35 shipped

 

ttt

 

For anyone interested in it, I just got through putting one of these kits on my '88 GTA. Fit like a glove.

Free bump.

-cal30sniper

 

I put one on my 87 GTA & one of the silver tube pieces was a bit too long. Simple trimming fixed that.

But it does look like some blue silicone pieces are missing in the pic, to connect the MAF & the filter. Mine had 5 blue pieces. Some just not in the pic?

 

It's got all the pieces you need to get it hooked up. The small blue piece goes between one end of the MAF and the long silver tube, and the other end of the MAF hooks up to the blue piece with a 90 degree bend. My kit shipped with an extra small rubber piece, but I have no idea why, as it wasn't necessary to install it.

-cal30sniper

 

i do have the extra throttle body piece, dont know why they give you 2 of them, just didnt put it in the pic not to confuse anyone since its not needed

 

I looked at mine & there are definitely 2 pieces missing from the pic.

TB blue rubber to straight, 90degree blue rubber to the MAF, small blue rubber ring that slips inside the MAF outlet end, but no blue rubber from MAF to long curved section nor blue rubber to filter. Obviously 2 blue rubber pieces missing in the pic. Go look at yours again if you don't understand, because I have that exact one & there ARE 2 blue pieces missing in the pic.

 

hmm. guess i got screwed some how when i bought it... only extra piece i have is a 2nd tb piece

 

Here is a pic of mine installed. You'll see a ring of tube on the core support which is the piece I had to trim off from between the TB & 90 degree rubber. The length it came as put the MAF over the core support & the hood woulda hit the MAF. I did tell them & show them, and they may have modified it afterwards & sold it with a shorter tube section, which may be what you got in your kit. If you haven't had it too long, they should send you the missing piece. Or even if it has, can't hurt to ask.

 

Or...

You could have used the short rubber ring between the inlet side of the MAF and the long curved aluminum piece instead of that other piece, and then you wouldn't have had to trim the aluminum tubing. You don't need to insert a small rubber ring between the aluminum tubing and the filter either, not sure why you would do that. You are the first person I've seen install one of these that way.

Here's a picture of the kit installed on my '88 GTA, using only the pieces shown in the picture from the original poster. Hope that helps. Also note that the serpentine belt cars have a bracket which holds the MAF to the radiator support (not sure whether '87 had it originally or not), which should prevent MAF hood clearance from being an issue at all. You shouldn't have to move it from the factory location.



-cal30sniper

 

I'm guessing your vision must be bad because the OPs pic shows THREE rubber pieces & even your pic shows FOUR (3 black, 1 red). I installed it the only way it could have been installed. I trimmed the tubing between the TB & curved rubber, so you were misunderstanding where I trimmed tubing at. That 1st section of tubing was so long, it put the curved rubber partially on top of the core support, which lined up the MAF on top as well as the curved tubed section to the filter. So yeah.....Trimming was not an option. I'm not complaining, just saying. There was no rearranging of pieces possible. Besides, your not understanding. Look again at YOUR pic & count the rubber pieces then try to figure out the OPs pic & the connections. Not possible with only the THREE pieces he has in the pic. There isn't even a piece to hold the filter to the tubing.

The 87 does has a bracket there, but it isn't for the MAF. It is for a plastic box that the MAF attached to solidly. No separate bracket needed for the MAF.

 

My vision is perfectly fine. In fact, it's way better than what the Navy/Marine Corps requires for a flight physical. The red rubber piece in my photo is part of the actual filter itself. Look again at the filter in the first post. It has a piece of rubber attached to it, along with a clamp. That's all you need to attach it to the aluminum tubing. It's the same as the blue piece of rubber you can see on the filter in your picture, just happens to be black in the case of the original poster, and red in my case. There are multiple ways I guess you could install this thing, but his picture shows everything I used to put in mine.

I say again, the picture in the first post includes EVERY piece you need to properly install this kit. Yes, the original kit did ship with two extra rubber pieces (one small ring, and an extra TB adapter), So what? You don't need them to install the kit. No idea why they are included in some.

For anyone interested in buying, it's got everything you need to install.

-cal30sniper

 

Also, in my picture, it does look like there are two clamps on the filter, but there aren't. What looks like a second clamp lower on the piece of rubber that attaches the filter is actually a reflection in the chrome piece on the filter. Look closely, you'll see that it's the same filter attachment that's on your kit, and in the original poster's kit.

-cal30sniper

 

Fact--There are pieces that the kit comes with that are not there in the pic & he says there is only 1 not in the pic.

Fact-1 tubing piece (TB to curved rubber) is too long that needed correcting in my kit which MAY have been corrected by the manufacturer.

You say your vision is good, yet you "explain away" 2 clamps on the filter. I see only 1 are always have in the pic. I know what a reflection is when I xsee it. It is not on rubber so it is pretty obviously a reflection. In the OPs picI see 3 rubber pieces & you try to say there is a fourth on the filter, which there isn't in his pic. Just the stud of metal for the rubber to clamp on to.


I've shown what had to be modded on mine & my pic obviously shown there are blue rubber pieces different than what he is showing. If you want to "defend" him, go for it....But in reality...The OP should be the one explaining this, not you. You don't have it. You aren't selling it. I'm done wasting my breath on this.

 

all that i know is everything that i recieved when i opened the package new is what is pictured plus 1 extra throttle body piece. It is new, never used, selling it because I switch my set up to speed density and needed a different one.

 

And I say . His filter is the same one that's in my picture, and the same one that's in your picture, with a rubber attachment on the bottom. Get your facts straight, or get your eyes checked, but don't claim something can't be installed just because you couldn't get it put together that way. Whether or not the tubing needs to be cut for some cars or not, that may be. But EVERY piece that you need to install this kit, on any MAF TPI car, is shown in the OP's picture. Would you like me to take a picture of the two unused pieces sitting in the box mine came with? YOU DON'T NEED THEM TO PUT IT ON. Heck, he even says he has an extra throttle body adapter that's not in the pic.

Just for clarity's sake, let me spell out the pieces needed for anyone interested, in the order they are installed from Throttle Body to Air Filter:

1 x Rubber Throttle Body Adapter (shown)
1 x straight aluminum piping (shown)
1 x rubber 90 degree bend (shown)
(MAF goes here)
1 x rubber MAF to aluminum piping coupler (shown)
1 x long bent aluminum pipe (shown)
1 x filter, with attached rubber coupling (shown)

Good luck with the sell,

-cal30sniper

 

Quick question for you guys might sound stupid but what are the 2 metal pieces one has 3 holes and the other has 1 hole? thanks

 

I didn't use those either. Couldn't figure out what I would logically attach them to. They might have some usage on a V-belt car, but not on a serpentine car that I could tell.

-cal30sniper

 

**sigh** Even the OP posted that there is a piece included but not in the pic, so obviously something is "missing" in the pic. I'm not going to bother repeating myself as it obviously did no good the first time since it fell on deaf ears.

I don't need my eyes checked, since I actually OWN the same CAI set. I've physically handled it &n installed it myself. Are you going strictly by pics on the internet or done one yourself?

 

Two pieces are not shown in the picture, which also happens to be two pieces YOU DON'T NEED TO INSTALL THIS. Unless you choose some weird convoluted way to put it on like you did, they AREN'T NECESSARY. Read my posts in full and you'd see that I've already covered that point.

Please cease to clutter the OP's post with information that is not relevant to his sale. The pic shows everything you need to install the kit. If his (or your's) came with extras at one time, great, but you don't need them (much like the mystery brackets shown).

-cal30sniper

 

What amazes me most about threads like this is the people that post up repeatedly to "defend" the OP. Let an OP defend his own sale. They shouldn't need multiple people to hold their hand & do it for them.

 

Thanks very much Cal30sniper. I bought this same kit and could not figure out what those pieces were.

thanks again,

Tom

 

Are you joking? What else do you think, "Here's a picture of the kit installed on my '88 GTA, using only the pieces shown in the picture from the original poster." means? I put it on myself, in about 10 minutes. If you're going to argue, then read the damn post first.

Sorry, I just don't like uninformed drivel being spread around. People have done it in my sale posts before, and it bothers me just as much when I see it in others posts as when it's in my own.

-cal30sniper

 

Uniformed drivel? Are YOU serious? If I didn't actually have one myself, I could see that. BUT I HAVE ONE!!!

Bottom line....Mine DID NOT FIT without being modded (opr do byou think that extra piece magically appeared in my pic or I cut it off just because I felt like it? Wish I had taken a pic before I cut it, but you should be able to picture just how further out the elbow would have been had I not cut it. IIRC, I had to cut off just over 1".

You know...I TRIED to get out of this thread several posts ago & you just wouldn't leave it alone & kept spouting drivel.

UNSUBSCRIBED!!!! (which means I won't see your words anymore, if you want top repost against me again, so don't waste your effort)

 

Geez... Some people just don't get it. Nobody was arguing that he had to cut to make his fit. All I was saying is that this kit for sale includes everything you need to install it, and that the same kit fit great on my 88 GTA with just the pieces shown.

Seems like 1500 posts in 11 months means you don't do a whole lot of reading and thinking before you post something. Guess you can't help everybody.

Good luck with the sale insomniac!

-cal30sniper