"homemade" cold air intake
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"homemade" cold air intake Ok, so i've been told that you can make yourself a cold air intake system that is on par with an aftermarket one that costs you $250. If anyone has done this before and/or knows how could you please post how to do it. Thanks.
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What you can do is take out the plastic thing in front of the airbox, its like a little plastic tube then it should leave you with a castle door looking opening on your air box that is like a half circle on the top and flat on the bottom where u can see the air filter, then you can take out your airbox and cut the plastic out the front of it so its just the front of the air filter that you see, this should suck in alot more air, I hope this makes sense.....if anyone can make sense out of my head maybe they can add or explain it better lol BEN
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hmmm, i dont really know what he said. but what you do is take out your stock airbox and filter, and fab up your own intake. i used a piece of 90 degree aluminized steel tubing, a K&N cone filter, and a piece of silicone hose from a deisel supply store. just cutting holes in your airbox will gain you a little, but a nice cold air intake system will be nicer. 
also i would recommend getting a intake elbow from somewhere (vortech or others). it will get rid of the crappy silencer on your stock intake elbow.
edit: and dont forget to move your IAT sensor down near the filter.
Josh
also i would recommend getting a intake elbow from somewhere (vortech or others). it will get rid of the crappy silencer on your stock intake elbow.edit: and dont forget to move your IAT sensor down near the filter.
Josh
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I have a complete K&N FIPK I will be selling on Ebay soon. What's your price range? I was wanting about $75 shipped for it. Has the big cone filter, the tube, and all the clamps. They cost $200+ new and warhead2002 above said he spent about $100.
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Originally Posted by warhead2002
well i decided to make mine and i spent around $100 and it is well done and i have 2 intakes. it took me aroound 3 hours to build ok this is how it all went.
Parts needed.
1: 2 intakes the ones shaped like a cone. AUTOZONE $25 each
2: 2 intake hoses 3" next to the filters AUTOZONE $20 each
3: 2 hoses for intake 3" and they are sold in autozone too but are not in the same isle they are on a different isle and are in boxes not plastic wrapping they are for the intake too $12 each
4: a sprinkler t. go to the sprinkler asle in home depot and get a 3" T make sure us the white plastic one not the black one or your hood will not close.
$1
ok now remove the original filter all the way to your throtle body. and remove the 2 sensors in the assembly. cut down the original hose so that it is smaller and the large sensor is right next to the throtle body. now the intakes should come with plastic adapters get one of those and put it on the other end of the large sensor and and conect the T from homedepot there. now you will have to run 2 hoses into that t one of them is going to go underneath the fuse box and the other behind the battery. down the headlights.into the front where they meet in the front there i cut a hole where it says camaro and put the filters there. it is hard to explain so who ever is interested e-mail me and i have pictures of all the process. and that will give a better idea of how to do it. and to me it works better than the ones thay sell.
Parts needed.
1: 2 intakes the ones shaped like a cone. AUTOZONE $25 each
2: 2 intake hoses 3" next to the filters AUTOZONE $20 each
3: 2 hoses for intake 3" and they are sold in autozone too but are not in the same isle they are on a different isle and are in boxes not plastic wrapping they are for the intake too $12 each
4: a sprinkler t. go to the sprinkler asle in home depot and get a 3" T make sure us the white plastic one not the black one or your hood will not close.
$1
ok now remove the original filter all the way to your throtle body. and remove the 2 sensors in the assembly. cut down the original hose so that it is smaller and the large sensor is right next to the throtle body. now the intakes should come with plastic adapters get one of those and put it on the other end of the large sensor and and conect the T from homedepot there. now you will have to run 2 hoses into that t one of them is going to go underneath the fuse box and the other behind the battery. down the headlights.into the front where they meet in the front there i cut a hole where it says camaro and put the filters there. it is hard to explain so who ever is interested e-mail me and i have pictures of all the process. and that will give a better idea of how to do it. and to me it works better than the ones thay sell.
