how to do it yourself intake

[hondo898]

has anyone built their own short ram intake? Is it possible? and if so what would u hacve to do, I would imagine a hardware store would have a lot of the materials needed.

[MS3MB]

um you can mod your airbox to act like a shitty intake. It just increase air flow the same as an intake would do except it free. All you have to do it cut some holes and your good to go.

[Strobe Media]

you can use PVC pipes as well

[Sport6]

has anyone built their own short ram intake? Is it possible? and if so what would u hacve to do, I would imagine a hardware store would have a lot of the materials needed.


you can use PVC pipes as well

You could, but you need the MAF sensor flange, so you would have to hack up your box to try to use that.

Even in a pinch I wouldn't use PVC on a car. For one, the fumes of PVC are deadly. And two I wouldn't want that on a car I just spent 18-23K on.

Mod the Airbox, or save the money and buy a short ram. OR spend like 80 bucks on Protege Garages DIY MAF tube so you can make your own without PVC.

[Strobe Media]

haha i'm with you on that, i'd much rather dish out the $200 on a Fujita or K&N than have $2 plastic under the hood........regardless of the fact that 99% of our cars are $2 plastic haha.

[dmention7]

http://www.velocityair.cc/welcome.htm @ www.siliconeintakes.com will be your friends if you want to get your custom on. I'm not entirely familiar with the MS3's setup, but I successfully built my SRI out of off the shelf bends and couplers.

[Darth Vader]

Homemade CAI!

I just wanted to try the Cobb as CAI before I bought the AEM.

[qwerty4550]

Homemade CAI!

I just wanted to try the Cobb as CAI before I bought the AEM.

...lol is that a joke? Where is that dryer ducting going to? Is there a filter on that?

[Wurf]

I've seen guys cut the stock MAF meter housing from the stock airbox and mount a conical on the end if it. You could do that along with an aftermarket elbow, but for all that work, you can just spend $150 with PG and have the whole setup. Keep your stock parts for when you sell the car, and sell the SRI here in the marketplace some day.

[qwerty4550]

I've seen guys cut the stock MAF meter housing from the stock airbox and mount a conical on the end if it. You could do that along with an aftermarket elbow, but for all that work, you can just spend $150 with PG and have the whole setup. Keep your stock parts for when you sell the car, and sell the SRI here in the marketplace some day.

Just to add to what he was saying. You should definitely consider the Protege Garage Full Short Ram setup. It comes with both the short ram intake and the turbo inlet only for $200.
http://siteground207.com/~protegeg/product_info.php?cPath=160_258&products_id=1648 .

[Darth Vader]

...lol is that a joke? Where is that dryer ducting going to? Is there a filter on that?

Filter's on the end of the ducting, under the frame horn. It actually worked well and drove nice, lol

[blue06mazda6]

There is no way I would make my own intake out of PVC or drying vent.

[Bravnik]

Here you go! The perfect solution.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7995/tifimmmpringles.jpg

[Sawce]

...but did he angle the chips to act as a spud air straightener? I'd be worried about the LTFT if not. (cheers)

[coyfish]

If you leave the chips in there you get more torque