Here are some pictures of my attempt at a CAI. Not exactly cold air, or ram air, just more air than the factory box. The filter fits pretty well, and looks good.
www.angelfire.com/fl5/thirdgenbird/

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1989 Firebird 2.8L MPFI
K&N cone filter
Flowmaster series 80 w/ custom 2.5in Cat-back
Accel Cap, rotor, coil, 8mm wires, Rapidfires
Energy Suspension bushings
Edlebrock springs
Bilstien Shocks & Struts
Shift Kit
245/45-16 Goodyear GSC's on polished stock rims
Lots of TLC

[This message has been edited by kamac (edited October 10, 2001).]

 

Same thing i did, but with a bigger filter and no elbow..

http://www.geocities.com/graemeg1984/New.html

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1972 Chevy Malibu
Hooker Headers, Flowmaster 40 series mufflers, accel 8.8 wires,Edelbrock performer intake Edelbrock Carb, Torque Thrust "D" wheels
In Memory of #3 Dale Earnhardt

 

Thanks guys for sharing pictures with us. I'll make that one of my next projects.

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My 1991 Firebird

 

looks cool . Can you explain how you did it ? The pictures download over your writing ...I have the bottem of my filter boxes slashed off and k &n's .I have the grill that pushes up air to the filters .So its ramair basically .But I hate that crappy restrictive box !lol I noticed a big improvemen in midrange and upper torque when I did my ramair mod , but Im wondering what I could do with ta better box or rig up something like you did . Thanx . Wayne

 

All I did was remove the stock box (can) and mounting stud, and the filter slides over the end of the MAF. It is a K&N cone filter, pn# RE-0910, about 8 inches long with a 3" I.D. Anything longer and getting it to fit with the stock tubing may be a problem. The sensor that screws into the stock box, I just tucked it up out of the way. No problems with this so far. I haven't noticed much of a change from my original setup, which was the stock box withe top removed, bottom drilled out, and a K&N drop-in. The car has over 132k on it, and I get about 15mpg in the city, 24 mpg on the highway. I was too lazy to fabricate the tubing for the complete "custom" set-up alot of people have. I do have about 20' of 3" aluminum tubing, if anyone lives in the Jacksonville area and wants some, email me. As for the website, it my first attempt, just so I could post some pics. Thanks for the postive feedback.

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1989 Firebird 2.8L MPFI
K&N cone filter
Flowmaster series 80 w/ custom 2.5in Cat-back
Accel Cap, rotor, coil, 8mm wires, Rapidfires
Energy Suspension bushings
Edlebrock springs
Bilstien Shocks & Struts
Shift Kit
245/45-16 Goodyear GSC's on polished stock rims
Lots of TLC

 

I plan on doing mine soon. I plan on yanking that black box while I'm at it. Doesn't really serve a purpose...

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2.8 mpfi
My only mod: Flowmaster 40 series
http://www.geocities.com/pita_j2000/MyFirebird.html?1002261961590
PICS ARE UP!!

 

edit: never mind, i didn't know it was a firebird, stupid me

[This message has been edited by 87_Camaro (edited October 11, 2001).]

 

I did the same thing on my Old TPI trans am in '95.It was my first mod, but I though almost everyone was doing that, I guess I should have shared earlier. All I did was modify the MAF to remove the screens and heat sinks(sp?) and and stick a K&N conical filter on it. Worked fine for 6 years

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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

 

Thanx Kamac

 

I am revising the website, so there should be some more pictures in there now. I bought a set of Goodyear GSC's from CarNDrvr, and put them on some Trans-Am rims I found in a junk yard. My web building skills are limited, but at least there are captions on the pictures. Once I get the hang of HTML, I'll put in some more stuff. Stay tuned...

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1989 Firebird 2.8L MPFI
K&N cone filter
Flowmaster series 80 w/ custom 2.5in Cat-back
Accel Cap, rotor, coil, 8mm wires, Rapidfires
Energy Suspension bushings
Edlebrock springs
Bilstien Shocks & Struts
Shift Kit
245/45-16 Goodyear GSC's on polished stock rims
Lots of TLC

 

This is just a question, don't get upset. You guys call these "COLD AIR" intakes but yet your filter and air intake is still under the hood, isn't there a way to get OUTSIDE the hood.

To my knowledge there isn't any cold air under the hood so what gain is there.

 

Well its cooler air, its away from all the heat of the engine, and at highway speeds it is cold air.
Ther is a way to get out into the fende, but it requires some fance bending and really just creates restriction defeating the whole point.
This isnt a ram air set up, just to get more cooler air. Anythign is better than that damn can air filter that comes stock

 

Ducting could also be placed under the bottom of the car to "aim" cold air towards the inside of the fender.

My CAI uses a 4" tube that goes into the fender (where my air box was), and curves down inside the fender, and it exits underneath the passenger side battery tray. (My battery's not there, but it is on some F-bodies.) That's where I put my K&N conical.


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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l)