DIY CAI Stock Filter

[FiloRolla]

Hey guys, thought it would be a educational and random experiement to hook a pipe up to my stock intake thingy

(sorry dont know the technical names)

I bought myself some tubing from autobahn for 25 bux

Here's some pics.. feel free to criticise/make recommendations/applauds.. and any other random comments

[Hsien]

and??? and performance gains??

[FiloRolla]

LOL.. well it has been double demerits so haven't really tried anything

[MR22ZZ]

Instant defect for it hanging below the stone shield. Also can't be very secure there.

A better idea is to run the ducting to behind the fog light provision. This can be done by guiding it down behind the passanger side headlight. And also remove the standard hosing to do this ;)

[neK]

double demerits is finished for the time being.... till next week anyway.

Speed away!

I wanna know what gains you get.

[shaohaok]

i can't wait for a nice big puddle! :P

[FiloRolla]

i can't wait for a nice big puddle! :P

lol *knocks on wood*..

It has been pretty wet lately. Would the water really go up there?

[Northy]

i dont think its gonna make any diff at all, mabey make it worse as you have the pipe resrting against the gearbox housing and that gets reasonably hot...also this makes the lenght of the intake pipe over doubble what it was before so thats gonna restrict airflow.

[eggbert_99]

i dont think its gonna make any diff at all, mabey make it worse as you have the pipe resrting against the gearbox housing and that gets reasonably hot...also this makes the lenght of the intake pipe over doubble what it was before so thats gonna restrict airflow.

yeah .. youve kinda doubled the length of the intake ???and with more turns n twists it cant be better ... ??

mabye if you ripped out some of the stock hosing .. and followed the path of the traditional CAI then you might notice a diff

[CAP]

It's too long.

Completely remove the stock snorkle, and cut the new pipe you have down so it runs from the airbox to behind or below the headlight.

[RME1]

it's a tad too long, as the other guys have suggested, but good work for the first DIY mod - once it's been reduced in size, take off the stone shield protector and remove the front left foglight cover and go for a drive LOL, see if there is any difference? cooler air = better power?

it's the learning from positive feedback that makes modding fun :)

Edited April 18, 2006 by RME1

[NIKICH]

You should also remove the the black hard plastic pipe that runs out of the airbox because its very small and restrictive. If you can attach that blue pipe in its place (with a bigger diametre) going into the airbox you should be fine.

You may want to insulate that blue pipe because there is a bit of hot air there, and that piping looks plastic so it will heat up pretty quickly

[Chompies]

Far out, looks too close to the ground.. be careful when it rains. If you're going to drive with that, I would put some sort of mesh at the end, otherwise bugs and stuff will get sucked in and your filter will get clogged fast.

Like others have suggested, remove the stock resonator/piping and attach this blue pipe to the air box. Drop the blue pipe somewhere inside your bumper.

[FiloRolla]

Thanks for your quick feedback guys

I'll try and find a way to hook it up to my left foglight cover thing.

It's only temporary until i get my CAI

[DANZZT231]

that throttle body looks like Drive By WIre one.

[eggbert_99]

that throttle body looks like Drive By WIre one.

it is !!! .. yay .. pete has a friend

[FiloRolla]

haha yeah *hi5

[Northy]

that throttle body looks like Drive By WIre one.

it is !!! .. yay .. pete has a friend

poor pete, he gets a hiding on here :P

[Rainman]

Way too long. :)

Why not just re-locate the stock intake tube just like someone did in this forum:

Re-locate Stock Intake

OR, since your getting a CAI in the future --> try drilling holes in air filter box. I won't say anymore just go to the link below.

Drilling holes in your air filter box

Disclaimer --> Any actions taken by the reader from this thread will not and cannot be held accounted for or held liable by the writter. :P

[DANZZT231]

a really good DIY set up is that you hook up pipe inside the upper box where there is this white trumpet. Chop the front bit of the trumpet, insert elbow bent silicon, and the insert your intake piping and lead it to where the air filter will be located, in this case behind the fog lamp.

This method required removal of lower part of the box. MAF sensor won't be an issue because you are still using the MAF sensor holder from the upper part of the air box.

I never tried this, as I already have my CAI - but it should work nontheless.

[Rainman]

a really good DIY set up is that you hook up pipe inside the upper box where there is this white trumpet. Chop the front bit of the trumpet, insert elbow bent silicon, and the insert your intake piping and lead it to where the air filter will be located, in this case behind the fog lamp.

This method required removal of lower part of the box. MAF sensor won't be an issue because you are still using the MAF sensor holder from the upper part of the air box.

I never tried this, as I already have my CAI - but it should work nontheless.

Yeah, I've always wondered what that white trumpet was for. Is it really needed if you still have the stock air box? What happens if you take it off, will it do anything to the air-flow?

[DANZZT231]

i removed mine when i still have the stock air box. does nothing - but its supposed to straighten the air-flow.

[DuGong]

hmm...

mine is similar to urs...

waiting for the short ram air intake...... so i can cover it with the ducting i got..

intake is fed from the foglight hole

[DANZZT231]

that's just cold air feeding.

If you realise, that set up is not so different to the standard set up - just re-routing the air feed. I assume you still use the panel filter.

[DuGong]

yeah.. still using the panel...

waiting for a pod filter so it can be coverd with the ducting.. therefore its gonna actlike a cold air intake