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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

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

mmk cool ahha thanks!

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

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.

^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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Thats what i did but i welded the joints together.

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.

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

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