My custom "tricked out" intake - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

Special K · 07-25-2002, 07:07 PM

My import buddy found that most cars stock intake dont bring in much air, so what he did is hook up a dryer tube to his intake and ran it out through his front air dam. He explaned how much better his car performed so I decided to try his theory out. So off to home depot we went, and less than 10 dollars and 5 min later, suprisingly, I actually noticed a difference. (for the better)

Special K · 07-25-2002, 07:08 PM

and another...

Jer82Z28 · 07-25-2002, 07:46 PM

cool.
that pipe doesn't really do much though since your major bottleneck is right at the cleaner base.
your right they don't allow much air in. when I switched to my 350, the stock 305 cleaner was choking my engine so much it would barely run!

Marc 85Z28 · 07-25-2002, 08:26 PM

ROTFLMAO!!!

This is worse than the one on the carb board.

OHHHHH, I can't stop laughing.

jcb999 · 07-25-2002, 08:57 PM

there have been many a car that suckedup water from a low airintake. Can you say bent rods?

If it really works you should be able to put in much higher and still get a low pressure area. If anything, your probably at a high pressure area now.

bigals87z28 · 07-25-2002, 11:15 PM

all i have to say is.... have u ever seen the same thing on a 96 ford taurus??? i have... i helped put it on my friends car.....i ripped out all of the air box stuff and just when from the filter to a dryer hose.... hooked it up to the front where his fog lights used to be.... what a ****tyrig that was.... nothin but zip ties, duck tape and silicone calk, im lookin to do something like that to my 95.... just... through the hood!!!hehehehe as soon as the car starts... ill work somethin out...anyway... put the hose where the fog lights are supposed to be... thats a better pick up there....

breathment · 07-26-2002, 12:00 AM

:sillylol: :sillylol:

:lala:

Special K · 07-26-2002, 12:02 AM

Marc, I'm glad you got a kick out of it, but you laughter isn't helping me. I just had an idea and went with it. I thought that was what this was all about. I also though I could post it on thirdgen and not get laughed at, cuz most of the people on here aren’t jerks. If I didn’t agree with something on your car I wouldn’t laugh at you. You could at least tell me why you think it's a bad idea. After all it was just a friend and I having a good time.

I was posting to see if anyone has done anything similar or had any improvements I could make. I am gonna cut the tube a bit tomorrow, I hadn’t thought about rain.

gmgod · 07-26-2002, 01:00 AM

That is a very nice looking car, too nice to "rig" if you want to do somthing like that, get a l69 air cleaner. (if that works on a TBI?)

brodyscamaro · 07-26-2002, 01:28 AM

L69 air cleaners work on LO3s. get an open elemant man. please no more riggin like that

bigals87z28 · 07-26-2002, 01:41 AM

brody that humpping smile is awsome.... good looks on the gf/wifey too yea if ur gunna do the dual snorkle... put the tubes behind where the fog lights should be... thats a good place for them get that ram air going.. make sure its a tight fit to the hole use a cone or funnle or A/C ducting... whatever floats ur boat...

Morley · 07-26-2002, 02:48 AM

First off, get that inlet up off the road, you are inviting disaster if you get caught in a downpour, and, believe it or not the air down that close to the road is quite hot and not where you want to draw from. Think about how hot the pavement gets when the sun beats down on it all day, now how hot will the air be just 6" from it?

TBI305Camaro · 07-26-2002, 03:29 AM

geez you need to stop hanging out with the import guys before they give you some more bad ideas. A buddy of mine has a GTS celica (2001 i think) anyways he was talking about his new cold air intake and how hard it was to install. Anyways I was like yeah check out my new intake. Raised the hood and showed him the edelbrock intake. I said "I told you what i called an intake isnt what you call an intake

" Took me awhile to convice him that i actually put it on

.

ede · 07-26-2002, 07:23 AM

damn

why don't you hook it up to a leaf blower to increase the air speed. i would of tried to find soem racer tape to match the body color too.

Special K · 07-26-2002, 09:50 AM

I am seriously thinking about the open element, but I was wondering one thing. Sure it gets more air, but that’s some hot air. I guess a lot of hot air is better than a little cold air.

Morley, Thanks for the input, I totally agree w/ you. I’m going to find a way to snake it over to where the fog lights are supposed to be.

And just so everyone is clear on this. It's only a temporary experiment I felt like doing until I get the open element. My import friend said his worked, and I said prove it.

82-T/A [Work] · 07-26-2002, 10:25 AM

Special K, you're not the same Special K on the RiceboyPage are you??

Special K · 07-26-2002, 10:32 AM

Alright i changed it up a bit, (without the import guy arround)
I like this way a lot better. Do you guys think its getting in colder air?

Special K · 07-26-2002, 10:35 AM

And another.... After driving around for a while that headlight area feels a lot cooler than the engine bay.

brodyscamaro · 07-26-2002, 12:04 PM

just go buy a 14x3 flat bottom open element then drive around...

Tom91Bird · 07-26-2002, 12:20 PM

you wish

82-T/A [Work] · 07-26-2002, 01:10 PM

IMHO, It's a really nice 3rd gen, in good shape.... etc..

It seems a real shame to do anything that's even remotely ghetto to it.

10 years from now, when you no longer own the car, and some poor kid gets it... he's going to wonder what the hell the original owner was thinking when all these hoses are bypassed, no EGR or vacuum hoses connected.. etc...

Todd

rezinn · 07-26-2002, 01:16 PM

It's your car, do what you want to it. That said, duct tape doesn't look good, nor does striped dryer tubing. Posting pictures of duct taped mods will just make people laugh and call you ghetto. If you really like the idea of putting an intake near the air dam, go to home depot and buy a piece of plastic that looks like your stock intake. You can easily find some black plastic tubing to mount and connect it. It'd be better to put a filter on the end so that it doesn't suck up water and other crap.

Oh yeah one more thing. "Tricked out" and third gen don't go well together.

TBI305Camaro · 07-26-2002, 01:45 PM

You will notice a bigger difference from an open element than from what you got there. Sure it sucks hot air but it is also unrestricted. Trust me it helps.

Special K · 07-26-2002, 05:03 PM

Will the 14x3 open element fit under my hood. I'm just making sure. I'll prob order it tomarrow. Thats why I dont care how the dryer hose thing looks now, it will be gone soon.

I knew the pics would be funny, like I said it only took a couple min. and a couple dollars. we were just experimenting. When i put on the open element you wont see any duct tape, trust me.

Special K · 07-26-2002, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 82-T/A [Work]
Special K, you're not the same Special K on the RiceboyPage are you??

I dont know what rice boy page your talking about, but I'll tell you it's not me. I don't like imports. I just like my friends that like imports.

brodyscamaro · 07-26-2002, 06:10 PM

a 14x3 will fit under the hood if you have TBI, just remove the spacer ring that is currenntly in there.

Sitting Bull · 07-27-2002, 01:59 AM

Go here and get the proper 305 HO dual snorkle setup:

http://members.cox.net/iroczdave1/IR...rts%20Page.htm

This cleaner will knock a quarter second off your ET.

And mocking people for expressing a genuine idea is VERY low class. You can explain an error without putting a person down. Psychologists will tell you that mocking other people is a SURE sign that the person has an inferiority complex.

Riley's35089rs+ · 07-27-2002, 04:08 AM

they laughed at Edison too.......The edelbrock signiture series 14x3 will fit just fine . it drops down just enough...just dont use duct tape to hold it on...

Riley's35089rs+ · 07-27-2002, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sitting Bull

And mocking people for expressing a genuine idea is VERY low class. You can explain an error without putting a person down. Psychologists will tell you that mocking other people is a SURE sign that the person has an inferiority complex.

:hail:

Riley's35089rs+ · 07-27-2002, 04:16 AM

wish my engine bay looked as good.....

FyreLance · 07-27-2002, 12:29 PM

Nice car!

nightstar · 07-29-2002, 12:35 AM

my engine compartment looks nothing like that.

i have a magic rust colored water pump.

Hg · 07-29-2002, 01:55 AM

Special K, off subject here, but what brand are your tail light blackouts?

Jer82Z28 · 07-29-2002, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sitting Bull

And mocking people for expressing a genuine idea is VERY low class. You can explain an error without putting a person down. Psychologists will tell you that mocking other people is a SURE sign that the person has an inferiority complex.

This should be thirdgen.org's official slogan.