Chrome Intake?

[pokey]

Just found this one Ebay. Looks like I'd be better off starting out with the "ricer pipe" from autozone and making my own. I just figured I'd post this on here anyway, and see if anyone on here knows anything about this air intake.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-93-94 ... 0258676816&

[95naSTA]

You could gut your airbox and do this:


Or you can get 2 45* bends and an extra coupler to make a FWI. You'll have to relocate the charcoal canister and find a way to hold the filter up. (that's what I did)

[lammers]

I bought that a few months ago, before i saw this site. The filter/heatshield are both jokes. The filter is only big enough to support the flow of a geo metro, and the heatshield is 1/2 in. away surrrounding the filter, so any heat it absorbs is just transferred back to the air as it gets sucked through the filter. You would be better off buying the rice pipe from autozone and getting a k&n filter to go on the end.

[00Beast]

How do you gut the airbox?

[95naSTA]

How do you gut the airbox?

You chop the front off to make a larger opening and take out the inserts that direct the air to and from the filter.

I was able to fit a decent sized cone filter and pipe in the airbox way back when.

[00Beast]

Do the inserts just pull out or do they require cutting too?

[bonnevillain]

i used a chisel and hammer, there are little plastic tabs that are kind of melded together, but i remember someone mentioning they could just yank them out. i never tried pulling without cutting.

[calaeb0896]

You could gut your airbox and do this:


Or you can get 2 45* bends and an extra coupler to make a FWI. You'll have to relocate the charcoal canister and find a way to hold the filter up. (that's what I did)

How did you get that in the air box. I had that cheap pipe from ebay and i tried to fit it in tehre to and it wouldnt work.

[95naSTA]

How did you get that in the air box. I had that cheap pipe from ebay and i tried to fit it in tehre to and it wouldnt work.

After gutting it, I put the rice pipe and K&N filter in the rear half of the box, installed that, then installed the front of the box, and hooked up the pipe. My K&N was narrow and long IIRC.

I also cut a part of the front d/s wall of the airbox and extended the opening to the front with lexan. Not sure if you can make that out in the pic.

[00Beast]

Well, i just wanted to know how hard it was, I am going with an Intense Stage 1 Kit, which has an FWI in it. But that won't be for another month or so.

[Barry]

I've been thinking of doing something like that just to get rid of the accordian sleeve. Did you get the rice pipe at autozone, and did the adapter from the TB come with that? Thanks.

[LeSabre in Buffalo]

Will eliminating the accordion sleeve actually do anything for flow? Granted it's ugly, but it's huge on the inside. Seems like replacing it with something slightly smaller but smoother would only be detrimental to airflow.

[95naSTA]

I've been thinking of doing something like that just to get rid of the accordian sleeve. Did you get the rice pipe at autozone, and did the adapter from the TB come with that? Thanks.

I got the pipe at Pepboys. The adapter in the pic is a 3" stretched over the TB. It was VERY tough to do and I would suggest a good silicon adapter.

Will eliminating the accordion sleeve actually do anything for flow? Granted it's ugly, but it's huge on the inside. Seems like replacing it with something slightly smaller but smoother would only be detrimental to airflow.

(This is referring to a L36)
It should help flow. You can't just look at maximum flow potential when dealing with mods. You have to consider the pressure differential and how much an engine is capable of flowing to begin with. Bigger isn't always better and you can even increase flow by going to a smaller diameter pipe. Now.. Going from a 3" pipe to the larger area inside the TB isn't a good thing for flow. But it's only larger for a few inches before the TB plate. IMO This is a much better scenario then having too large of a pipe for at least 18" or longer. (provided you’re getting cool air still)
The fact is 3" can support well over 250 whp in other n/a applications and hp is directly related to how much an engine is flowing.

[Alibi]

Or..... you can bypass rigging something up and go with a FWI from Intense and gain more power than you ever could with even a well-built CAI....

[95naSTA]

Or..... you can bypass rigging something up and go with a FWI from Intense and gain more power than you ever could with even a well-built CAI....

I didn't see much of a temp difference with a completely blocked off CAI and a FWI. The FWI will heatsoak the same in traffic.

See above post about 3.5" tubing on an L36.

And "rigging" is a pretty negative term to describe a possibly cheaper solution that will do the same thing.
But if someone can't build a good CAI or FWI on thier own (for cheaper) a Intense FWI is the way to go.

[calaeb0896]

How did you get that in the air box. I had that cheap pipe from ebay and i tried to fit it in tehre to and it wouldnt work.

After gutting it, I put the rice pipe and K&N filter in the rear half of the box, installed that, then installed the front of the box, and hooked up the pipe. My K&N was narrow and long IIRC.

I also cut a part of the front d/s wall of the airbox and extended the opening to the front with lexan. Not sure if you can make that out in the pic.

I tried doing that but i tried to keep the pipe inside the box and all it did was make me mad and didnt work. So how does that thing work when i had just the pipe it would just make my car warm up faster

[95naSTA]

I tried doing that but i tried to keep the pipe inside the box and all it did was make me mad and didnt work. So how does that thing work when i had just the pipe it would just make my car warm up faster

It's not really going to make your car warm up faster. You're just going to be pulling in hot, less dense air.

[calaeb0896]

well yeah thats what i meant. Does it keep cool?

[95naSTA]

well yeah thats what i meant. Does it keep cool?

Yes it keeps it much cooler if you keep it completely blocked off. But if you sit in traffic long enough, anything will heat soak.