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Holy crap another cold air intake thread oh no!
But anyway. Ive been searching around on here about home made intakes and ive come across some pretty good ideas. i like the pvc pipe idea, and its cheap but i feel its a little tacky. not hateing on the guys that have done it but id like to try something better for a home made intake.
Because i have access to a welder, ive been tossing around the idea of making one out of three inch mandrel bent exhaust pipe. im just a little concernd because of heat soak? i can make little adapters for hanging the intake because i know the metal will be heavier than the plastic. Has anyone had any experiance with useing exhaust pipe as an intake?
a shield is also something ive been looking into making along with it. anyone have the dimensions for making one? i would like to find a way to incorperate the maf sensor into the shield as well, to keep its temperature as low as possible.
Id like to also keep all plumbing in the same spot too. no relocating battery and fuse box to try to make a short ram intake. I would like to, however, ram some air from under the car into the shielded area to keep temps down. i saw that there was a thread where someone took what looked like dryer hose and snaked it up there. i may also make on out of metal so the air would flow easier.
if anyone has any other ideas please chime in. id like to try to make a very sufficient home made CAI.
ps, id love to have the crabs setup but i like making things myself, and im a bit stingy with my money haha
But anyway. Ive been searching around on here about home made intakes and ive come across some pretty good ideas. i like the pvc pipe idea, and its cheap but i feel its a little tacky. not hateing on the guys that have done it but id like to try something better for a home made intake.
Because i have access to a welder, ive been tossing around the idea of making one out of three inch mandrel bent exhaust pipe. im just a little concernd because of heat soak? i can make little adapters for hanging the intake because i know the metal will be heavier than the plastic. Has anyone had any experiance with useing exhaust pipe as an intake?
a shield is also something ive been looking into making along with it. anyone have the dimensions for making one? i would like to find a way to incorperate the maf sensor into the shield as well, to keep its temperature as low as possible.
Id like to also keep all plumbing in the same spot too. no relocating battery and fuse box to try to make a short ram intake. I would like to, however, ram some air from under the car into the shielded area to keep temps down. i saw that there was a thread where someone took what looked like dryer hose and snaked it up there. i may also make on out of metal so the air would flow easier.
if anyone has any other ideas please chime in. id like to try to make a very sufficient home made CAI.
ps, id love to have the crabs setup but i like making things myself, and im a bit stingy with my money haha
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