taintedplay

ok i heard some people talking about building some via search, but no hard facts. Does anyone here have a custom build one thats works good? i wouldent want to spend much to make my own

ANC297

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No. It it extremely difficult to make the right bends in the piping.

taintedplay

mmk cool ahha thanks!

Rajca

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all it is is one 90deg bend for a cai. and a straight pipe for sri.

u can pick one up on ebay for $30-$50

TLin401

Or you could make your own out of PVC piping.

Some also prefer remove the intake resonator and putting a drop in K&N filter in the airbox.

PiZauL

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^PVC piping looks way too ghetto. But, removing that huge intake resonator sure does add a nice little subtle grunt. Some people also sand down the inside of the intake housing, but I don't know if that's all that necessary.

01tl4tl

just pull the intake resonator box off- that opens the 2 large holes on air filter box bottem-- to the large airspace inside the fenderwell
There are drains on the lower bottem plastic so it drains no prob
Its better than a cai in deep water~ inlets are way high up
Its better than a short ram because fender air is outside air temp, not engine compartment temp

If you have an early year with fake foglight cutout- remove the cutout on driver side to make a nice opening there, air gets in anyway- you are just trying to help it

K&N filter suggested with this mod for best results, otherwise its free

taintedplay

i already removed the intake res.
so is then a cai worthless?

TLin401

Not really. It will give you better mpg increase than the stock airbox + K&N filter + intake resonator removed will.

NSXNEXT

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I built one. Very simple to do.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/custom-intake-complete-pics-595696/

Not sure if it's just me, but the pics are really small. I can't get to my Shutterfly account at work. But you get the idea.

I used 3" aluminized tubing from JC Whitney, 3" rubber tubing couplers and a 3" exhaust hanger to mount it to the car.

01tl4tl

if it runs to the front of the car it serves a purpose, a bit better than in the fenderwell- but the fenderwell has its advantages of large cubic foot of air storage the intake draws direct thru the stock box and filer area, vs a 4 inch tube air has to get thru and goes thru heated engine compartment

If you live where the streets are currently flooded- its a danger thats very real to have a front inlet low on the car

fsttyms1

Thats what i did but i welded the joints together.

SYLKIE

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I got a very simple, very inexpensive CAI/SRI combo by buying one of the cheapo kits off eBay for like $30-40 I think, and then got a K&N cone from Autozone to replace the POS filter that came with the kit. Was pretty cheap there. Made a very effective SRI. Some of those eBay kits come with two-piece intake pipe so you can choose either CAI or SRI, which some ppl don't like, but I liked. A pipe is pipe (to a certain degree); the important component in these kits is the filter cone. If you buy an el-cheapo kit, def replace the filter with something quality.

TLP_TLS

injen cai air filter faces forward, right under headlight. ive had mine on there for several years. def worth it

IceCube

All are good ideas, I guess it all depends on mechanically savvy you are