http://intense-racing.com/Merchant2/mer ... _Induction


I got mine from Intense yesterday and it looks good, but the directions are for a Grand Prix. Like you, I have a Bonneville....

Are there any installation differences I should know about before I begin, or just follow the directions to the letter?

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drift7one
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The link above is how I did it, but I also removed my headlight.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 250k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 101k miles

I will use the "remove headlight" route instead of removing the tire. Sounds a lot easier.

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D.T.

I removed my tire. My only regret is that I wish I could have gotten the filter to sit more horizontal than vertical, but I'm not even sure if this is possible.

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Matthew

1998 Chevy K1500 Silverado Z71 ECSB L31 -- project/toy
1998 Chevy S10 ZR2 ECSB L35 5spd -- winter truck
2002 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi -- stock (trying to keep it that way...we'll see...)

You want it vertical, that way any water splashed onto it is able to easily fall off, instead of sitting in the pleats of the filter.

This all reminds me, my K&N is probably disgusting...

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RIP sandrock

Same here Ed, as I don't think I've cleaned it since I got it, 4 years and 48,000 miles ago. . .

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- Greg | -- Project Prasinos -- |

1995 LeSabre Custom: 312K Miles | Custom K&N CAI | Edelbrock SDT Muffler | Camaro Tips | 180 T-stat | LED Interior
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I never thought about it that way. I was thinking you wouldn't want it sticking down into water if that were to happen.

I would like to get mine so that it isn't pushing down into the lower plastic valance so much though. Probably try to get more of a 60* angle.

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Matthew

1998 Chevy K1500 Silverado Z71 ECSB L31 -- project/toy
1998 Chevy S10 ZR2 ECSB L35 5spd -- winter truck
2002 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi -- stock (trying to keep it that way...we'll see...)

Mine was a tight fit and the filter actually got squeezed a little bit. I think before I put my bumper cover back on I might buy a slightly smaller filter.

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02 SSEi-Turning money into tire smoke, very efficiently.

Is that a possibility? Has anyone ever tried/used a different filter than what was supplied in the kit?

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Matthew

1998 Chevy K1500 Silverado Z71 ECSB L31 -- project/toy
1998 Chevy S10 ZR2 ECSB L35 5spd -- winter truck
2002 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi -- stock (trying to keep it that way...we'll see...)

I'm thinking about using the filter that's in my LeSabre, because it's an X-Stream filter (has some filtration on the end cap), but I think that's an even bigger filter.

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- Greg | -- Project Prasinos -- |

1995 LeSabre Custom: 312K Miles | Custom K&N CAI | Edelbrock SDT Muffler | Camaro Tips | 180 T-stat | LED Interior
& Exterior | 20% Tint | PA Grill & Portholes | Limited Trim | GTP Rims | Ported LIM | Plus Many More Mods | Restoration Thread
2001 Bonneville SSEi: 225K Miles | Instense FWI | Intense MPS (3.4") | 180 T-stat | ZZP Plog | Ported Rear Manifold |
ZZP 3" Downpipe | Magnaflow Cat | Retrofitted HIDs | GenV M90 | GXP Brake Upgrade | 35% Tint | Plus Many More Mods |
2005 Bonneville GXP: 101K Miles | Custom FWI
2009 G8 GT: 89K Miles | 35% Tint | Roto-Fab CAI | SOLO Mach Exhaust | BMR Tunnel Brace | BMR Sub Frames | BMR STB |
Kooks Headers | QTP Electric Cutouts | BMR Sway Bars | Elite Engineering Catch Can | Innovative Dual Wideband Kit
1984 Caprice Classic Wagon: 86K Miles | Restoration Project

Using K&N RU-3130 3.5" inlet and smaller in size.. no problems. you can try using a Pre-filter over the K&N to help keep it clean..
like so:

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Shane "RedZMonte"
2004 Z16 Z06: Virgin
2000 SSEi: Kenwood DDX512, 3.25" MPS, ZZP DP, PLog, Puck Mount, NGK TR7's, DHP Tuned
1995 Monte Z34: T04e "60" turbo, 42.5# injectors, Borla Catback, OBDII swap, DHP Tuned, Much more...

I had to jam the cone under there and it's kinda crumpled against the bumper, but it does the job. I've gotten into much too deep water many times with it, nothing really happened. I don't know if the engine produces enough suction to suck up water at lower RPM levels. (1500 or less.) That's just my hypothesis.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 250k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 101k miles

redzmonte:

I like your pic/ idea of the smaller filter. We use to run those pre-filters in go-kart racing on dirt tracks and they really did help catch a ton of dirt and crud. Another item we used was a pre-filter made of foam like you'd see on a Briggs & Stratton mower engine. It has this green foam pre-filter that goes over the actual air filter. Coat that foam pre-filter and it catches an immense amount of foreign matter. Sure easy to clean because you just peel it off, wash in warm soapy water, oil again, and stretch back over your Cone filter like a sock over a foot. You never have to take the Cone filter out....I see the same process for your pre-filter wrap in the picture.

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D.T.