I was looking through gmhightechperformance.com and I saw the article for the Magnum TPI....Come to find out...its the big brother of my car! Its a 396 276hr AFR 195 SLP 1 3/4 dual cat. Only difference is it has the MINI ram and I have HSR. Well I was reading about the CAI they made (http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...ipe/index.html)


I dont want to pay the money they did for it so I thought about getting 4 inch piping from exhaust shop or summit, getting a bigger Cone filter, hose clamps and 4 inch hose and having at it.

SUM-640040-$18 for 4 feet of tubing 4 inch pipe
Cant find hoses but clamps are 5 bucks
KNN-RF-1015- $42 Air Filter
WLK-41367- $34 90* mandrel bend 4 inch pipe


anybody think this will be worth it or am i just out there in left field?

 

Is the idea that bad?

 

Only downfall would perhaps be the weight difference between plastic and steel. I say go for it and show us how it looks!

 

I only wished there was a way to do it without relocating the battery to the trunk!

 

MY battery is on the drivers side....my intake comes in from the passeger

 

mine is the opposite

 

got the parts in today...will post pics when done

 

If my car wasn't MAF, I would have done this a long time ago, but right now I have my CAI exactly as they did it, but with 3in piping...

 

It should work ok. I did mine with 3"PVC pipe in the same location as that article. the only problem I had was getting a rubber coupler that would fit the PVC pipe and the intake on the 3.1. I ended up using the stock piece that goes from the plenum's intake over to that corner. I'm still experimenting though.

4" pipe might be a little too big to fit down past the evap can though. Mine just barely squeezes in over there.

 

relocated it to behind your seat

 

you know, know that I think about it, I might just do a 4" tubing up to the CAI, doubt I'll see much of a difference, but I'm sure it couldn't hurt... I enlarged the hole pretty well...

 

Finally!!! the weather cleared up and took me a few shots of Bacardi and half a pack of smokes and some cuts on my fingers, but its in! Doesnt look very pretty, but it works! I went for a test drive and it doesnt hit any belts and doesnt move. I only wish I wouldnt have burnt the drill motor up.....I wanted the whole bottom piece to be gone. But hey I fit that filter about 3/4 the way down it. I had to cut the 45* pipe though. For some reason, I went with one 90* pipe and one 45* pipe
If I wouldve ordered two 90*....that filter would defiantly be underneath the engine compartment. But until I wanna cut my hands up again, the 4.5" hole should do just fine. ill post pics up when I get batteries for the camera.

 

Or you could go this way:


With the filter under the car.

 

that was my initial intention, but for some odd reason I ordered one 90* pipe and one 45* pipe. I'm still smacking myself for doing that. Your setup looks ALOT cleaner than mine. Is it 3" or 4" Dyno Don?

 

So Don, since you sell the BEST 3rd gen headers in the world, will you also market your CAI

 

???

 

nice intake setup! i just wish i could make one for my MAF But its been said before the stock MAF will be the limiter. i wish it was bigger

 

Don't worry, I hear many men feel the same way as you.... j/k

 

i dont think those will work for our cars without alot of programming and modifications, but they look nice

 

^ Check it out, Click here....

Edit: They moved the video for it, lemme see if I can find the new link.....

Edit: Here it is, Click here....

 

interesting..i wonder how hard it would be to calibrate it and if they have a downloadable calibration for it for our ecms?

 

It's 3 1/2"
I would but I'm afraid the cost might be prohibitive, not being able to mass produce them.

 

i'd buy one if i could adapt one of those big maf sensors to it

 

You can make your own pretty cheap but i will admit, it is purdy Don