enough. Thank you.

Well since you are an aerospace engineer, I am guessing you can figure that crap out yourself.

It's free to F...UP my stock box. What...Should I pay for a SRI in order to do the same thing? I'm an Aerospace Engineer, what are you? stupid

Well since you are an aerospace engineer, I am guessing you can figure that crap out yourself.

[DatSRBoi]

I'm an Aerospace Engineer, what are you? stupid

Aerospace engineer? Talking about NASA rockets and stuff? So your the reason for all those NASA problems and plane problems.


Seriously, You can be a brain surgeon or what ever but in the end we don't give a screw.

[DatSRBoi]

I see no point to having huge intake sizes, when ur throttlebody diameter doesnt change, so in the end, the maximum piping you should be using, in my theory, is the max size ur TB is....


and then, if u get the TB bored out, then the max diameter is the size of the Plenum's Intake size...

or am i totally wrong here?

No I meant the length. There was a test awhile back from some company where they proved that (Test was done on a NA not boosted car) if your intake is short that you will gain more HP over TQ while if your intake is longer it will gain more TQ or HP. The numbers were not that huge of a difference but it was there. All pipings were the same size.

As for my old car picture, I was basically getting rid of some pathway restrictions that the old snorkel/water trap box was in the way. Not a whole bunch difference but eh at least I put a use to that ebay intake crap right? lol.

[Fletch]

All of this stuff is fun to play with, I removed upper and lower resonator also and ran a K&N.

Doesn't give you any more power though.

Modify the y-pipe, it's the breathing bottleneck on the 1MZ.

[dvdchris45]

So I wouldnt argue with him too much.

I wasnt arguing any point here, just stating the obvious

Sorry, my bad.

Why is it that you always try to prove your point and then freaken apologize?


Remove the freaken box I say!!! Where's Mandarin Solara when you need him??? LOL

what was up with his solara?

havent seen him on the forums in like, forever