i have a 92 v6 camaro and wanna make the intake a bit better flowing. its all stock. would drilling holes in the housing be a horrible idea? i dont have very much money so im kinda looking at alternative ways of making the best with what i got.
opinions welcome

 

do you got a CAI in it already?

 

actually im not sure.

 

one good method that im doing ATM is porting and polishing your heads to get really good air flow going through.

 

im not really at that level yet. im kinda at the just started working with cars level. i can replace parts and run wires for thew most part but i dont really know much about modifying. i dont wanna do something to Fup my car you know

 

haha you can do it bro believe me, im a starter also. look at this thread, i didnt know squat about my car or anyhitng, and now im proting and polishing and adding turbo to my 91 camaro: check it out
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...completed.html

im 18, and from learning about cars, i have decided i want to be a mechanic

 

haha thanks man. ill give it a look. im fine doin all the stock stuff its the modding thats killing me. so many choices and different opinions. just wanted to drill some damn holes! lol right now my intake is sucking air from about a 2in by 3in hole on the intake housing. i always heard that a more open housing will let the engine breathe better and in turn maybe an extra mpg or hp

 

thats not a cold air intake then lol this is a CAI : dual snorkel intake, all cold air and it helps a damn lot,

 

yea i figured. my intake is like the one in the link you sent me. small and restricted. i was thinking about opening it up.

 

if i where you i would just buy a CAI, im actually selling the one i got, i wont be needing it anymore since im putting turbo in my car,.

 

like i said earlier. cant really spare the cash right now... its not a necessity just something to get around to eventually. i think ill just go ahead and drill a bunch of holes and hope for the best

 

lol hold on let me link my friend fastedd on here, he might have some good input on this, BTW what type of car you got?

 

lol. its a 92 3.1 camaro. slow but it has style!(especially with the Ttops down cruising at the beach ha) dont really need to make it faster, dont really want another $500 ticket i got with my last car. just probly more efficient.

 

for efficency i would say a CAI, good plugs, wires, heat wrap exausts manifold,get 2 bottles of seafoam and run it through oil, gas, and intake.

 

how do you heat wrap the exhaust manifold? i actually have the seafoam already. just waiting for a good windy day. dont want neighbors getting mad

 

buy the special wrap, not too expensice, and there are a vairety of them ( some that you have to spray w silicone spray paint and others that you just wrap and clamp on)

just look on ebay for some. here is a start:

heres a high quality one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RACING-EXHAU...c36f7d&vxp=mtr

and here is another one that you have to buy clamps and might have to order several but its ready to go and is good:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1m-Titanium-...item4ab0fdba3c

 

eh not really in the mood for buying ****. how many mpg are you getting on yours? im getting pretty bad right now. its like 17.5-18.5 highway. i dont even want to know what im getting city

 

If you really want to open up the air filter intake assembly for free, you can just take off the outer part of the can.

You have to just undo the air assembly so that your air filter is sealed from the top and the bottom. Its free and easy to do. Its not as good as a CAI and probly wont net you but 1-2 hp but if you really want to start drilling holes try that route of removing the outer can as its a cleaner and faster process.

 

thanks that was gonna be my next choice. i was trying to come up with some way of sealing off the top. im sure i can make something.

 

well my gas gauge broke while i was changine out the fuel pump but i fill her up with 25$ and i can go from my house to school and back to my house and to a city about 20 min away, and back and to school and home and to town and home, and it will still ahve gas,

BUT

i changed the plugs wires, injectors, fuel pump, filter, and much other stuff so you would know mine would be in pretty good shape, and this is when i had a bad head gasket, now that im changing mine, im sure mine will be even better

 

.... $25??? thats barely 4.5 gallons here if that. isnt the tank a 15.5 gallon tank?


oh and are there any negative effects of taking the filter out of the housing?? or even anything positive?

 

do you mean not having the filter on or just removing the outer can??

You need the filter on to filter the air but as long as the top and the bottom of the filter are sealed up to something your fine.

Honestly for opening up the intake system like that you will barly at all notice it if at all. Just my 2 cents as the V6 thirdgens are restricted in other places much more.

 

dont do it! you will get your engine all dirty. you will allow dust and many other things that get sucking in to enter your intakes and engine. this will worsen your car doublefold.

umm here gas is 3.70 a gallon. or something like that. i have filled the car up with about 35$ if im right.

 

no not taking the filter off i know my whole car will go to crap it i do that. im just talking about the can. even 0.5 mile better mpg? gas is $4.10 here at the cheapest place and getting 18mpg highway kinda sucks. my previous car got 15 mpg highway but it also had 300hp and it was wayyyyyyyyy faster.
do new plugs and wires make a noticeable difference in gas consumption?

 

yes, they will burn the fuel more efficiently and accuratly.

 

makes sense. im out of a job right now and dont wanna be spending alot of money if it wont even do anything. how much do the wired and plugs run for usually? more than $50? any particular brand you guys suggest?

 

all depending. some plugs run at 3.00- 10.00 a piece depending on brand and how good they are.

for a set of bosche wires are around 30.00

i bought me some bosche plugs and wires, now that i hae money to spend im goign to buy me some good ones ater i set up the turbo

 

i might just invest in some. gas prices are kicking my a$$

 

are you from cali or something?

 

Go to the junk yard and pull a dual snorkel intake, cut the bottom out of the filter boxes and switch to K&N filters. It is an easy mod, looks stock and really helps...

 

thanks. ive been looking at the junk yards. nothing good so far. hopefully i will get lucky next time i go. for now i already cut 2 quarter sized holes in the can. havent driven around enough yet to tell if anything is different

 

if you dont find anything, remember im selling mine.

 

how much are you selling for?? shipped

 

55$ Shipped