i want to tell all you guys how i made my own open element for my car. first i need to note that it only works with a cowl hood.



first i got a filter out of a 75monte carlo


then take top lid and flip it upside down. and you got it. i just took a plasma cutter and cut the lips off mine for room

 

Damn! nice idea.. A friend of mine gave me an edelbrock base, I bought a 14" paper filter, and found a K&N lid at home..

 

yeah like i said you dont need to cut that stuff off but the top is important for clearance. i drove around for a year or so with it like that. and you can really hear the injectors and the sucking sound. kinda cool and loud.


hack saw or cutoff blade on angle grinder might work also to cut off metal.
just trying to save ppl money:-)

 

I have a chrome summit with two diff bases with KN in classifieds for sale

 

I made mine for less than five bucks.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tbi/...t-do-open.html

Here's what it looks like now. scroll down to the 12th line
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...pride-new.html

 

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wow. that looks so much better than a 20 dollar chrome air cleaner. its amazing.

 

i know his looks so much better.... lol


but cant hate my idea?

im just cheep oklahoma boy lol

 

well ya got the chrome valve covers btu not the chrome air cleaner i dont understand

 

well lol i can explain.


never been a fan of chrome. or non performance just good looking stuff under the hood.
but i did the air filter a long time ago and the valve covers i got for free and said why not. so i put them on.

 

you dont like chrome but since it was free you use it. if you dont like it you dont like it. anyway it doesnt matter. it works for you and thats all that matters. it sure looks like a nice car from your signatur pic.

 

yeah and i was tired of ppl looking at my engine and car and going..... oh.....

this makes it look a little better and i like the tbolts.. and ... its not too much that i dont like it. its more of .. not the biggest fan on my car. great on others.


and thanks! i need to update my pic. i think ill do that now

 

here is an update. i need to really clean it

 

looks good. to tell you the truth im not a big fan of that hood. but I want to pain my car white with my black cowl hood.

 

yeah with that hood. you either like it or hate it. it came with the car. so i dont wanna change it. i have had alot of compliments so i think ill keep it. i like it because its different. and yeah white is the way to go

 

That hood is insane! I don't know if I like it or not but you can't help but look at it. Is that a cowl AND side inlets?

 

yes yes it is and i like it alot and i have not seen another EXACTLY like it. it came with the car