cold air system? which is the best and is it really worth the money to buy one?

 

hey, well there is a million of these around... the search is down, so you will not be yelled at as much as usual... anyway.. you can make it out of pvc pipe.. and its good that you have map sensor, and you dont have to worry about the big MAF... try to do a search... there will be a million pics of cai and ram air set ups...

 

yeah i know, the search is down sorry guys, when it gets back up ill search and find a lot of stuff, thanks

Derek

 

If you have the stock dual snorkel intake then don't change it out. Just cut the bottoms off the air boxes and you got a bad *** intake.

 

well since you your user name is 90FormulaWS6, I take it you have a Firebird, well like someone above said, you can just make a home made CAI with PVC pipe and a K&N cone filter or pop charger, make a housing for it using som type of hard insulating and go from there...you will be sucking in some colder air not hot air.....remember colder denser air makes HP....AARON

 

go here.

http://87tagta.tripod.com

click on CAI

 

or since you have a 90 WS6, you can get just the SLP canister thingy for their Cold Air Intake. Your original boot going to the canister will fit up. Do a search for SLP online. Or try the sponsers.

 

thanx 3.1 for the link...what type of benefits can i expect? hp? better fuel economy?

 

btw your car is absolutely gorgeous :hail: :hail:

 

My CAI. Since I have no A/C condenser I should get a pretty good amount of airflow to the filter when the car's moving.

 

Thanks for the compliment she's got a new spoiler in the mail and paint/hood coming in the Summer (cross your fingers on that one )

Increase in HP is fairly small. I did it because my stock box was absolute crap. the 87 style boxes are hideous and fall apart. But anyway....expect somewhere between a 0 and 5 hp gain. Although, it changed my exhaust note a bit & the car sounds like it has a supercharger while its sitting because of the sucking noise. WEEEEE my car sucks

Have fun

 

and I would recommend NOT doing the PVC setup for a permanant solution. My pvc version melted and warped (scary stuff huh?). The best way to do it is described perfectly in my tech article, so follow ALL instructions.

 

thanx 3.1... ill give it a try i have lots of free time and i know for a fact when im not working in the summer ill be working on my car

 

i made mine out of dryer hose and electrical tape it flowes really well and looks almost like factory tubing also its lasted for years
and only cost $10.00 filter cost $40.00 from k&n.and if its ever damaged it easy to make a new one plus iv gotten many compliments from people at the car hang outs around my town.

you can see pics of it at :
http://darcom.org