I was just wondering if anyone has done a custom cold air intake on a 2.8 comaro. if so i would like to know how you have done it. I am in the process of doing my now and would be happy to tell anyone how i am doing it. it is a very cheap and inexpencive way to help your car perform.

 

Easiest way is to get the dual snorkel intake off an 86+ Camaro. It'll bolt right in, and looks nice. Camaros can get them, Firebirds can't.

 

well i had that set up on mine and i found that it doesnt flow to well so i went and got a rubber adapter in the import section at my local auto zone that fits on the throttle body and then used a 90 deg. elbow in the exhaust section and i had an intake hose off another car. i then took my washer fluid container out and moved my vacum canister to where it was and then cut a hole so the filter could get plenty of air. i am now in the process of biulding a box around the filter and then put a ducked system in from the front. it will flow much better than the stock intake. i sould have pics. up in the next week or so.

 

How did you find out it doesn't flow well?

 

well when i changed it over i noticed my mpg went up and now you can hear and feel the air going through the filter. and if you look at the stock set up there is peaces of plastic in there under the air filters that restrict the air flow

 

I have K&N air filters. I also drilled holes in those plastic pieces. There is a post on here somewhere about drilling the holes. I prefer to keep the underhood looking mostly stock.
Sounds like you're making a good setup though. Most people don't block off the under hood air the way you are when they make their own. Post some pics when you're through.

 

Those baffles are removeable. And that intake outflows any V6 at 7000 rpm. Your actual intake manifold is more of a restriction than any of the tubing and MAF going to it. Can I ahve your old snorkle intake?

 

I took the curved water deflectors out (2 screws each) and drilled holes in the bottom of the boxes under the filters. I didn't want to remove the boxes entirely to keep large trash from blocking off the filters. Guess I'm a little paranoid. But this is my daily driver so I need it to get to work.

 

not exactly cold air..but its pretty cool.haha..was like 30 bucks worthof material..if the pic dont show up..cclick on my link and youll see it

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/349628/7

 

I agree, the dual snorkel should outperform anything. Maybe your MPG went up because you were just stomping the throttle more? If I had a Camaro I'd get rid of my homemade intake right away and put the dual snorkel on!

 

If mine wouldn't be sucking Intercooler waste air, I'd keep my dual snorkel... restrictive my left foot.

 

Does removing those baffles do any harm to the filters or anything? I can't see any reason of keeping them in the first place

 

The possibility exists that the might get wet... wet filters don't flow very well. Honestly, I cut the entire bottom out of my airbox and don't recall the filters ever having gotten damp enough to be a problem.

 

not to be an ***, but what exactly is 'intercooler waste air'? did you hear that on 2F2F?

 

His car is turboed and intercooled, that means the air will be warmer after passing through the intercooler, and he doesn't want to suck that in because it would be slightly higher than ambient.

 

I used a 3" one off a civic for a friends with a oversized air filter he seemed to like it lots.

 

Yep, and supposedly never recover once dry. This is only true for paper filters. The other stuff, like K&N don't suffer from this problem from what I understand,

I don't know how hard this would be, but maybe it would be possible to construct some kind of deflector that you could put under the airbox that wouldn't affect flow too much but prevent water from getting near the filters.

 

this isnt really cold but its custom...i came up with this... it whistle's nice

 

ok how much is that goin to raise the temp. of the air does any one know?

 

Well, the probability exists that all the available air I would be sucking up from that location would be the intercooler waste air, except for the small amount of air that gets through the 3 thin slots at the front of the nose. Now, personally, if all I'm going to do is take all the heat I removed from my charged air via the intercooler and reintroduce it to the system, what exactly would be the point of even running an intercooler?

The exact temperature gain isn't neccessarily going to be large, but it would have a cumulative effect (sucking hotter air means hotter charge temps meaning hotter intercooler waste air meaning sucking even hotter air for even hotter charge temps and even hotter intercooler waste air for sucking even hotter air for even hotter charge temps...... ad nauseum)

 

Remove the baffles, bolt on some ram air scoops that take air from behind where the fog lights would go, make sure u get the iroc front grille with the holes already there, much smoother flow for the air coming in the front. I have driven in a total downpoor for over a half hour and because i was so paranoid about the water getting in I checked the filters after I got back home, barely even moist, which would be normal for any filter on a wet day. You just have to make sure that there is a small gap on the back side of where the scoop bolts to the lower element so that any water that collects and is pushed up there at high speed flows up and over and out of the scoop. I have had mine for several months now and its has worked fine with no problems what so ever.

Even in dense fog I have had no problems at all, even heavy snow.

Dave

 

I take it no after market company makes a cold air intake for these camaro's with v6's.
I have looked all over the internet trying to find something.
My stock dual intake on my 89 workes fine,but I ran into a Suburban and dented my hood,went to the wrecking yard and got a hood off of a Z-28 and when i put the hood on the hood hits the air intake,I raised up the hood latch as far as it would go,the hood closes but it is up to far in the front.
I need a diferant style of intake,I guess I will have to rig up some sort of intake so my hood will close like it is suppose to.
any suggestion would be great
Bob

 

must be nice to even get CAIs...i dont know much about carbed motors, so sounding nice with a CAI wont happen :/

if you cant find a company that makes CAIs for the cars your best bet is to make your own, i sorta had to do that with my plymouth acclaim. made it sound badass

 

I just made a intake setup like the one crazy3rdgen had in his post,I took an extra air intake hose and cut it down to about 3 inches,hooked up the MAF,went to the parts store and bought one of those cool looking air filters,I just have not figured out where to stick the MAT sensor.I just have it taped off to the side of the radiator.
Maybe one day I will make a more elaborate setup bur for now it works great,I think it makes the car sound better even though it out of time a little,but that will be fixed tommorow,last week it started to run real bad,no power,backfiring,after messing aroung trying to find the problem for a week I found out the distributor was loose,I adjusted it by ear,it ran 90% better,It will be going into the a shop tommorow to get timed correctly.
Bob

 

The idel set would be with the maf at least a few inches away form the TB. The more distance the better.

 

Dual snorkel intake is the way to go. Cut the bottom of the airboxes out, take out the thin plastic air dam or drill holes in it. then use 4" PVC or custom make scoops out of some galvanized like me.

 

another pic..

 

Hey well i recently bought my 1985 camaro and i wanted to do a cold air intake and i read all your posts but im not understanding how you do that could someone like upload a vidoe maybe to youtube or some other thing that? It would help out alot!

 

One more thing tell me more about the dual snorkel it sounds like the way to go.

 

 

It looks like this and is at many junk yards(click thumbnail for bigger pic).. i got one for $15 off a 88 camaro... mines a 91.. best investems for apperience of engine bay by far.

 

front scoops with the dual snorkel....BEST DAMN THING EVER! A true cai and man does it wake up the little 60*. Must say one of my favorite and easiest mods

 

It came stock on my car, I haven't noticed anything. Then again, I haven't driven a Camaro without it.

 

Thank you for necro posting.

 

Not a problem man.

 

Yep you gotta take cold air in directly from outside the car and it does wake up these engines

 

So here is my $25 CAI for my 88 Firebird 2.8 i custom fit it to go where the old filter box was. Now i have a weird issue.. it is throwing 32, 33, 34 codes and it is really confusing me.
I did put the MAF back in but why would it throw 33, and 34 codes? Kinda cancels itself out right or is the MAF bad?

 

your still sucking in hot underhood air

 

would that be the reason for the codes? I do plan on extending it...just trying to find the best spot.

 

It looks like it is backwards. They only flow one direction.

 

Didn't even notice that that fixed it and i fixed the CAI Take a look i routed through and down into the pass side fender. splash guard ensures it will stay dry.

 

HAHA thats good that you fixed it now.

 

Very cool, haven't seen a CAI done like properly on a 3rd gen 88birdman, nice job!